All You Need Is Me

"All You Need Is Me"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	2 June 2008
Format	CDS, 7" single, Digital
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:11
Label	Decca
Writer(s)	Morrissey, Jesse Tobias
Producer	Jerry Finn
Morrissey singles chronology
"That's How People Grow Up" (2008) "All You Need Is Me" (2008) "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris" (2009)

"All You Need Is Me" is a 2008 song by Morrissey that is featured on his Greatest Hits album. It was released as a single on 2 June 2008 in the UK for only one week.^[1] It reached #24 in the UK Top 40.^[2] The song is also on his studio album Years of Refusal.

The B-side of the Decca (#4780964) single "My Dearest Love" was written by Morrissey along with Alain Whyte, the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively. The song was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. The song received additional production by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are the Quarry.

Track listing

CD: Decca / 4780965

1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Jesse Tobias)
2. "Children in Pieces" (Morrissey, Tobias)

7": Decca / 4780964

1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Tobias)
2. "My Dearest Love" (Morrissey, Alain Whyte)

7": Decca / 4780963

1. "All You Need Is Me" (Morrissey, Tobias)
2. "Drive-In Saturday" (David Bowie) (live Omaha 11 May 2007)

Personnel

• Morrissey – vocals
• Boz Boorer – guitar
• Jesse Tobias – guitar
• Solomon Walker – bass guitar
• Matt Walker – drums
• Roger Manning – keyboard
• Michael Farrell – keyboard (B-sides only)
• Jerry Finn – producer

References

1. ^ "All You Need Is Me: New single released today in the UK". True to You. http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_080602_01. Retrieved 2008-08-23. 
2. ^ All You Need Is Me. Chart Stats. Retrieved on 26 November 2008.