Love Is All We Need

Infobox Single
Name = Love Is All We Need


Caption = CD single cover
Artist = Mary J. Blige (featuring Nas)
Album = Share My World
A-side =
B-side =
Released = April 1997
Format = Cassette single, CD single
Recorded = 1997
Genre = R&B, Hip Hop
Length = 4:16
Label = MCA
Writer = James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Rick James
Producer = Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Certification =
Chronology = Mary J. Blige singles
Last single = "Not Gon' Cry"
(1996)
This single = "Love Is All We Need"
(1997)
Next single = "I Can Love You"
(1997)

"Love Is All We Need" is a 1997 song by R&B singer Mary J. Blige. It was released as the first single from Blige's third album, "Share My World", and features a rap cameo from Nas.

Overview

Recording

Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the song features a sample of Rick James' 1985 single "Moonchild." With its more buoyant tone, "Love Is All We Need" stood in conspicuous contrast to much of the more dark-rooted material featured on Blige's earlier albums.

Release and reaction

While well received in America as an airplay single, the song was never given a physical release in the US and as a result the song never charted on the Hot 100 singles chart, though it did reach number one on the US dance singles chart. Meanwhile, the song became an international hit reaching number fifteen on the UK pop charts; Blige's first top twenty UK hit since 1995's "Mary Jane (All Night Long)." A remix of the song features a separate rap cameo by Foxy Brown and a vocal interpolation of Diana Ross' "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme from Mahogany)".

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

succession box
before = "Fable" by Robert Miles
title = U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
years = June 14 1997
after = "It's No Good" by Depeche Mode