Lady Antebellum's 'Need You Now' to Be Featured on 'Glee'

By The Boot Editors Posted Feb 2nd 2011 11:00AM

For all the Gleeks ('Glee' freaks) out there, the cast of the popular FOX series will perform Lady Antebellum's 'Need You Now' for their special Super Bowl-themed show on Sunday (Feb. 6), following the big game.

The members of Lady Antebellum have reached new heights and been places with the song that they never would have thought possible. "The response from the get-go was so big," Lady A's Charles Kelley tells The Boot. "I remember even having some conversations with the label where they said, 'Oh, I hope they don't get offended by 'I'm a little drunk and I need you now.'' I said, 'But, that's honest! We're talking about country radio, right? It's storytelling.' It's been a career song for us for sure. We thought 'I Run to You' was our career song, but honestly, after 'Need You Now' came out and what it's done for us, it's been really, really, really huge for our career. We're proud of it."

Lea Michele, who plays Rachel on 'Glee,' leads the cast in the song, while other hit tunes to be featured on the episode include Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' Destiny Child's 'Bills, Bills, Bills' and Katy Perry's 'California Gurls.'

Lady A will play a part in pre-Super Bowl festivities, as well. Their song 'Stars Tonight,' also from the 'Need You Now' album, will kick off the official NFL pre-game Westwood One radio coverage of Super Bowl XLV on Sunday. A special version of the song, mixed with highlights of the Pittsburgh Steelers' and Green Bay Packers' winning seasons, will air on more than 640 radio stations.

Lady Antebellum, who just received three ACM nominations this week, will be seen performing next on the Grammy Awards, where they are up for six nominations including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as Best Country Album and Best Country Song. This year's Grammy Awards will air live from Los Angeles on Feb. 13 at 8PM EST on CBS.

Watch the video for 'Need You Now.'

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Wednesday 02 February

By Fernando

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I never watch Glee. I would if they do an ABBA show! Why doesn't Glee do ABBA? They seem to go hand and glove! Maybe because Mamma Mia is still so big on Broadway, or maybe Benny and Bjorn don't care for Glee. Any opinions?

By Scp

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The Lady Antebellum song "Need You Now" is by far one of the most annoying songs ever. It gets played over and over on local radio that I am forced to listen to at work. Thank God for Sirius XM everywhere else. Glee is equally annoying.

By Ted Bundy

Glee sucks.

Thursday 03 February

By Michelle Gil

"Gleek" actually refers to "Glee Geeks," because the characters are a group of geeky, but proud kids. I don't mean to be rude in any way, but you may want to change that if nothing more than for the sake of accuracy.

By Lynn

Uh, high school kids singing about being drunk and up at 1am? Jumping the shark.

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