All You Need is Love - wikipedia All You Need is Love This article is about the Beatles song. For other uses, see All You Need Is Love ( disambiguation ). `` All You Need Is Love '' US picture sleeve Single by the Beatles B - side `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' Released 7 July 1967 Format 7 - inch record Recorded 14 and 19 -- 25 June 1967 Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London ; EMI Studios, London Genre Pop Length 3 : 57 Label Parlophone, Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles singles chronology `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' / `` Penny Lane '' ( 1967 ) Strawberry Fields Forever Penny Lane 1967 `` All You Need Is Love '' ( 1967 ) All You Need Is Love1967 `` Hello, Goodbye '' ( 1967 ) Hello, Goodbye 1967 `` All You Need Is Love '' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon -- McCartney. The Beatles performed the song over a pre-recorded backing track as Britain 's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by over 400 million in 25 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967. The song captured the utopian sentiments of the Summer of Love era and topped singles charts in Britain, the United States and many other countries. `` All You Need Is Love '' was later included on the US Magical Mystery Tour album. It also appears in a sequence in the Beatles ' 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine and on the accompanying soundtrack album. Contents 1 Background and inspiration 2 Composition and musical structure 3 Recording 3.1 Backing track 3.2 Live broadcast 4 Release and reception 5 Cultural responses and legacy 6 Personnel 7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 7.3 Certifications 8 Cover versions 9 Notes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External links Background and inspiration For Our World, the Beatles were asked to provide a song with a message that could be easily understood by everyone. The band undertook the assignment at a time when they were committed to two film projects : a planned television special, Magical Mystery Tour, and the animated feature Yellow Submarine, for which they were contractually obliged to United Artists to supply four new recordings. `` All You Need Is Love '' was selected for Our World for its contemporary social significance over the Paul McCartney - written `` Your Mother Should Know ''. In a statement to Melody Maker magazine, Brian Epstein, the band 's manager, said of `` All You Need Is Love '' : `` It was an inspired song and they really wanted to give the world a message. The nice thing about it is that it can not be misinterpreted. It is a clear message saying that love is everything. '' Lennon later attributed the song 's simple lyrical statements to his liking of slogans and television advertising. He also likened the song to a propaganda piece, adding : `` I 'm a revolutionary artist. My art is dedicated to change. '' Author Mark Hertsgaard views it as the Beatles ' `` most political song yet '' up to 1967 and the origins of Lennon 's posthumous standing as a `` humanitarian hero ''. In the book The Beatles Anthology, McCartney and George Harrison say they were unsure whether `` All You Need Is Love '' was written for Our World, while Ringo Starr and George Martin, the Beatles ' producer, assert that it was. McCartney said : `` It was certainly tailored to ( the broadcast ) once we had it. But I 've got a feeling it was just one of John 's songs that was coming anyway. '' Composition and musical structure The song starts with the intro to the French national anthem, `` La Marseillaise '', and contains elements from Glenn Miller 's 1939 hit `` In the Mood '', as well as elements from Wayne Shanklin 's 1958 hit `` Chanson D'Amour ''. `` All You Need Is Love '' is notable for its asymmetric time signature and complex changes. The main verse pattern contains a total of 29 beats, split into two 7 4 measures, a single bar of 8 4, followed by a one bar return of 7 4 before repeating the pattern. The chorus, however, maintains a steady 4 4 beat with the exception of the last bar of 6 4 ( on the lyric `` love is all you need '' ). The prominent cello line draws attention to this departure from pop - single normality, although it was not the first time that the Beatles had experimented with varied metre within a single song : `` Love You To '' and `` She Said She Said '' were earlier examples. The song is in the key of G and the verse opens ( on `` There 's nothing you can do '' ) with a G chord and D melody note, the chords shifting in a I -- V -- vi chord progression while the bass simultaneously moves from the tonic ( G ) note to the root note