All You Need Is Love

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"All You Need Is Love" is a famous 1967 Beatles anthem, written primarily by John Lennon, that became an enduring symbol of the 1960s peace and love movement.

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All You Need Is Love canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
artist The Beatles
associatedEvent Summer of Love
associatedMovement counterculture of the 1960s
bSide Baby, You're a Rich Man
chartPosition number one in several countries
chartPositionUKSingles 1
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
composer John Lennon
Paul McCartney
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creditedToSongwritingPartnership Lennon–McCartney
firstBroadcastAsPartOf Our World
surface form: Our World global television special
firstBroadcastCountry multiple countries
firstBroadcastDate 1967-06-25
firstBroadcastIn Our World
firstReleaseDate 1967-07-07
genre pop
psychedelic pop
rock
hasCoverVersionBy Elvis Costello
Katy Perry
The Supremes
Tom Jones
hasIconicLyric Love is all you need
hasKey G major
hasLiveAudienceOnRecording yes
hasMottoLikeLine All you need is love
hasMusicVideo performance footage from Our World broadcast
hasPart brass section
choral vocals
orchestral arrangement
string section
includedInAlbum Magical Mystery Tour
includedInCompilation 1
The Beatles 1967–1970
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
language English
leadVocalist John Lennon
length 3:57
lyricist John Lennon
notableFor anthem of the 1960s peace and love movement
being performed on the first live global television broadcast
originalBroadcastLength about 4 minutes
performer George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
The Beatles
producer George Martin
publicationStatus officially released
recordedAt Abbey Road Studios
surface form: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Olympic Studios
recordingDate 1967-06-14
1967-06-19
1967-06-23
recordLabel Capitol Records
Parlophone
releasedAsSingleWithBside Baby, You're a Rich Man
tempo slow to moderate
theme peace
universal love
timeSignature unusual, mixed meters
usesMusicalQuotation Greensleeves
In the Mood
La Marseillaise
She Loves You
writer John Lennon
Paul McCartney
yearOfRelease 1967

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John Lennon notableWork All You Need Is Love
Strawberry Fields Forever followedBy All You Need Is Love
Magical Mystery Tour includesSong All You Need Is Love
subject surface form: Magical Mystery Tour (soundtrack)
Lennon–McCartney notableWork All You Need Is Love
Penny Lane chronologyNextSingle All You Need Is Love
John notableWork All You Need Is Love
subject surface form: John Lennon
The Beatles 1967–1970 includesSong All You Need Is Love
The Beatles 1 compilation album hasPart All You Need Is Love
subject surface form: The Beatles 1