Love Is All We Need
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"Love Is All We Need" is a funk-influenced hip-hop soul song released as the first single off singer Mary J. Blige's third studio album, Share My World, released in 1997.
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[edit] Overview
[edit] Recording
The record was Blige's first collaboration with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who gave the song an edge sampling Rick James' 1985 single "Moonchild". The song featured a rap from Nas near the end of the song and is a song that gives the importance of love. The song was a more positive recording than anything released from Blige's 1994 album, My Life, in which she had battled clinical depression.
[edit] Release and reaction
While it was popular among American radio listeners, the song was never given a physical release in the US and as a result the song never charted in America though it did reach number-one on the US dance singles chart. However, the song became an international hit reaching number fifteen on the UK pop charts. It was Blige's first top twenty UK hit since 1995's "Mary Jane (All Night Long)". A remix of the song featured a different rapper - Foxy Brown - and featured a vocal interpolation of Diana Ross' "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme from Mahogany)".
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Mary J. Blige
- Background vocals by Mary J. Blige and LaTonya Blige-DaCosta
- Rap written and performed by Nas
- Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
| Preceded by "Fable" by Robert Miles |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single June 14, 1997 |
Succeeded by "It's No Good" by Depeche Mode |
