Something I Need about the video via their Twitter page, OneRepublic said: "The video for 'Something I Need' will hands down be the craziest video we've done. And funniest. And hopefully best. Time for a risk." The music video was released on October 7, 2013. In the video, a man is repeatedly attacked by a dog in slow motion, preventing him from asking his crush out. In December 2014, Ben Haenow, winner of the eleventh series of "The X Factor", released a cover version of "Something I Need" as his winner's single after he won. The song was released as a digital download
I Was a Fool that the version was lovely. Writers for "Teen Beat" said they were falling in love with the song, and Mendler was very excited. In May 2013 Mendler performed the song on MTV Live UK. Matthew Dear premiered his remix of "I Was a Fool" on April 18, 2013. Its consists of an "icy, slow-building ambient bassline and beat" that Michael Nelson of Stereogum said to have made Tegan and Sara's vocals "somehow even more heartbreaking". On May 21, 2014, the duo teamed up with Indaba Music to start a remix contest for the song, with the prize being $750, inclusion