"All I Ever Need Is You" is a popular song written by Jimmy Holiday and Eddie Reeves and recorded by Ray Charles for his 1971 album The Volcanic Action of My Soul. The most well-known version of the song is the hit single from Sonny and Cher. It reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the easily listening chart for five weeks late in 1971. It was also a top-ten single in both the United Kingdom and Canada. Worldwide sales of the single totalled 2,250,000 copies.
Two different versions made the country music charts: one by Ray Sanders in 1971 and another by Kenny Rogers and Dottie West in 1979. The latter reached number one on the country charts.
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| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Singles Chart | 20 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 12 |
| UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| US Easy Listening | 1 |
| Chart (1971) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 18[1] |
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 38 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |
| Preceded by "Baby I'm-A Want You" by Bread |
Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single (Sonny and Cher version) November 27, 1971 (5 weeks) |
Succeeded by "An Old Fashioned Love Song" by Three Dog Night |
| Preceded by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" by Barbara Mandrell |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single (Kenny Rogers and Dottie West version) April 21, 1979 |
Succeeded by "Where Do I Put Her Memory" by Charley Pride |