All You Need Is Me (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name	All You Need Is Me
Release	2 June 2008
Total Length	3:11
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 2007
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
Producer	Jerry Finn
Art work	Photo: Jake Walters
Publisher	Decca Records
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #24
Single chronology
That's How People Grow Up ← All You Need Is Me → I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris

Track list

CD

All You Need Is Me – 3:11 (Morrissey/Tobias)
Children In Pieces – 4:01 (Morrissey/Tobias)

7" Vinyl

All You Need Is Me – 3:11 (Morrissey/Tobias)
My Dearest Love – 4:00 (Morrissey/Whyte)

7" Vinyl

All You Need Is Me – 3:11 (Morrissey/Tobias)
Drive-In Saturday [Live - 11 May 2007, Omaha] – 5:05 (Bowie)

Lyrics

You hiss and groan
And you constantly moan
But you don't ever go away
And that's because all you need is me

You roll your eyes
Up to the skies
Mock horrified - but you're still here
All you need is me

There's so much destruction
All over the world
And all you can do is
Complain about me

You bang your head against the wall
And say you're sick of it all
Yet you remain
'Cause all you need is me

And then you offer your one-and-only joke
And you ask me what will I be
When I grow up to be a man
Me? Nothing!

There's a soft voice singing in your head
Who can this be?
I do believe it's me
There's a naked man standing laughing in your dreams
You know who it is
But you don't like what it means

There's so much destruction
All over the world
And all you can do is
Complain about me

I was a small fat child in a welfare house,
There was only one thing I ever dreamed about
And fate has just handed it to me
Whoopee!

You don't like me but you love me
Either way, you're wrong
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

You don't like me but you love me
Either way, you're wrong
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Sleeve Artwork

Cover art. (2008)
7" Vinyl alternate cover. (2008)

Music Video

Credits

Directed by Patrick O'Dell

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 110

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

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Discogs Information

Credits

Art Direction [At Stylorouge London] - Anthony Lui
Bass [The Bass] - Solomon Walker
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Arturo Hernandez
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Charlie Browne
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Damon Anacreonte
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Eduardo Mendoza (3)
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Max Conwell
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Mikey V. Farrell
Crew [Mozz Posse] - Miro Lagioia
Drums [The Drums] - Matt Walker
Guitar [Guitars] - Boz Boorer
Guitar [Guitars] - Jesse Tobias
Management [At The Helm] - Merck Mercuriadis
Photography By [Cover] - Jake Walters

Notes

Catalogue numbers: - Back Cover: F20003 / 4780963 - Labels: F20003 & 478 0963 A: Recorded in Los Angeles 2007. Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. / Copyright Control. B: Recorded live at The Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, 11th May 2007. Published by Tintoretto Music / RZO Music Ltd. / EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Chrysalis Music Ltd.

℗ & © 2008 Morrissey. Licensed exclusively to Decca Music Group Limited, London, England by Morrissey. Decca is a registered trademark of Decca Music Group Limited, London, England. A Universal Music Company.

Made in EU

Track times as printed on the release itself.

Runouts are hand-etched except for the stamped ’81155 1A’ and ’81155 1B’.

Images

All You Need Is Me - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/26182
All You Need Is Me (7" Single 45 RPM) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1356559-Morrissey-All-You-Need-Is-Me

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Catalogue Numbers: - Back Cover: F20004 / 4780964 - Labels: F20004 & 478 0964

Recorded in Los Angeles 2007. A: Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. / Copyright Control. B: Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd. / Universal Music Publishing Ltd.

℗ & © 2008 Morrissey. Licensed exclusively to Decca Music Group Limited, London, England by Morrissey. Decca is a registered trademark of Decca Music Group Limited, London, England. A Universal Music Company.

Made in the EU

Runouts are stamped except for the hand-etched ’00289-4780964-7-A’ on side A.

Images

All You Need Is Me (7" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1356566-Morrissey-All-You-Need-Is-Me

Wikipedia Information

"All You Need Is Me" is a 2008 song by Morrissey that is featured on his Greatest Hits album. It was released as a single on 2 June 2008 in the UK for only one week, reaching number 24 on the UK Singles Chart as well as becoming his first number one single on the Scottish Singles Chart, which at that point counted physical sales only. The song is also on his studio album Years of Refusal. The B-side of the Decca (#4780964) single "My Dearest Love" was written by Morrissey along with Alain Whyte, the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively. The song was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. The song received additional production by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are the Quarry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Me

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