"All I Ever Needed" is the first single released from

Bret Michaels Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the U ...

third studio album, ''

Freedom of Sound ''Freedom of Sound'' is the second solo studio album by Bret Michaels, lead singer of the rock band Poison. It is a country rock album released in 2005, the same year Bret Michaels was a judge on the country music reality tv show ''Nashville S ...

''. The song is a duet with

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singer

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. It was released on October 9, 2004, where it debuted at #57 on the U.S. ''

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chart.

Music video

The song features a music video, however, Andrews doesn't appear in it. The video appeared on Billboard's "Hot Videoclip Tracks" chart in 2008. The video was directed by Christie Cook. A second version of the video with Bret Michaels in Iraq footage was released in 2008 when the song featured on the compilation Rock My World.

Chart performance

"All I Ever Needed" debuted at number 57 on the

chart on October 9, 2004. The song spent 16 weeks on the country charts, even after the song reached its peak of number 45 in its fourth chart week. The song has also become Michaels' only chart entry on any ''Billboard'' chart to date.

References

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