All You Need Is Love
Jim Sturgess Dana Fuchs Martin Luther McCoy and T.V. Carpio 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 lyrics of "All You Need Is Love" stress the simplicity and fundamental necessity of love in our lives, and that it is something easily attainable if we give ourselves permission to embrace it. The chorus is repeated throughout the song, reminding listeners that love is the essential ingredient in life. The first two verses assert that there is nothing we cannot do, sing, or say, while the second two verses maintain that there is nowhere we cannot be and nothing we cannot know or see. The lyrics conclude with the iconic "She Loves You" refrain from The Beatles' earlier hit.

Line by Line Meaning

Love, love, love
The concept of love is being emphasized

There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Everything is possible and achievable

Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
All songs are learnable and singable

Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
You can always learn how to navigate through life

It's easy
It's not a complicated process

Nothing you can make that can't be made
Everything is creatable and doable

No one you can save that can't be saved
All individuals are capable of being saved or rescued

Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
You can always learn how to be yourself with time

It's easy
It's not a complicated process

All you need is love
Love is a vital key to happiness

All you need is love, love
Love is the only requirement

Love is all you need
Love can solve all problems and is the ultimate salvation

All you need is love
Love is a vital key to happiness

All you need is love, love
Love is the only requirement

Love is all you need (love is all you need)
Love can solve all problems and is the ultimate salvation

Nothing you can know that isn't known
There is nothing that cannot be known

Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Everything that exists is observable

Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
You belong where you are currently

It's easy
It's not a complicated process

All you need is love
Love is a vital key to happiness

All you need is love, love
Love is the only requirement

Love is all you need
Love can solve all problems and is the ultimate salvation

All you need is love (All together, now!)
Love should be shared amongst everyone

All you need is love (Everybody!)
Everyone needs love

All you need is love, love
Love is the only requirement

Love is all you need (love is all you need)
Love can solve all problems and is the ultimate salvation

Yee-hai!
Expressing enthusiasm

Oh yeah!
Expressing agreement and excitement

She loves you, yeah yeah yeah
A statement of love between individuals

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JOHN LENNON, JOHN WINSTON LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, PAUL JAMES MCCARTNEY

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@JoseMBernardo

8y↑4

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay
You and me Sunday driving
Not arriving
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters
On my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than
the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that
stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that
stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

(We're going home
Better believe it)

All comments from YouTube:

@xoheartsbaby

8y↑121

Still praying for the day people realize how great this story is and make it a Broadway show!!! Fingers crossed xx

@panick_9550

8y↑6

i would totally audition for it if its ever made into an actual musical

@rokaanalzeer

7y↑1

me too. As long as they let me sing hey jude then i'm good!

@josepharnold5627

🤞🏻

@kylewhytonen

4y↑1

It’s a great property to turn into a musical, however, The Beatles songs are very expensive to get the rights to, even as “cover” songs in the musical.

@FreshZCORD

all u need is love

@CupCrazySTL

5y↑16

One of the greatest movies I have ever seen!! They definitely need to make a Broadway musical out of it!!! Amazing Cast!

@Herimini

12y↑16

My favorite moment in the whole movie is when Joe sings "She loves you" in the background of this song<3

@SobeBottle1000

13y↑2

no matter how bad my life is going.. or how upset i am.. this song always is able to make me feel a million times better.

@alexiss9111

12y

Across the Universe is just 2 beautiful for words....its real deep man real deep

@IarinhaCJBM

13y

Great cover. Am I the only one who imagines myself living a scene like that in the movie? I mean, nothing's more emotional and beautiful than Lucy in the another roof seeing Jude singing All You Need Is Love and looking at her. <3

@AnthroArcade

9y↑32

"Yeah yeah yeah! She loves you yeah yeah yeah!"

~Tamagi Stardust

@sanadartona4452

4y↑1

All we need love ❤❤

@TheAngela0422

9y↑13

I've listened to this 25x today. No joke

@JarlyShots

The last "she loves me yeah yeah yeah" when they see each other on the rooftops. My emotions!

@lovemenowyoumonster

13y

Jim's voice = <3

@anjaharrermiriam

so true

@jetlover513

14y

This song just puts me in such a great mood. xD I can't help but smile like an idiot when I hear it.

@every_little_details

12y↑12

Heyyyyyyy, Max Is Missing! D: No ''SHE LOVES YOU, YEAH YEAH YEAH''.

@Shadowfyre100

12y↑5

Isn't it funny how every single character knew every single Beatles Song unconditionally?