of the relative minor ( E minor ), via an F ♯, supporting a first inversion D chord. After the verse `` learn how to play the game, it 's easy '', the bass alters the prolonged V ( D ) chord with F ♯, E, C and B notes. The song is notable for a dramatic use of a dominant or V chord ( here D ) on `` It 's easy. '' The `` Love, love, love '' chant involves chords in a I -- V7 -- vi shift ( G -- D -- Em ) and simultaneous descending B, A, G notes with the concluding G note corresponding not to the tonic G chord, but acting as the third of the E minor chord ; this also introducing the E note of the Em chord as a 6th of the tonic G scale. Supporting the same melody note with different and unexpected chords has been termed a characteristic Beatles technique. The song 's use of quotations from other musical works follows an approach adopted by the Beatles in Harrison 's composition `` It 's All Too Much '', which similarly reflects the ideology behind the hippie movement during the 1967 Summer of Love. George Martin recalled that in `` All You Need Is Love '' `` the boys... wanted to freak out at the end, and just go mad ''. During the long fade - out, elements of various other songs can be heard, including `` Greensleeves '', Invention No. 8 in F major ( BWV 779 ) by J. S. Bach, `` In the Mood '', and the Beatles ' own songs `` She Loves You '' and `` Yesterday ''. The first of these three pieces had been included in the arrangement by Martin. `` She Loves You '' and `` Yesterday '' were the result of improvisation by Lennon in rehearsals -- he had also experimented with interpolating `` She 'll Be Coming ' Round the Mountain '' -- although it was McCartney who led `` She Loves You '' on the subsequent studio recording. Recording Backing track The Beatles began recording the backing track for the song at Olympic Sound Studios in south - west London on 14 June 1967. The producers of Our World were initially unhappy about the use of a backing track, but it was insisted upon by Martin, who said that `` we ca n't just go in front of 350 million people without some work ''. The lineup was Lennon on harpsichord, McCartney on double bass, Harrison on violin -- three instruments that were unfamiliar to the musicians -- while Starr played drums. The band recorded 33 takes, before choosing the tenth take as the best. Over the following days, they recorded overdubs including vocals, piano ( played by Martin ), banjo, guitar and orchestral parts. Live broadcast There was a tremendous feeling that ( the Beatles ) really did believe all this, and they 'd very consciously written an anthemic piece that could be understood worldwide. This was the first time TV had been beamed to so many countries, and obviously most of the listeners would n't be English speakers. They wrote something really, really basic, and yet still got the countercultural message across. -- Barry Miles, 2007 The Our World broadcast on 25 June cut to Abbey Road studios at 8 : 54 pm London time, about 40 seconds earlier than expected. Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick were drinking scotch whisky to calm their nerves for the task of mixing the audio for a live worldwide broadcast, and had to scramble the bottle and glasses beneath the mixing desk when they were told they were about to go on air. McCartney and Lennon performing `` All You Need Is Love '' on Our World. Music journalist Peter Doggett has described the Beatles ' performance as `` one of the strongest visual impressions '' from the Summer of Love. For the broadcast, the Beatles ( except for Starr ) were seated on stools, accompanied by a thirteen - piece orchestra. The band were surrounded by friends and acquaintances seated on the floor, who sang along with the refrain during the fade - out. These guests included Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Mike McGear, Patti Boyd and Jane Asher. The studio setting was designed to reflect the communal aspect of the occasion while also demonstrating the position of influence that the Beatles held among their peers, particularly following the recent release of their album Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Many of the invitations were extended through Beatles aides Mal Evans and Tony Bramwell, who visited various London nightclubs the night before the broadcast. Also among the studio audience were members of the Small Faces and the design collective the Fool. Balloons, flowers, streamers and `` Love '' graffiti added to the celebratory atmosphere. The Beatles and their entourage were dressed in psychedelic clothes and scarves ; in his report on the performance, Barry Miles likened the setting to a medieval gathering, broken only by the presence