"All You Need Is Love" was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney, with Paul McCartney co-credited, and performed by the English rock band the Beatles. It was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link, transmitted on 25 June 1967. The song was released as a non-album single on Parlophone in the United Kingdom on 7 July 1967, less than two weeks after that broadcast, and later appeared on the album Magical Mystery Tour (1967). Its lyrics are a simple, anthemic tribute to universal love, written in basic English for international appeal, so that audiences in many countries could sing along. The track is generally classed as pop and psychedelic rock.
