{{Short description|1971 single by the Stylistics}} {{other uses}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = You Are Everything | cover = You are everything the stylistics US single variant A.png | alt = side-A label | caption = One of side-A labels of the US single | type = single | artist = the Stylistics | album = The Stylistics | B-side = Country Living | released = 1971 | recorded = 1971 | studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sigma Sound Studios: Albums 1968-1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=billboard+%22Tarsia%22&pg=PT50|magazine=Billboard|page=SS-11|date=September 16, 1978|access-date=June 11, 2024}}</ref> | venue = | genre = * Philadelphia soul<ref name= "Echols 2010">{{cite book|first=Alice|last=Echols|title=Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture|chapter= I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzrvOAA2tvAC|date=March 29, 2010|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-06675-3|page=16}}</ref> * pop<ref name="Breithaupt 1996">{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= Love American Style: Ballads|page= 164|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}</ref> | length = 2:55 | label = Avco | writer = Thom Bell, Linda Creed | producer = Thom Bell | prev_title = Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Betcha by Golly, Wow | next_year = 1972 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6StORhP7n2c|"You Are Everything" (Official Lyric Video)}}}} }}
"'''You Are Everything'''" is a soul song written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed and originally recorded by the Philadelphia soul group the Stylistics.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/>
==The Stylistics version== An R&B ballad, it was the sixth track from the Stylistics' self-titled debut album<ref>{{cite web|last=Lytle|first=Craig|title=The Stylistics|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-stylistics-r19273|publisher=AllMusic|access-date= May 1, 2011}}</ref> and was released as a single in 1971. It reached number 9 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/the-stylistics/chart-history/hot-100/song/580228 |title=The Stylistics You Are Everything Chart History | Billboard |website=www.billboard.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807021446/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-stylistics/chart-history/hot-100/song/580228 |archive-date=7 August 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> number 10 on the R&B chart<ref name="AMG">[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5549/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic – Charts & Awards]</ref> and reached number 24 on the Easy Listening chart. The Stylistics' record sold over one million copies globally, earning the band their first gold disc;<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/351 351] | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 | url-access= registration | url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/351 }}</ref> the award was presented by the RIAA on January 3, 1972.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/>
Group member Airrion Love sang only the opening harmony with Russell Thompkins, Jr..
The actual background vocals were done by Russell Thompkins, Jr., producer Thom Bell, Carl Helm, Bunny Sigler, Kenny Gamble, and Phil Hurtt.
The rest of the Stylistics never sang on the first three albums that Thom Bell produced, as Russell Thompkins, Jr. explained in several interviews.
The song appeared in two episodes of ''The Wonder Years'', "Denial" and "Double Double Date". It was also used in a 2002 episode of ''The King of Queens'', "Business Affairs". The song was featured at a dance in the 2005 comedy ''The Ringer''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1971–72) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia KMR | style="text-align:center;"|17 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles | style="text-align:center;"|25 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="AMG"/> | style="text-align:center;"|9 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Easy Listening | style="text-align:center;"|24 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B Singles<ref name="AMG"/> | style="text-align:center;"|10 |}
==Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross version== {{Infobox song | name = You Are Everything | cover = You Are Everything Ross and Gaye.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye | album = Diana & Marvin | B-side = Include Me in Your Life | released = January 1974 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul | length = 3:10 | label = Motown | writer = Thom Bell, Linda Creed | producer = Hal Davis | prev_title = My Mistake (Was to Love You) | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Don't Knock My Love | next_year = 1974 | misc = {{extra_chronology | artist = Marvin Gaye | type = single | prev_title = My Mistake (Was to Love You) | prev_year = 1974 | title = You Are Everything | year = 1974 | next_title = Don't Knock My Love | next_year = 1974 }} {{extra_chronology | artist = Diana Ross | type = single | prev_title = My Mistake (Was to Love You) | prev_year = 1974 | title = You Are Everything | year = 1974 | next_title = Sleepin' | next_year = 1974 }} }}
Another version of the song was recorded by one-time Motown singing duo, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye. Released as the second UK single from their ''Diana & Marvin'' album, the song reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1974, and also became the first official Motown single to be awarded with silver disc for sales in excess of 250,000 copies.{{sfn|Roberts|2006|p=223}} It also reached #13 on the Dutch charts and #20 on the Irish Singles Chart. It was never released as a single in the U.S.
===Certifications=== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Diana Ross|title=You Are Everything|award=Silver|id=15174-1291-1|relyear=2005|certyear=2020|access-date=December 2, 2021}} {{certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true|nosales=true}}
==Notable cover versions== Many artists have covered the song. Among the most widely known are: * In 1973, the Pearls, a 1970s vocal girl duo from Liverpool, were the first artists to chart with this song in the UK, early that year. It was released on the Bell label and reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.{{sfn|Roberts|2006|p=421}} * The French version of the song was sung by Claude François in 1974, titled "Tu es tout pour moi".{{cn|date=November 2024}} * Cover in 1978 by Roberta Flack * In early 1988, English heavy metal band Judas Priest recorded "You Are Everything" with Stock Aitken Waterman, an English songwriting and record-producing trio. Though this version of the song was never officially released, an excerpt of the recording leaked on YouTube in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=ROB HALFORD 'Would Love To See' JUDAS PRIEST's Collaboration With STOCK, AITKEN And WATERMAN Get Leaked: 'They're Fun Pieces Of Music'|date=March 2024 |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rob-halford-would-love-to-see-judas-priests-collaboration-with-stock-aitken-and-waterman-get-leaked-theyre-fun-pieces-of-music|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date= March 2, 2024}}</ref> * The Cantonese & Mandarin version of the song was sung by Grasshopper in 1991. * The Cantonese version of the song was sung by Cherrie Choi in 1991. * In 1995, English singers Melanie Williams and Joe Roberts scored a UK top 40 hit with their version of the track, which peaked at number 28. * In 1997, Mary J. Blige sampled this song in Everything (Mary J. Blige song). * In 2004, American duo Hall & Oates performed the song on their album titled ''Our Kind of Soul''. * In 2005, Vanessa Williams performed the song on her covers album titled ''Everlasting Love''. Her version was a hit on the smooth jazz, dance and Adult Contemporary charts.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/vanessa-williams/ | title=Vanessa Williams | magazine=Billboard }}</ref> * In 2005, singer Nivea featuring The-Dream samples this song on her Complicated album on the song “I Can’t Mess With You” * In 2006, reviving from her departure from Destiny’s Child, solo-singer LeToya Luckett samples this song with her debut single Torn (LeToya song).
==References==
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===Bibliography=== * {{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|4hfAdDFYJxg|"You Are Everything"}}
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