The Beatles All You Need Is Love HD Our World Performance 1967

All You Need Is Love is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a nonalbum single in July 1967. It was written by John Lennon4 and credited to the LennonMcCartney partnership. The song was Britain s contribution to Our World, the first live global television link, for which the band were filmed performing it at EMI Studios in London on 25 June. The programme was broadcast via satellite and seen by an audience of over 400 million in 25 countries. Lennon s lyrics were deliberately simplistic, to allow for the show s international audience, and captured the utopian ideals associated with the Summer of Love. The single topped sales charts in Britain, the United States and many other countries, and became an anthem for the counterculture s embrace of flower power philosophy. Our World coincided with the height of the Beatles popularity and influence, following the release of their album Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Rather than perform the