of modern studio equipment such as large headphones and microphones. According to Michael Frontani, an associate professor of communications, whereas Sgt. Pepper had showed the Beatles as artists and `` serious musicians '', the broadcast emphasised their identity as members of the hippie counterculture. The segment opened with the band simulating a rehearsal for about a minute, before Martin suggested that the orchestral musicians should take their places for the recording as the tape was rewound. The Beatles, the orchestra and the guests then overdubbed onto the pre-recorded rhythm track. In addition to the lead and backing vocals and the orchestra, the live recorded elements were McCartney 's bass guitar part, Harrison 's guitar solo and Starr 's drums. Lennon, affecting indifference, was said to be nervous about the broadcast, given the potential size of the international TV audience. Dissatisfied with his singing, he rerecorded the solo verses for use on the single. Starr also overdubbed a drum roll at the start of the track, replacing a tambourine part. The programme was shown in black - and - white since colour television had yet to commence broadcasting in Britain and most of the world. The Beatles ' footage was colourised, based on photographs of the event, for the 1995 documentary The Beatles Anthology. Over the documentary 's end credits, a snippet of studio conversation from the 25 June overdubbing session includes Lennon telling Martin : `` I 'm ready to sing for the world, George, if you can just give me the backing... '' The colour version of the band 's Our World appearance also appears on the Beatles ' 2015 video compilation 1. Release and reception The day before the Our World broadcast, the Beatles decided that the song should be their next single. Issued in the UK on 7 July 1967, with `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' on the B - side, it entered the national singles chart at number 2 before topping the listings for three weeks. It was similarly successful in the United States after its release on 17 July, reaching number one for a week. In his feature on the song in Rolling Stone, Gavin Edwards writes that `` All You Need Is Love '' `` hit Number One all over the world, providing the sing - song anthem for the Summer of Love, with a sentiment that was simple but profound ''. The Aegean Sea, off the coast of Greece. In the weeks following the release of the single, the Beatles holidayed on the Aegean in search of an island on which to establish a private commune. According to author Jonathan Gould, the Beatles `` bask ( ed ) in the glow of their artistic achievements '' while enjoying their first summer free of tour commitments, having quit performing concerts the previous year. In late July, the band investigated the possibility of buying a Greek island with a view to setting up a hippie - style commune for themselves, their partners and children, and members of their inner circle such as Neil Aspinall, Evans, Epstein and Derek Taylor. After sailing around the Aegean Sea and approving a location on the island of Leslo, the Beatles decided against the idea and returned to London. In early August, Harrison, accompanied by a small entourage including Taylor and Aspinall, made a highly publicised visit to the international hippie capital of Haight - Ashbury, in San Francisco. Writing in 2001, Peter Doggett said that the Beatles ' performance on Our World `` remains one of the strongest visual impressions of the summer of love ''. Rolling Stone ranks `` All You Need Is Love '' 370th on its list of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' and 21st on its `` 100 Greatest Beatles Songs '' list. Mojo placed it at number 28 on a similar list of the best Beatles songs. In his commentary for the magazine, producer and musician Dave Stewart admired the track 's `` jumbled - up mix of music -- marching band and rock'n'roll '' and recalled the Beatles ' appearance on Our World as `` a signal for those ( of us ) who felt we were trapped in a mental hospital in some suburban town to break out ''. `` All You Need Is Love '' was also included on the American LP version of Magical Mystery Tour in November 1967, and on the Yellow Submarine album, animated film and 1999 `` songtrack ''. As a statement on the power of universal love, the song served as the moral in the film. It plays over a scene where Lennon 's character defeats the Blue Meanies by throwing the word `` Love '' at their evil Flying Glove. The track is also featured in Cirque du Soleil 's show Love, based on the songs of the Beatles, and its album. In 1978, the Rutles parodied `` All You Need Is Love '' in their song `` Love Life ''. Cultural responses and legacy A demonstrator offers a flower to military policemen during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in October 1967 ( photo by Marc Riboud ). `` All You Need Is Love '' provided an anthem for the flower power movement but has since attracted criticism for its simplistic message. According to author Jon Wiener, `` All You Need Is Love '' served as `` the anthem of flower power '' during the summer of 1967 but also, like the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper album, highlighted the ideological gulf between the predominately white hippie movement and the increasingly political ghetto culture in the United States. Wiener says that the song 's pacifist agenda infuriated many student radicals from the New Left and that these detractors `` continued to denounce ( Lennon ) for it for the rest of his life ''. In the decades following its release, Beatles biographers and music journalists have criticised the lyrics as naive and simplistic and detected a smugness in the message ; the song 's musical content has also been dismissed as unimaginative. Writing in 1988, author and critic Tim Riley identified the track 's `` internal contradictions ( positivisms expressed with negatives ) '' and `` bloated self - confidence ( ' it 's easy ' ) '' as qualities that rendered it as `` the naive answer to ' A Day in the Life ' ''. Maybe in the Sixties we were naive and like children and later everyone went back to their rooms and said, `` We did n't get a wonderful world of flowers and peace. ''... Crying for it was n't enough. The thing the Sixties did was show us the possibility and the responsibility we all had. -- John Lennon, 1980 Mark Hertsgaard considers `` All You Need Is Love '' to be among the Beatles ' finest songs and one of the few highlights of their recordings from the Magical Mystery Tour -- Yellow Submarine era. In his opinion, Lennon 's detractors fail to discern between `` shallow and utopian '' when ridiculing the song as socially irrelevant, and he adds : `` one may as well complain that Martin Luther King was a poor singer as criticize Lennon on fine points of political strategy ; his role was the Poet, not the Political Organizer. '' Ian MacDonald views the song as `` one of The Beatles ' less deserving hits '' and, in its apparently chaotic production, typical of the band 's self - indulgent work immediately after Sgt. Pepper. Regarding the song 's message, McDonald writes : During the materialistic Eighties, this song 's title was the butt of cynics, there being, obviously, any number of additional things needed to sustain life on earth. It should, perhaps, be pointed out that this record was not conceived as a blueprint for a successful career. `` All you need is love '' is a transcendental statement, as true on its level as the principle of investment on the level of the stock exchange. In the idealistic perspective of 1967 -- the polar opposite of 1987 -- its title makes perfect sense. In 2009, George Vaillant, the chief investigator of the Grant Study, which tracked 268 Harvard undergraduates for a period of 80 years with the goal of finding what factors led to happiness, stated that its findings could be summarized as `` Happiness is love. Full stop. '' When pressed for being sentimental or too general, he revisited his findings and again stated, `` the short answer is L-O-V-E. '' The CBC claimed that the `` ( grant ) study proves Beatles right : All You Need is Love. '' Personnel According to Ian MacDonald : The Beatles John Lennon -- lead and backing vocals, harpsichord, banjo Paul McCartney -- bass, double bass, backing vocals George Harrison -- lead guitar, violin, backing vocals Ringo Starr -- drums Additional participants George Martin -- piano, orchestral arrangement, production Mike Vickers -- conductor Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie, Jack Holmes -- violins Rex Morris, Don Honeywill -- tenor saxophones David Mason -- trumpet Stanley Woods -- trumpet, flugelhorn Evan Watkins, Harry Spain -- trombones Jack Emblow -- accordion Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Asher, Patti Boyd, Mike McGear, Keith Moon, Graham Nash, Hunter Davies, Gary Leeds and others -- background vocals Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canadian RPM 100 Germany ( Official German Charts ) Irish Singles Chart Italy ( FIMI ) 10 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) Norway ( VG - lista ) UK ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1987 ) ( Reissue ) Peak position Irish Singles Chart 19 UK ( Official Charts Company ) 47 Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank Canada US Billboard 30 US Cash Box 43 