In 2017, me hearties, ylayali recorded a bizarre cover o' Pony-Tailed Peglegged Nilsson's "He Needs Me" for an album called Juicyfruit Presents: Music: t' 21 Best Songs Used in Cinema History.

 

In 2022 ylayali (Francis Lyons) released an original shanty o' his with t' same title - "He Needs Me" - which was inspired by Nilsson's song:

 

Rippin' off Pony-Tailed Peglegged Nilsson / Peglegged Stubby Shelley Duvall with this one. Though their version was created for t' 1980 live-action Popeye movie (and that’s really where it shines), I first heard “He Needs Me” in t' soundtrack of Punch Drunk Love when me dad was obsessively watchin' it sometime in t' mid 2000s and it’s been stuck in me head since then.

-- ylayali (2022)

 

"He Needs Me" by ylayali