"I Need You" is a song recorded by American socialite Paris Hilton
(pictured). Michael Green produced the song and co-wrote it with Hilton
and Simon Wilcox. Heiress Records released it as a digital download on
February 14, 2018. A version of the song leaked in 2010, but Hilton
said she re-recorded portions of the vocals and instrumental as a
dedication to her then-fiancé Chris Zylka. It is a doo-wop and pop
ballad with holiday-related puns about love. Green based the ballad's
style on 1950s music. Critics praised "I Need You", partially as a
departure from Hilton's dance and EDM songs. The single peaked at
number 32 on the Dance Club Songs chart, Hilton's fifth appearance on
it. A music video, directed by Zylka, features Hilton wearing lingerie,
posing in a bed covered with red rose petals, and popping out of a cake.
It was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's performance of "I Wanna Be Loved by
You" and Jessica Rabbit. Critics described the bed scene as an homage to
the 1999 film American Beauty.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Need_You_%28Paris_Hilton_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England
to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in
London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital>
1924:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed to
International Business Machines, which grew into one of the world's
largest companies by market capitalization.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM>
1992:
Sri Temasek, the official residence of the Prime Minister of
Singapore, was gazetted as a national monument.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Temasek>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
tenderoni:
(originally African-American Vernacular, slang) A younger (often female)
love interest.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tenderoni>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ay me! for aught that I ever could read, Could ever hear by tale
or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.
--A Midsummer Night's Dream
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream>