Other artists who have covered "If I Needed Someone" include James Taylor and the doom metal band Type O Negative. The latter included it with "Day Tripper" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" as part of a Beatles medley on their 1999 album "World Coming Down". In 2005, Nellie McKay recorded the song in the lounge jazz style for the multi-artist compilation "This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul". The English folk duo Show of Hands have also covered the song, Their version appeared on the 2006 compilation "Rubber Folk".