"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,[1] 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.

"All You Need Is Me"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side
Released2 June 2008
Recorded2007
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:11
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Morrissey, Jesse Tobias
Producer(s)Gustavo Santaolalla
Morrissey singles chronology
"That's How People Grow Up"
(2008)
"All You Need Is Me"
(2008)
"I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
(2009)

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.

Track listing

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CD: Decca / 4780965

  1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Jesse Tobias)
  2. "Children in Pieces" (Morrissey, Tobias)

7": Decca / 4780964

  1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Tobias)
  2. "My Dearest Love" (Morrissey, Alain Whyte)

7": Decca / 4780963

  1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Tobias)
  2. "Drive-In Saturday" (David Bowie) (live Omaha 11 May 2007)

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[2] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 24

References

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  1. ^ "All You Need Is Me: New single released today in the UK". True to You. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 23, 2018.