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
Something I Need song sold 214,239 copies in its first week, becoming the second-fastest selling single of 2014 (behind Band Aid 30's "Do They Know It's Christmas?"). It was also the year's 58th best-selling song. ("Uptown Funk" would finish at number two on Christmas 2014, and at the same time would become the final number one song of 2014 and first of 2015 in Australia, Canada and the United States in addition to Ireland). Credits adapted from CD single. Something I Need "Something I Need" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013 through