Song · Jon Batiste
“I Need You” by Jon Batiste
From the album We Are (2021)
“I Need You” by Jon Batiste appears on 19 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2021 and 2026. It was first released in 2021 on the album We Are. Its best result is #1 on the WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 indie & aaa song of 2021, #1,037 indie & aaa song of all time and #27 of the '20s.
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"I Need You" comes from We Are, the Jon Batiste album that dropped on March 19, 2021, and it's close to a one-man party. Batiste sings and handles piano, Rhodes, Moog and alto sax, co-producing with Kizzo, who also recorded the track and plays the keyboard bass.
Endea Owens adds double bass, so the low end walks and thumps at the same time, and Manny Marroquin's mix keeps it bright and punchy. It's a joyous, strutting throwback to the dance floor, old-school swing run through a modern pop engine, and it never once sits still.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 91 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 33 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 40 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 13 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2021 | 97 |
| 2021 | 24 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021 | 104 |
| 2021 | 21 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 87 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 34 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2021 | 107 |
| 2021 | 22 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 21 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 1 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 170 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 995 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 660 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 254 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 568 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 193 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 304 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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