Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
[Verse 1]
(Love) There's nothing you can do that can't be done
(Love) Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
(Love) Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy
[Verse 2]
(Love) Nothing you can make that can't be made
(Love) No one you can save that can't be saved
(Love) Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy
[Chorus]
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
[Bridge]
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
[Verse 3]
(Love) There's nothing you can know that isn't known
(Love) Nothing you can see that isn't shown
(Love) There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy
[Chorus]
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
[Outro – Fading]
All you need is love (All together now)
All you need is love (Everybody)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Irru! Yehey!)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Yesterday)
Oh, love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Oh, yeah)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Woohoo!)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Woohoo!)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
(Oh, yesterday)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
Love is all you need (Love is all you need)
About
Originally a non-album single that ultimately ended up on the Magical Mystery Tour album, “All You Need is Love” was created for and performed on Our World, the first live, international television production.
This song has become one of Lennon’s most iconic hippie anthems, alongside such classics as “Give Peace A Chance” and “Imagine”.
The opening orchestrated part is also the opening of the La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem. Obvious reference to the French, the self proclaimed world true “lovers”.
Among the background singers were Mick Jagger, Donovan and Keith Moon.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
We were big enough to command an audience of that size, and it was for love. It was for love and bloody peace. It was a fabulous time. I even get excited now when I realise that’s what it was for: peace and love, people putting flowers in guns.
–Ringo Starr (from Anthology, via The Beatles Bible)
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