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Cover versions Group or artist 's name Release date Album title Additional information The 5th Dimension 1971 -- 10 The 5th Dimension / Live ! New Musik 1982 Warp Echo & the Bunnymen 1984 Seven Seas `` Life at Brian 's -- Lean and Hungry '' This version is included on the 1988 release New Live and Rare. This version is also included on Crystal Days : 1979 -- 1999 ; they also released a live cover as a bonus track on the 2003 re-release of their 1984 album Ocean Rain. Elvis Costello 1985 Costello played the song at Wembley Stadium at the London leg of Live Aid, introducing it as an `` old Northern English folk song ''. Bajaga i Instruktori 1986 7 '' single Eddie Chacon 12 '' single Columbia 4406930 Tears for Fears Going to California ( live DVD ) Orzabal changed some of the lyrics and incorporated the phrase `` Raoul and the Kings of Spain '' which would go on to be the title of a future album. Anything Box 1991 -- 05 Worth Tom Jones 1993 -- 01 single Ferrante & Teicher 1993 - 01 - 29 The Greatest Love Songs of All The Undead 1998 -- 07 Till Death Lynden David Hall 2003 - 11 - 11 Love Actually Nada Surf 2006 Featured in a Chase credit card commercial Dana Fuchs & Jim Sturgess 2007 Across the Universe Beatallica 2008 single Parodied as `` All You Need is Blood '' Noel Gallagher 2009 The Dreams We Have as Children Bandaged 2009 single ( BBC Children in Need ) Taken from the Bandaged Together album and featuring rock, pop and classical artists One Direction Performed live on The X Factor during the show 's elimination rounds. Japan United with Music 2012 - 03 - 07 single Charity single for recovery from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takeshi Kobayashi, and featuring many artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Crystal Kay, Tomoyasu Hotei, Kazutoshi Sakurai, Sugizo and Bonnie Pink. The Flaming Lips ( feat. Alex and Jade of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ) 2013 - 04 - 01 The Terror Taken from the UK Bella Union exclusive 3 '' mini CD Glee cast 2013 Glee Sings the Beatles Also performed on Season Five Premiere, `` Love Love Love '' Dave Koz 2015 Collaborations : 25th Anniversary Collection featuring Eric Benét, Johnny Mathis, Heather Headley, Richard Marx, Jonathan Butler, Maysa, BeBe Winans, Gloria Estefan and Stevie Wonder Notes Jump up ^ McCartney also offered `` Hello, Goodbye '' for consideration. Jump up ^ The idea to film the performance in the company of their friends and fellow artists reprised the orchestral overdubbing session for `` A Day in the Life '' in February 1967, when the Beatles had hosted a happening - style event at EMI 's Studio 1. Author Ian MacDonald cites a television performance by Pink Floyd of their June 1967 single `` See Emily Play '', when the band were `` surrounded by a kaftan - clad crowd of beatific followers '', as a precedent. 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External links Wikiquote has quotations related to : Magical Mystery Tour Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics CoverTogether : `` All You Need is Love '' Cover Versions Preceded by `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' by Procol Harum UK Singles Chart number one single 19 July 1967 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` San Francisco ( Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair ) '' by Scott McKenzie Preceded by `` Light My Fire '' by the Doors Billboard Hot 100 number one single 19 August 1967 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Ode to Billie Joe '' by Bobbie Gentry Preceded by `` A Whiter Shade of Pale '' by Procol Harum French number one single 22 July 1967 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Adios Amor '' by Sheila The Beatles singles discography UK and US ( all labels ) 1963 `` Please Please Me '' / `` Ask Me Why '' `` From Me to You '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` She Loves You '' / `` I 'll Get You '' 1964 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' / `` You Ca n't Do That '' `` I Feel Fine '' / `` She 's a Woman '' 1965 `` Ticket to Ride '' / `` Yes It Is '' `` Help ! '' / `` I 'm Down '' `` We Can Work It Out '' / `` Day Tripper '' 1966 `` Paperback Writer '' / `` Rain '' `` Yellow Submarine '' / `` Eleanor Rigby '' 1967 `` Penny Lane '' / `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` Hello, Goodbye '' / `` I Am the Walrus '' 1968 `` Lady Madonna '' / `` The Inner Light '' `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' 1969 `` Get Back '' / `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' / `` Old Brown Shoe '' `` Something '' / `` Come Together '' 1970 `` Let It Be '' / `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` A Day in the Life '' 1982 `` The Beatles Movie Medley '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' 1995 `` Free as a Bird '' / `` Christmas Time ( Is Here Again ) '' `` Real Love '' / `` Baby 's in Black '' UK only ( Parlophone, Apple ) 1962 `` My Bonnie '' / `` The Saints '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` This Boy '' 1964 `` Ai n't She Sweet '' / `` If You Love Me, Baby '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` Things We Said Today '' 1976 `` Yesterday '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Twist and Shout '' US only ( Vee - Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple ) 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` I Saw Her Standing There '' 1964 `` Twist and Shout '' / `` There 's a Place '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Sie liebt dich '' / `` I 'll Get You '' `` I 'll Cry Instead '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` And I Love Her '' / `` If I Fell '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Matchbox '' / `` Slow Down '' 1965 `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` Yesterday '' / `` Act Naturally '' 1966 `` Nowhere Man '' / `` What Goes On '' 1970 `` The Long and Winding Road '' / `` For You Blue '' 1976 `` Got to Get You into My Life '' / `` Helter Skelter '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` Julia '' Other countries ( Odeon, Parlophone, Apple ) 1963 `` All My Loving '' / `` This Boy '' ( Canada ) 1964 `` Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich '' ( Germany ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) 1968 `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' ( Europe, Japan, Australia ) `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` I Will '' ( Philippines ) `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( Sweden ) 1969 `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' / `` Tell Me What You See '' ( Japan ) 1970 `` Oh ! Darling '' / `` Here Comes the Sun '' ( Japan ) 1972 `` All Together Now '' / `` Hey Bulldog '' ( Europe ) 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` Within You Without You '' ( Germany ) Magical Mystery Tour Songs Side one `` Magical Mystery Tour '' `` The Fool on the Hill '' `` Flying '' `` Blue Jay Way '' `` Your Mother Should Know '' `` I Am the Walrus '' Side two `` Hello, Goodbye '' `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` Penny Lane '' `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` All You Need Is Love '' Outtakes `` All Together Now '' `` It 's All Too Much '' `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' Related articles Magical Mystery Tour ( film ) The Beatles discography Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters Yellow Submarine Songs Side one `` Yellow Submarine '' `` Only a Northern Song '' `` All Together Now '' `` Hey Bulldog '' `` It 's All Too Much '' `` All You Need Is Love '' Side two `` Pepperland '' `` Sea of Time '' `` Sea of Holes '' `` Sea of Monsters '' `` March of the Meanies '' `` Pepperland Laid Waste '' `` Yellow Submarine in Pepperland '' Related articles Film Yellow Submarine ( sculpture ) Yellow Submarine Songtrack The Beatles discography George Martin Blue Meanies Chief Blue Meanie Jeremy Hillary Boob Ringo 's Yellow Submarine Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters Tom Jones Studio albums Along Came Jones ( It 's Not Unusual ) ( 1965 ) What 's New Pussycat ? ( 1965 ) A-tom - ic Jones ( 1966 ) From the Heart ( 1966 ) Green, Green Grass of Home ( 1967 ) Delilah ( 1968 ) Help Yourself ( 1968 ) Reload ( 1999 ) Mr. Jones ( 2002 ) Praise & Blame ( 2010 ) Spirit in the Room ( 2012 ) Long Lost Suitcase ( 2015 ) Live albums John Farnham & Tom Jones -- Together in Concert ( 2005 ) Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas Songs `` All You Need Is Love '' `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' `` Black Betty '' `` Burning Down the House '' `` Carrying a Torch '' `` Darlin ' '' `` Daughter of Darkness '' `` Delilah '' `` Detroit City '' `` Gimme Shelter '' `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' `` Help Yourself '' `` I ( Who Have Nothing ) '' `` Islands in the Stream '' `` It 's Four in the Morning '' `` It 's Not Unusual '' `` I 'll Never Fall in Love Again '' `` Kiss '' `` Lady Lay Down '' `` Mama Told Me Not to Come '' `` Move Closer '' `` Say You 'll Stay Until Tomorrow '' `` Sex Bomb '' `` Sixteen Tons '' `` She 's a Lady '' `` Stoned in Love '' `` Till '' `` What 's New Pussycat ? 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Question: who wrote the lyrics to all you need is love
Answer: John Lennon