Song Title: You Are Everything
Artist: Stylistics
Oh darling
I want to be everything to you
Today I saw somebody
Who looked just like you
He walked like you do
I thought it was you
As he turned the corner
I called out your name
I felt so ashamed
When it wasn't you
Wasn't you
You are everything
And everything is you
Oh, you are everything
And everything is you
'Cause you are everything
And everything is you
How can I forget
When each face that I see
Brings back memories
Of being with you
I just can't go on
Living life as I do
Comparing each girl with you
Knowing they just won't do
They're not you
'Cause you are everything
And everything is you
Oh, you are everything
And everything is you
You are everything
And everything is you
You Are Everything
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"You Are Everything" is a soul song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. Recorded in Philadelphia at Sigma Sound Studios, it was originally released in 1971 as a single produced by Bell for the Philly soul group The Stylistics. Their version became a top 10 hit for the group, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and became one of the most covered and sampled singles in music history.
The first significant cover was by one-time Motown singing duo Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross. Released as the last England single off their Diana & Marvin album, the song reached #5 in the UK ending a most successful run for the singers in 1974. It was never released as a single in the US.
Other artists to have covered the song, or referenced it, over the years include:
Jennifer Lopez - sampled for "The One" on her album This Is Me... Then
Rod Stewart - featured on his 1991 album Vagabond Heart
Vanessa L. Williams - featured the song on her album of covers titled Everlasting Love; her version was a hit on Smooth Jazz and Adult Contemporary radio
Mary J. Blige - used the title line ("You are everything, and everything is you") in her 1997 hit "Everything," from the album Share My World
Michael McDonald
Deborah Cox - sampled for her 1999 single, "Things Just Ain't the Same"
Pop act 98 Degrees covered the song on their debut album.
A duet between Gareth Gates and Rachel Stevens of S Club 7
Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett - sampled the song in her 2006 hit "Torn"
Mila J - Song titled "Complete" contains ("You are everything, and everything is you")
Hall & Oates - covered on 2004's Our Kind of Soul
Human Nature - featured the song on their album Reach Out: The Motown Record
Craig David - sampled for "Kinda Girl For Me" from the album Trust Me
Nivea (singer) - sampled for "I Can't Mess With You" from the album Complicated
The Roots heavily sampled the song on the J Dilla dedicated track, "Can't Stop This", contained in their album Game Theory.
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