2019Released
3:39

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Years & Years' frontman Olly Alexander's lyrics often feature spiritual iconography. "Worship" finds him likening his devotion towards a guy to reverence and adoration for a deity while "Sanctify" characterizes gay sex as a sacred act. Even Communion, the title of their debut album is also the name of a Christian sacrament. This club-ready song finds Alexander describing a relationship in which he's "kneeling at your temple." He also harkens back to the biblical story of Adam and Eve when calling love "a bitter fruit if you choose to remain in your shame." The singer's lover has even "instructed all the demons." Speaking to Beats 1's Zane Lowe, Alexander explained that he doesn't come from a religious background. Instead, he became fascinated with religious imagery growing up next to a churchyard. "I was so yearning to be a part of something," the singer said. "I think that's why, obviously, religion is really powerful. All the ritualism and symbolism and I'm just really drawn by all of that stuff. And also kind of how like obviously traditionally, the church has like very much shut out gay people, I'm kind of subverting that a little bit."

Olly Alexander explained the song's meaning in a track-by-track interview with iHeartRadio: "This song is about reflecting on a past relationship and being, like, 'Those things that you did and those things that you said, and the way that you treated me was more about you than it was about me.'"

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of All For You.
C♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
114BPM

Album

The album All For You is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released All For You.
Polydor Records
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A Polydor Records release; ℗ 2019 Universal Music Operations Limited

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