@austinsimmon7075

7y↑7

there's nothing you can make that can't be made

@CatalinaAlejandraSalinasZamora

14y

ME ENCANTA!!!!!

@JazzyJapanx3

11y↑3

I dont like the beatles, but i love their lyrics. lol The actors sang these songs so perfect<3

@pugs1not2drugs

14y

beautiful

@kaitlynmitchell257

I imagine war thats going on and everyone hears this song puts down their weapons and starts singing and realize we dont need war we need love.

@Dr.JamesJohannson

Kaitlyn Mitchell, that would be nice.

@tunamlithobid

7y↑20

44 people need love...

@SamDeFalcon

67 now

@theactualjane420

69 :(

@kamilakocourkova

83 ppl still need some love

@spratsky

@bryanhenry3724

i need some love 😕

@Maliasimpleplanfan

11y↑2

I wish it had max's part at the end, it ended the song perfectly!

@JoseMBernardo

8y↑4

@torrentobocardo

11y

all you need is love ... yes only need is love

@ZazuZeta55

12y↑4

She loves you yeah yeah yeah (8)

@GabrielEtienne1

13y↑1

The beatles- the best for ever

@paintpipe09

12y

..wish i knew who the sad, sad, lonely person who disliked this video was so i could go sing this song to him..

@mjlj3

13y

@actandartkd like a trillion good artists sing this song it's just that good

@lopeztal99

13y↑1

@SonyxC1 i know that, i knew this song before i knew this movie was ever made.

@natandeoliveira7666

1:06 Lembra o refrão de "You Got It"

@hashymindset164

6y↑7

2018 gang??????

@benjaminsenger7354

Andres Solis ayyyyyyy

@sheilajordan6166

ALWAYS here for Across the Universe.

@specialkwilliams

12y↑1

I honestly like this version better...maybe because i love Jude in the movie...lol

@NecroNickGR

13y

@SonyxC1 i always see that in old songs, all you say that they have singed it first singed it better... why i ALWAYS prefer the more alternative remaked songs? ;D :)

@LPGirl4E

11y↑1

Everyone knows it's written by Beatles. You're not the only one that knows it.

@xambler2

13y

shut up sonicxc1. this song is awesome

@20ciaociao

11y↑3

And where is Joe's part?????

@yukihenji1372

2019?

@nikaqatamadze6258

11y↑1

i know :))

@TriumphofAnarchy

13y

@Jasonxx420xx look what you've done bro !!

@sheilacox2002

I Love My Boyfriend Chas Very Much He's The Only One That I Love The Most

@DropDead1322

11y↑1

Im madly in love with joe anderson

@c4r50n1

12y↑1

They actually do because the majority of them are Beatles fans.

@TinaNightmare

11y

@katiekat745

14y

@Mizabella1234 Think again! ;)

@TheRealmOfInara

14y

Isn't the girl from Across the Universe on TrueBlood now?

@carlosalejandrogalicia-gal1264

SIMONEANGEL552 PLEASE SORRY, THE COMMENTS ARE NOT FOR YOU, OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC

@earienjeevas

11y

And what about Martin Luther McCoy?

@MysticMoonGoddess67

12y↑1

of course it's the 27th song. })i({

@hipsterjustice

13y

@SonyxC1 my name is SonyxC1 and i don't understand opinions.

@vanshayrapetyan1752

Leurn

@Jacksterr95

11y↑7

LMAO the beatles were the best, how can you say you like the lyrics and not like the beatles. It doesn't make sense

@P3MSify

13y

who ever is the one person who doesent like this is wierd!!:D

@cammers6HARMONYLPS

12y

whats a window licker? And Shadowfiyre was joking. Plus he posted that comment 3 months ago...

@nickhager7850

10y↑2

That's less narcissism and more ignorance.

@BobbleWorld

11y

don't be so narcissistic to think that you're the only person that likes the Beatles.

@mjlj3

13y

@SonyxC1 that is an absurdly opinionated statement seriously every part of what you said is an opinion but somehow you manage to state it as though it were fact..........no

@xambler2

13y

stop knocking the song

@carlosalejandrogalicia-gal1264

YOUTUBE OPERATOR: EVEN IF YOU ARE A WEALTHY COMPANY WITH A LOT OF MONEY AND EMPLOYEES, YOU NEVER HAVE OR WILL HAVE CONTROL OF MY IDEAS, MY TIME OR MY LIFE, IF IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LISTEN TO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES IN A ROW OF MUSIC, THEN REMOVE THE PROGRAMS OF MORE 20 MINUTES AND STOP TRYING TO CONTROL LIVES YOU WILL NEVER KNOW