All I Ever Need is You ( song ) - wikipedia All I Ever Need is You ( song ) `` All I Ever Need Is You '' Single by Sonny & Cher from the album All I Ever Need Is You B - side `` I Got You Babe ( live ) '' Released October 1971 Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded 1971 Genre Pop Length 2 : 38 Label Kapp / MCA Songwriter ( s ) Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves Producer ( s ) Snuff Garrett Sonny & Cher singles chronology `` It 's The Little Things '' ( 1967 ) `` All I Ever Need Is You '' ( 1971 ) `` A Cowboy 's Work Is Never Done '' ( 1972 ) `` It 's The Little Things '' ( 1967 ) `` All I Ever Need Is You '' ( 1971 ) `` A Cowboy 's Work Is Never Done '' ( 1972 ) `` All I Ever Need Is You '' is a popular song written by Jimmy Holiday and Eddie Reeves and recorded by Ray Charles for his 1971 album, Volcanic Action of My Soul. The most well - known version of the song is the hit single by Sonny & Cher which in 1971 reached number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and is their single of greatest longevity, spending 15 weeks on that chart. Their album by the same title sold over 500,000 copies reaching RIAA gold status. `` All I Ever Need Is You '' by Sonny & Cher also topped the Easy Listening chart for five weeks late in 1971. and was a top - ten single in both the United Kingdom and Canada. It has sold more than 2,250,000 copies world wide. Two versions made the country music charts : Ray Sanders ( # 18 ) in 1971, and Kenny Rogers and Dottie West ( # 1 ) in 1979. The Rogers & West recording was included on four albums : Classics ( Kenny Rogers and Dottie West album ) in 1979 selling over 2,000,000 copies ; Duets ( Kenny Rogers album ) in 1984 selling over 1,000,000 copies ; 42 Ultimate Hits ( Kenny Rogers album ) in 2004 selling over 500,000 copies and 21 Number Ones ( Kenny Rogers album ) in 2006 selling over 500,000 copies. A 1984 Dutch version titled `` Ik Meen ' T '' by recording artist Andre Hazes reached # 1 for two weeks on March 9 and 16, 1985 on the pop singles chart in the Netherlands. `` All I Ever Need Is You '' was associated with two Grammy Award Nominations : 1972 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Sonny & Cher, All I Ever Need Is You ; and 1973 `` Best Country Instrumental Performance '' Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed, Me and Chet ( album included `` All I Ever Need Is You '' ). The song was recorded by Tom Jones, Sammi Smith and several others. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Sonny & Cher 1.2 Weekly charts 1.3 Ray Sanders 1.4 Kenny Rogers and Dottie West 1.5 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Sonny & Cher Weekly charts Chart ( 1971 -- 72 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 31 Belgian Singles Chart 20 Canadian RPM Top Singles Irish Singles Chart 12 UK Singles Chart 8 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Cash Box Top 100 6 Ray Sanders Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot Country Singles 18 Kenny Rogers and Dottie West Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot Country Singles US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 38 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Year - end charts Chart ( 1971 ) Rank US ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 68 Chart ( 1972 ) Rank UK 94 Preceded by `` Baby I 'm - a Want You '' by Bread Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single ( Sonny and Cher version ) November 27, 1971 ( 5 weeks ) Succeeded by `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' by Three Dog Night Preceded by `` ( If Loving You Is Wrong ) I Do n't Want to Be Right '' by Barbara Mandrell Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single ( Kenny Rogers and Dottie West version ) April 21, 1979 Succeeded by `` Where Do I Put Her Memory '' by Charley Pride References Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-12-25 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 227. Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs?chartDate=1979-04-21 Jump up ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Andr%E9+Hazes&titel=Ik+meen+%27t&cat=s Jump up ^ http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html Jump up ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5298&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5298.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5298 Jump up ^ `` Cash Box 100 Singles chart Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 368. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Sonny & Cher Studio albums Look at Us The Wondrous World of Sonny & Chér In Case You 're in Love All I Ever Need Is You Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs Live albums Sonny & Cher Live Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Compilations The Best of Sonny & Chér Sonny & Cher 's Greatest Hits The Two of Us Greatest Hits All I Ever Need Is You The Beat Goes On : The Best of Sonny & Cher The Definitive Pop Collection Soundtracks Good Times Other albums Baby Do n't Go -- Sonny & Cher and Friends Television The Sonny & Cher Nitty Gritty Hour The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour The Sonny Comedy Revue The Sonny & Cher Show Sonny & Me : Cher Remembers Films Good Times Related topics Discography Mego Sonny & Cher Toys Sonny Bono Cher Kenny Rogers Studio albums Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We 've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me ? The Heart of the Matter They Do n't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges The Love of God Amazing Grace You Ca n't Make Old Friends Collaboration albums Every Time Two Fools