All You Need Is Love
101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening sym… Read Full Bio ↴101 Strings was an umbrella term for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding a hundred albums and a creative lifetime of roughly thirty years. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a puffy cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. According to the photograph, the 101 Strings orchestra was composed of 124 string instruments (all male except for the harpist) and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. The orchestra's famous official photograph was taken in the Musikhalle Hamburg. In reality, of course, the recordings also featured a full brass, woodwind and percussion section, and not quite as many strings as are shown in the photograph. In later years (right up to the 80's), the recordings were made by a session orchestra in London, with a line-up including a modern "pop" rhythm section. In the late 1990's, the 101 Strings Orchestra was revived with "The New 101 Strings Orchestra" for a series of modern recordings.

All You Need Is Love
101 Strings Orchestra Lyrics


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Love, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love

There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy

Nothing you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

Nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy

All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need

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)

Yee-hai!
Oh yeah!




She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah

Overall Meaning

The main theme of the song is a simple message, that love is the most important thing in life. The repetition of the phrase "Love is all you need" emphasizes this idea. The lyrics are essentially a series of statements about what can and cannot be accomplished, and how love is the key to all of it. The opening verses assert that there is nothing that cannot be done, sung, or said once you learn how to "play the game" and be yourself. Love is all that is necessary to achieve this.


The final verses talk about how there is nothing that cannot be known or shown, and that everyone is where they are "meant to be." There is a sense of destiny or fate at work here, but the message is still that love is the most important thing and that it will guide us to where we need to go in life. The repeated refrain of "All you need is love" drives home this message and encourages the listener to embrace the power of love.


Line by Line Meaning

Love, love, love
Love is being emphasized as the most important thing.


There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Everything is possible if it is approached with love.


Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Love can transform and make anything possible.


Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
Through love, one can learn to navigate life's challenges.


It's easy
Love is uncomplicated and accessible to everyone.


Nothing you can make that can't be made
Love can fuel creativity and bring anything into existence.


No one you can save that can't be saved
Love has the power to heal and transform anyone.


Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
Through love, one can discover and embrace their true self.


All you need is love
Love is the most essential thing in life.


Love is all you need
Love is enough to fulfill all of one's needs.


Nothing you can know that isn't known
Love can bring clarity and understanding to any situation.


Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Love can reveal even the unseen and unknown.


Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
Love can guide one to where they are meant to be in life.


All together, now!
Love unites and brings people together.


Everybody!
Love is for everyone, regardless of who they are or where they come from.


She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
The power of love is being expressed through a simple, joyful song.




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Lennon, Paul Mccartney

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