"All She Wants Is" | ||||
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from the album Big Thing | ||||
B-side | "I Believe/All I Need to Know" | |||
Released | December 1988[1] | |||
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"All She Wants Is" on YouTube |
"All She Wants Is" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988), and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable."[2]
Music video
The video for "All She Wants Is" was shot in London with video director Dean Chamberlain, a well-known photographer who had previously taken pictures and filmed a video for the side project Arcadia. The clip won a 1988 MTV Video Music Award for innovation.[3]
B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes
The single B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".
There are 7 official mixes of "All She Wants Is". They are often credited with different names on different releases. The remixes were all done by Shep Pettibone.
- "All She Wants Is" (album version) – 4:33
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) / (7" version) – 4:32
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
- "All She Wants Is" (US master dub) / (Latino dub) – 6:45
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) / (Euro dub mix) – 7:33
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) / (Euro house dub) / (House dub) – 7:07
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43
Formats and track listings
7": EMI / DD 11 United Kingdom
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
12": EMI / 12 DD 11 United Kingdom
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
12": EMI / 12 DDX 11 United Kingdom
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
12": EMI / 12 DD-DJ11 (Promo) United Kingdom
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
- "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:08 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")
7": Capitol / B-44287 United States
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
- Also available on MC in the US (Capitol / 4BX-44287)
12": Capitol / V-15434 United States
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:34
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
12": Capitol / SPRO-79483 (Promo) United States
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
- "All She Wants Is" (US masterdub) – 6:43 (a.k.a. "Latino dub")
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "House dub", "Euro house dub")
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43
12": EMI / K 060 20 32366 Netherlands
- "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")
- "All She Wants Is" (Latino dub) – 6:44 (a.k.a. "US masterdub")
- "All She Wants Is" (7" version) – 4:31
- Also released on German CD (EMI-Electrola / CDP 560-20-3236-2)
CD: EMI / CD DD 11 (United Kingdom)
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
- Also available on 3" CD in the US (Capitol / C3-44287-2)
CD: Toshiba-EMI / XP12-5006 (Japan)
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
- 3" CD reworking of the first UK 12"
CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set
- "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
- "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
- "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
- "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
- "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
Covers, samples and media references
"All She Wants Is" can be heard as background music playing in a bar in the 2003 film Monster.
"All She Wants Is" was used in season 5, episode 5 of Cold Case in 2007.
Faithful Dawn recorded a cover of the song which was only available on a limited edition EP at Whitby 5.5 in 1998.
Chart positions
"All She Wants Is" had a bigger impact in the UK than its predecessor ("I Don't Want Your Love"), hitting the top ten; it was the last of twelve UK top ten hits for Duran Duran during the 1980s.
In Europe as in the United States the single became a smash dance hit, reaching high positions on the dance charts.
- No. 9 UK Singles Chart
- No. 22 Billboard Hot 100
- No. 24 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
- No. 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[4]
- No. 2 Italy
- No. 1 European Dance charts
- No. 42 Canada[5]
- No. 74 Australia (ARIA Chart)[6]
Personnel
Duran Duran
- Simon Le Bon – vocals
- John Taylor – bass
- Nick Rhodes – keyboards
Additional musicians
- Chester Kamen – guitars
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Warren Cuccurullo – guitars
Technical
- Duran Duran – producer
- Jonathan Elias – producer
- Daniel Abraham – producer, mixer (45 mix)
- Shep Pettibone – remixer
- Goh Hotoda – remix engineer
- Freddie Stopler – heavy breathing
References
- ↑ "Duran Duran singles".
- ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 17 December 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ DuranDuran.com Timeline (1988)
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 84.
- ↑ "RPM Magazine - March 6, 1989 - Page 6" (PDF).
- ↑ "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.