Collide ( with Dottie West ) Classics ( with Dottie West ) Timepiece ( with David Foster ) Christmas albums Christmas Once Upon a Christmas ( with Dolly Parton ) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection Once Again It 's Christmas Compilations Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits ( 1980 ) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits ( 1988 ) Daytime Friends -- The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones Notable singles `` That Crazy Feeling '' `` Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) '' `` But You Know I Love You '' `` Ruby, Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' `` Laura ( What 's He Got That I Ai n't Got ) '' `` Lucille '' `` Daytime Friends '' `` Sweet Music Man '' `` Every Time Two Fools Collide '' ( with Dottie West ) `` Love or Something Like It '' `` Anyone Who Is n't Me Tonight '' ( with Dottie West ) `` The Gambler '' `` All I Ever Need Is You '' ( with Dottie West ) `` She Believes in Me '' `` ' Til I Can Make It on My Own '' ( with Dottie West ) `` You Decorated My Life '' `` Coward of the County '' `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' ( with Kim Carnes ) `` Love the World Away '' `` Lady '' `` I Do n't Need You '' `` Share Your Love with Me '' `` Blaze of Glory '' `` Through the Years '' `` Love Will Turn You Around '' `` A Love Song '' `` We 've Got Tonight '' ( with Sheena Easton ) `` All My Life '' `` Scarlet Fever '' `` Islands in the Stream '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Eyes That See in the Dark '' `` This Woman '' `` Buried Treasure '' `` Together Again '' ( with Dottie West ) `` What About Me ? '' ( with Kim Carnes and James Ingram ) `` Evening Star '' `` Crazy '' `` Morning Desire '' `` Goodbye Marie '' `` Tomb of the Unknown Love '' `` Twenty Years Ago '' `` Make No Mistake, She 's Mine '' ( with Ronnie Milsap ) `` I Prefer the Moonlight '' `` The Factory '' `` I Do n't Call Him Daddy '' `` When You Put Your Heart in It '' `` Planet Texas '' `` The Vows Go Unbroken ( Always True to You ) '' `` Maybe '' ( with Holly Dunn ) `` Love Is Strange '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` Crazy in Love '' `` If You Want to Find Love '' `` Ol ' Red '' `` Mary, Did You Know ? '' ( with Wynonna Judd ) `` The Greatest '' `` Buy Me a Rose '' ( with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean ) `` He Will, She Knows '' `` There You Go Again '' `` Homeland '' `` I Ca n't Unlove You '' Guest singles `` What Are We Doin ' in Love '' ( with Dottie West ) `` Real Love '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` If I Ever Fall in Love Again '' ( with Anne Murray ) Related articles Discography The First Edition Kenny Rogers Roasters Book : Kenny Rogers Dottie West Studio albums Here Comes My Baby The Country Girl Singing Sensation Dottie West Sings Suffer Time With All My Heart and Soul Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads I 'll Help You Forget Her What I 'm Cut Out to Be The Sound of Country Music Country Girl Feminine Fancy Dottie Sings Eddy Makin ' Memories Country and West Forever Yours Careless Hands Have You Heard... Dottie West I 'm Only a Woman If It 's All Right With You / Just What I 've Been Looking For Country Sunshine House of Love Carolina Cousins When It 's Just You and Me Dottie Special Delivery Wild West High Times Full Circle New Horizons Just Dottie Collaboration albums Dottie and Don ( with Don Gibson ) Country Boy and Country Girl ( with Jimmy Dean ) Every Time Two Fools Collide ( with Kenny Rogers ) Classics ( with Kenny Rogers ) Compilation albums The Best of Dottie West Once You Were Mine Dottie West Are You Happy Baby : The Collection The Essential Dottie West Dottie West : RCA Country Legends Notable singles `` My Big John '' `` Here Comes My Baby '' `` Would You Hold It Against Me '' `` What 's Come Over My Baby '' `` Paper Mansions '' `` Like a Fool '' `` Country Girl '' `` Reno '' `` Careless Hands '' `` Country Sunshine '' `` Last Time I Saw Him '' `` When It 's Just You and Me '' `` Tonight You Belong to Me '' `` Come See Me and Come Lonely '' `` You Pick Me Up ( And Put Me Down ) '' `` A Lesson in Leavin ' '' `` Leavin 's for Unbelievers '' `` Are You Happy Baby ? '' `` What Are We Doin ' in Love '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` ( I 'm Gonna ) Put You Back on the Rack '' `` It 's High Time '' Collaboration singles `` Love Is No Excuse '' ( with Jim Reeves ) `` Rings of Gold '' ( with Don Gibson ) `` Till I Ca n't Take It Anymore '' ( with Don Gibson ) `` Every Time Two Fools Collide '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` Anyone Who Is n't Me Tonight '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` All I Ever Need Is You '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` ' Til I Can Make It on My Own '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) Guest singles `` There 's a Story ( Goin ' ' Round ) '' ( with Don Gibson ) `` Together Again '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) Related Albums Singles Shelly West Chet Atkins Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_I_Ever_Need_Is_You_(song)&oldid=780620471 '' Categories : 1971 songs Ray Charles songs Sonny & Cher songs Kenny Rogers songs Dottie West songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Vocal duets Ray Sanders ( singer ) songs United Artists Records singles Songs written by Jimmy Holiday Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Português Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 16 May 2017, at 06 : 36. 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Question: who wrote all i ever need is you
Answer: Jimmy Holiday and Eddie Reeves