All We Have Is Love (song)

"All We Have Is Love" is a song performed by American singer Sabrina Carpenter, from her second studio album, Evolution . It was written by Carpenter, Afshin Salmani and Josh Cumbee, and it was produced by NONFICTION a collaboration of AFSHeeN and Josh Cumbee. The song was released three weeks before the album release on September 23, 2016, as the album's first promotional single. Sabrina Carpenter stated that the song is the most positive song on the album. The song talks about happiness, optimism and love that reflects in a new relashioship. Musically, the song is a piano pop song which features an electropop chorus.

Background

"All We Have Is Love" is written by Sabrina Carpenter, Afshin Salmani and Josh Cumbee and Carpenter met them in the first day of the recording sessions of the song ^[1]. In a French Fry Party on the EVOLution Tour in Toronto Sabrina sayed that they started writing the song on the piano and Sabrina explained that firstly the song was called "All I Have Is Love" and it was a dark, saucy song that talked about "the live that you deserve". In the next day, they rewrote the song and they titled "All We Have Is Love" because they thought it fits better into Sabrina's repertoire and album. Sabrina said in a track commetary that they start creating the song by building a fantasy world where happiness and love take place before everything ^[2]. In that song commentary, Carpenter states “In the end, the thing that we need to cherish the most is love. And it’s not just love for your significant other…it’s just loving everything you can possibly love with your whole heart.”

Recording and composition

"All We Have Is Love" is a three minutes and two seconds piano-driven pop song with an electropop chorus. The song is composed with a moderate rate of 128 beats per minute. It is written in the key of D major and Sabrina's vocal range spans from the low G3 to D6, thus making carpenter's range a full three octaves. Lyrically, "All We Have Is Love" the song talks about happiness, optimism and love that reflects in a new relashioship ^[3].

In addition of featuring in the background vocals with Sabrina Carpenter, the duo NONFICTION (AFSHeeN and Josh Cumbee) wrote, produced, engineered and mixed the track. Chris Gehringer did the audio mastering at Sterling Sound in New York. The vocals were recorded at Kite Music Productions at Los Angeles in California.

Critical reception

Brittany Goldfield Rodrigues of ANDPOP said "The first single dropped in promotion of the album, anyone who pre-ordered the record got ‘All We Have Us Love.” The tune manages to be a sweet love song, while being a fun dance track at the same time. Her soft vocals are perfect on the track, complimenting the beats instead of overpowering them. Sabrina’s higher register is everything.".^[4] Big City said "Closing the album is “All We Have is Love,” which features a mesmerizing mix of multi-layered harmonies. Written a little over a year ago, the songs finished product is polished pop beats with spoken word sass leaving a perfect cliffhanger for whatever is next for Carpenter and her third release.".^[5]. That's Why We Musyc said "“All We Have Is Love” is a standout tune she penned, and is ripe with raw emotion set against lush piano. She tells her fictional love, “They could tear this house down brick by brick/But we won’t even miss a thing.” While love is certainly a well-trodden topic, there is something very organic and palpable about “All We Have Is Love” that clearly comes from experience." ^[6]

Live performances

Carpenter first performed the song on the Evolution Acoustic Sessions and it was uploaded on her personal Youtube account. The song was part of her debut headline tour, being the thirteenth song to be performed.^[7]. The song was included on The De-Tour being the ninth song to be performed.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Evolution liner notes.^[8]

Recording and management

• Recorded at Kite Music Productions (Los Angeles, CA)
• Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City)
• Seven Summits Music (BMI) obo itself and Pink Mic Music (BMI)/BMG Platinum Songs/Soundish (BMI), All Rights Administered by BMG Rights Management (US), LLC. Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved./BMG Gold Songs/Cumbee Publishing/Kite Kid Music (ASCAP), All Rights Administered by BMG Rights Management (US), LLC. Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

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