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Ye wanted to keep 'All of Me' for Yeezus
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The song had been around since 2011, when Legend began working on the album with Kanye West, and it took about three hours to complete with co-writer Toby Gad. The recording took longer, though it doesn’t sound it: “All of Me” is just Legend’s voice and piano, a dead-simple ballad —- inspired, in part, by Billy Joel’s 1977 hit “She’s Always a Woman,” but not the kind of thing you hear on the radio much these days. Still, it was so striking that West declared it his “favorite song ever” and -— about to have his first child with Kim Kardashian and get engaged himself -— toyed with the idea of putting it on his last album, "Yeezus."
Legend, 35, is lucky he didn’t. “All of Me” has turned into the biggest hit of his decade-long career, and his first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. For the week ending Feb. 23, it moves to No. 4, and has sold 1.3 million downloads to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Kanye was the executive producer of John's latest album, "Love in the Future."
FULL ARTICLE (Good read)
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Great for him!