"All My Love" is a song by American electronic music project

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featuring vocals from American singer Ariana Grande. It was released on 13 November 2014 as the fifth song from the

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for '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' (2014). The song was written by Grande, Lorde, and

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with production handled by

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, Jr Blender and

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. It is an

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and

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song with elements of

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. "All My Love" received positive reviews from

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who complimented the track's production. Commercially, the track performed modestly in Belgium and charted in France and the United Kingdom. A remix of the song featuring vocals from Grande and Trinidadian singer Machel Montano was released on 21 January 2015 and appears as the final track on Major Lazer's third studio album ''

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'' (2015). It features an interpolation of

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's 1997 song "

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". This version performed modestly in Belgium and charted in Canada. Grande performed the original version on select dates on

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(2015).

Background and release

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"All My Love" was written by Lorde (credited under her birth-name Ella Yelich-O'Connor), Ariana Grande and

(credited under her birth-name Karen Ørsted), while production of the song was handled by

, Jr Blender and

, a member of

. Lorde's desire to include "All My Love" on the film's

led Diplo to rush the production process of the song. In an annotation posted to

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that Diplo wrote, he mentioned that he was on vacation in

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at the same time Grande was there. He managed to communicate with her and go "back and forth with certain mixes." Diplo said that he was willing to "screw around" and surprise people with "this kind of collaboration." Leaked on 13 November 2014 before the official release date, "All My Love" was included as the fifth track for the soundtrack of the 2014 film '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1''. Diplo first mentioned the track on 16 October 2014 via

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. However, he deleted the tweet afterwards. When the album's official track list was announced on 21 October 2014, the song was listed as "Track 5". Lorde, who curated the film's soundtrack, said on Twitter that the song was not excluded for "secrecy's sake" but because it was "not quite finished".
A week later, Grande revealed in a livestream that she was included in the film's soundtrack. She described the song as "very interesting" and "very different." Lorde announced the track's title via Twitter on 3 November 2014.

Composition and reception

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''s Tom Breihan compared it to Grande's 2014 single, " Break Free", featuring Russian-German DJ

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. Bradley Stern from ''

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'' described its production as having "rich, tribal" sounds and " '90's-leaning dance floor pulsations". ''

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'' writer Alex Hudson called the track an "

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banger with in-your-face beats and a manic breakdown." Similarly, ''

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'' writer Edwin Ortiz called the song an "electronic pop cut" with a "heart-pulsing backdrop". Brennan Carley of ''

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'' noted that the song features "yelping, punctuated beats and

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pierce the air". "All My Love" received mostly positive reviews from

. Michelle Geslani from ''

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'' called the song a "Grade A electropop banger." Geslani praised Diplo's "breezy yet bouncy island rhythms" and Grande's "angelic croon". In a review of the soundtrack, Nick Levine of ''

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'' stated that both artists sounded like they were "holding a rave in the rainforest". In a mixed review of the soundtrack, however, Jim Farber of ''

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'' called Grande's inclusion in the song a "commercial move", stating that her vocals proved "too mainstream for an album meant to project something sinister." "All My Love" was moderately successful in Belgium, where it peaked within the top 40 in both the

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and

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chart components. It reached number 135 in France and number 194 in the United Kingdom.

Remix

On 21 January 2015, a remix version featuring vocals from Grande and Trinidadian singer Machel Montano was released. It appears as the ninth track on Major Lazer's third studio album, ''

'' (2015). Diplo, a member of Major Lazer, co-wrote the song with producers Boaz de Jong, Jr Blender, and Skinny Fabulous, and featured artist Machel Montano. A French version of the remix, featuring Grande, Montano, and the French duo

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, was released on 4 March 2016. The remix was described by critics as a soca,

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, and

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song, with influences of dancehall. Its

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includes bass, bongo rhythms, and a

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. According to ''

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'' writer Claire Lobenfeld, the song features an interpolation of

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". Jon Dolan from ''

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'' called the remix a "weapons-grade sun splash". ''Idolator'' writer Mike Wass called it an "effortless overhaul that deserves a spot on your next party playlist." Commercially, the remix of the song charted at number 87 on the ''

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chart and peaked at number 15 on the US

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chart; it reached number 66 on the latter's year-end chart.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''. Recording and management * Recorded at

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(London, United Kingdom) Personnel *

– lead artist, production * Ariana Grande-Butera –

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, songwriting * Karen Ørsted – songwriting * Ella Yelich-O’Connor – songwriting *

– production * Jr Blender – production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2014 songs Aqua (band) Ariana Grande songs Dancehall songs Electropop songs American house music songs Major Lazer songs Soca songs Song recordings produced by Diplo Songs written by Ariana Grande Songs written by Lorde Songs written by MØ The Hunger Games music Songs written by Boaz van de Beatz