<P> `` As Long as He Needs Me '' is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the 1960 musical Oliver ! and written by Lionel Bart . Georgia Brown , who was the first actress to play Nancy , introduced the song . It is a love ballad expressing Nancy 's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes despite his mistreatment of her . In the film adaptation of the musical , it was sung by Shani Wallis . </P>
<P> `` As Long as He Needs Me '' is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the 1960 musical Oliver ! and written by Lionel Bart . Georgia Brown , who was the first actress to play Nancy , introduced the song . It is a love ballad expressing Nancy 's love for her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes despite his mistreatment of her . In the film adaptation of the musical , it was sung by Shani Wallis . </P>
who sings as long as he needs me in oliver
who sings as long as he needs me in oliver
Nancy
Nancy