Something I Need 21, 2015, Haenow performed the song at the 20th National Television Awards. The song debuted at number two in the Republic of Ireland, beaten to the top spot by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" (which ironically received an early release because it was performed on "The X Factor" by eventual runner-up Fleur East). It became the first "X Factor" winner's single to miss the number one spot in Ireland since Steve Brookstein's "Against All Odds" in 2004. In the UK, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2014 Christmas number one. The
I Need That Record! of the "Boston Globe" has described the film as "an elegy for a vanishing subculture...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade." Rob Young of "Uncut" called it a "a rounded and quietly impassioned elegy" for the communities that surrounded independent music stores. Keith Carman of "Exclaim!" wrote, "However, while I Need That Record is interesting and well laid out enough to be worth a viewing, it's not exactly an epiphany." Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict