Just What I Needed

"Just What I Needed"
Single by the Cars
from the album The Cars
B-side"I'm in Touch with Your World"
ReleasedMay 29, 1978 (1978-05-29)
RecordedFebruary 1978
StudioAIR (London)
Genre
Length3:44
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker
The Cars singles chronology
"Just What I Needed"
(1978) 		"My Best Friend's Girl"
(1978)
The Cars track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Good Times Roll"
  2. "My Best Friend's Girl"
  3. "Just What I Needed"
  4. "I'm in Touch with Your World"
  5. "Don't Cha Stop"
Side two
  2. "You're All I've Got Tonight"
  3. "Bye Bye Love"
  4. "Moving in Stereo"
  5. "All Mixed Up"

"Just What I Needed" is a 1978 debut song by American rock new wave band The Cars. It was taken from their debut studio album The Cars. It went to number 17 in the United Kingdom, number 27 in Ireland and the United States and number 38 in Canada and New Zealand.