You're All I Need (song)

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"You're All I Need"
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Single by Mötley Crüe
from the album Girls, Girls, Girls
B-side"Wild Side"
ReleasedOctober 19th, 1987 (US)
  • January 1988 (UK) [1]
Recorded1987
GenreGlam metal
Length4:32
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee
Producer(s)Tom Werman
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"Wild Side"
(1987) 		"You're All I Need"
(1987) 		"Dr. Feelgood"
(1989)

"You're All I Need" is a power ballad[2] by American glam metal band Mötley Crüe. It was released as the third and final single from the band's 1987 album Girls, Girls, Girls.

The song peaked at 83 on the Hot 100, and 23 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite the controversy and its lack of chart success, the song is considered one of their best songs.[3] But has also been described as "mediocre",[4] and as being filler.[5]

Song meaning[]

The song was praised by Jon Bon Jovi as "the best ballad Mötley Crüe have ever written.”[6] When informed of this, Nikki Sixx laughed because of the gruesome meaning behind the song.

As Sixx would later relate in his Heroin Diaries memoir, "You're All I Need" was inspired by some real-life violent impulses. Convinced his girlfriend at the time had been cheating on him with actor Jack Wagner, who was then enjoying a taste of pop stardom with his hit single "All I Need," Sixx wrote his own song — then played it for his ex. "I took the cassette over to her apartment and I didn't say anything. I just had a little cassette player and I just played it for her, and she started crying, and I walked out the door," he later told Rolling Stone. "I was like, 'Well now, that's that.'"[7] However, the rest of the band praised the song and it was recorded for the Girls, Girls, Girls album. In Nikki's book, The Heroin Diaries, a journal entry states that Tommy Lee was playing the song on the piano, and Nikki wrote the lyrics for the piano part.

Music video[]

The video (which was shot in black-and-white), begins with a warning.[8] After the warning, it depicts a man killing a woman with a kitchen knife (off-screen). He then takes a picture of her off the wall with his hand, which is covered in blood, and throws it in the fireplace. After the murder, the man begins having a breakdown, and destroys many objects in his house. The camera zooms around and shows a stove and pots, a sink, empty picture frames on the floor and a picture of Jimi Hendrix. The police then arrive to arrest him. Paramedics put the dead woman in a body bag and the man is hauled away in front of many onlookers. Though the murder was not shown on screen, the video was banned from MTV due to the violent nature of the lyrics.[3] The video was directed by Wayne Isham.[9]

Charts[]

Year Billboard Hot 100[10] UK Singles Chart[11]
1987 83 —
1988 — 23

References[]

  1. ^ "Motley Crue singles".
  2. ^ Hartmann, Graham (May 15, 2012). "Motley Crue's 'Girls, Girls, Girls' – Readers Poll". Loudwire. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Motley Crue's 15 Best Songs: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  4. ^ July 19, Eduardo RivadaviaPublished; 2016. "Motley Crue Albums Ranked". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-06-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ May 15, Jon WiederhornUpdated; 2021. "34 Years Ago: Motley Crue Release 'Girls, Girls, Girls'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-06-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Masley, Ed. "Best Motley Crue songs of all time". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  7. ^ "Why Motley Crue's 'You're All I Need' Was Banned by MTV". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ March 21, Chad ChildersPublished; 2019. "20 Best Motley Crue Videos Ranked by 'The Dirt' Level". Loudwire. Retrieved 2021-06-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Bomb, Cherry (2020-03-28). "I Hate My MTV: A History of Heavy Metal Videos Banned By MTV". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  10. ^ "Mötley Crüe". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  11. ^ "MOTLEY CRUE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

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