“All I Need to Hear” is the fourth single from The 1975’s fifth studio album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language.
Matty Healy confirmed in a cover story for Pitchfork that the goal when creating the track was to make something that “sounds like a cover”.
“As a joke, George was like, ‘I don’t think...
[Verse 1]
I get out my records
When you go away
When people are talking
I miss what they say
[Chorus]
'Cause it all means nothing, my dear
If I can't be holdin' you near
So tell me you love me
'Cause that's all that I need to hear
[Verse 2]
I sit in my kitchen (George, do the hihats now)
With nothing to eat
With so many friends I
I don't wanna meet
[Chorus]
'Cause I don't need music in my ears
I don't need the crowds and the cheers
Oh, just tell me you love me
'Cause that's all that I need to hear
[Bridge]
I've been told so many times before
But hearin' it from you means much more
So much more
[Verse 3]
Reply to my message
And pick up my calls
You see, I wrote you a letter
It was no use at all
[Chorus]
Oh, I don't care if you're insincere
Just tell me what I wanna hear
You know where to find me
The place where we lived all these years, oh
And tell me you love me
That's all that I need to hear
Oh, tell me you love me
That's all that I need to hear
All I Need to Hear was written by George Daniel & Jamie Squire & Matty Healy.
All I Need to Hear was produced by George Daniel & Jack Antonoff & Matty Healy.
The 1975 released All I Need to Hear on Wed Sep 21 2022.
Thinking objectively as a songwriter, ‘All I Need to Hear’ is maybe one of my best songs. I was in a big Paul Simon phase, and I was kind of trying to do something similar to what he did on ‘Still Crazy [After All These Years].’ He can be as verbose as me, but that song was really, really tight. Alm...
On the record, it’s from the first time we tried to play. It’s difficult to replicate that – it’s defined by the inconsistencies, the things we got wrong.
(Matty Healy via Spotify)