All She Wants Is
"All She Wants Is" | ||||
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Single by Duran Duran | ||||
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" is a song by the English pop 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's 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
Legacy
"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 performance
"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.
Charts
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 42 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 28 |
Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 2 |
Italy (Musica e dischi)[7] | 2 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[1] | 44 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 49 |
UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 9 |
US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 22 |
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) | 24 |
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
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
- ^ a b "Duran Duran – All She Wants Is" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 17 December 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Duran Duran Timeline – 1980 – 1995". duranduran.com. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. 6 March 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Duran Duran – All She Wants Is" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – All She Wants Is". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 1 April 2024. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "all she wants is" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
- ^ "Duran Duran – All She Wants Is". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Duran Duran: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 18, 1989". Billboard. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 84.
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