You Are Everything

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"You Are Everything" is a soul song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. It was originally released in 1971 as a single produced by Bell for the Philly soul group The Stylistics. Their version became a top 10 hit for the group and became one of the most covered and sampled singles in music history.

The first significant cover was by one-time Motown singing duo Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross. Released as the last England single off their Diana & Marvin album, the song reached #5 in the UK ending a most successful run for the singers in 1974. It was never released as a single in the US.

Other artists to have covered the song, or referenced it, over the years include:

Jennifer Lopez - sampled for "The One" on her album This Is Me... Then
Rod Stewart - featured on his 1991 album Vagabond Heart
Vanessa Williams - featured the song on her album of covers titled Everlasting Love; her version was a hit on Smooth Jazz and Adult Contemporary radio
Mary J. Blige - used the title line ("You are everything, and everything is you") in her 1997 hit "Everything," from the album Share My World
Michael McDonald
Deborah Cox - sampled for her 1999 single, "Things Just Ain't the Same"
Pop act 98 Degrees covered the song on their debut album.
A duet between Gareth Gates and Rachel Stevens of S Club 7
Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett - sampled the song in her 2006 hit "Torn"
Mila J - Song titled "Complete" contains ("You are everything, and everything is you")
Hall & Oates - covered on 2004's Our Kind of Soul
Human Nature - featured the song on their album Reach Out: The Motown Record