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"All of Me" is a song by American recording artist John Legend from his fourth studio album ''Love in the Future'' (2013). Legend co-wrote the song with Toby Gad and co-produced it with Dave Tozer. It is a dedication to Legend's wife Chrissy Teigen. "All of Me" impacted American mainstream urban radio as the album's third single on August 12, 2013. "All of Me" became Legend's biggest hit to date. On the week ending May 16, 2014, it peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming his first number-one single in the United States. It knocked off "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, which had spent ten weeks at number one. The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It became the second best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 4.67 million copies sold for the year, as well as the third best-selling song in the United Kingdom. A remix of the song (Tiësto's birthday treatment mix) featuring EDM artist Tiësto was released in January 2014 and won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, while a live version of the song was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance, losing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy". "All of Me" was the third best-selling song of 2014 with sales of 12.3 million copies worldwide, according to the IFPI. ==Background and composition== "All of Me" is a tender piano power ballad, which was inspired by his then-fiancée, model Chrissy Teigen. The couple met in 2007 on the set of his video for "Stereo". They were then married on September 14, 2013. The song was produced by Dave Tozer and Legend himself. It is a simple, modest proposal set against delicate keys. Musically, according to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Gad Songs and John Legend Publishing, "All of Me" is written in the key of with a slow tempo of 63 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of F5–D–A–E5, and Legend's vocals span from F3 to B5.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Legend "All of Me" Sheet Music - Download & Print )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「All of Me (John Legend song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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