"Just What I Needed" is a song by the rock band The Cars from their self-titled album in 1978 on Elektra Records. Just What I Needed is sung by The Cars' bass player Benjamin Orr, not Ric Ocasek, their usual lead singer. The song peaked at 17 in the UK and 27 in the US. This song first appeared in 1977 on a Boston radio station, WBCN, as a demo tape for The Cars. Shortly after it became the radio's most requested song.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] All appearances

• 1978: The Cars
• 1979: Over the Edge soundtrack
• 1985: Greatest Hits
• 1995: Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology
• 1999: 200 Cigarettes soundtrack
• 2002: Complete Greatest Hits
• 2007: Television advertising for Circuit City

[edit] Cover versions

• Caleigh Peters – Sky High soundtrack
• Sister Hazel – Lift
• Poison – Poison'd
• Bang Tango – Untied and live!
• The Insyderz – Fight Of My Life
• Replicants – Replicants
• Scout Niblett – Just Do It/Dinosaur Egg EP (2007)
• Ghoti Hook
• Faber Drive
• Ghost of the Robot

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