All We Needed

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"All We Needed"
All We Needed.jpg
Single by Craig David
from the album Following My Intuition
Released11 November 2016
Length3:37
Label Sony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Craig David singles chronology
"Change My Love"
(2016)
"All We Needed"
(2016)
"Bang Bang"
(2016)

"All We Needed" is a song by British singer Craig David. The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016 by Sony Music. The song features on his sixth studio album, Following My Intuition (2016). "All We Needed" is a piano ballad, [1] [2] and was released as the official single for Children in Need 2016 . Peaking at number 42, it was also the lowest-charting Children In Need single for 21 years.

Contents

Background

On 11 November 2016, David announced that the song would be the official Children in Need 2016 single. [3]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."All We Needed"3:37

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "All We Needed"
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [4] 13
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 42

Release history

Release history and formats for "All We Needed"
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United Kingdom11 November 2016 Digital download Sony [6]

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References

  1. "Listen to Craig David's official Children in Need single 'All We Needed'". NME . 11 November 2016.
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