music.wikisort.org - Composition"All I Want" is a song by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket from their 1991 album, Fear. "All I Want" was Toad the Wet Sprocket's first successful song. It became one of their most well-known songs, reaching the top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart.
1992 single by Toad the Wet Sprocket
"All I Want" |
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 Artwork for US releases (CD single pictured) |
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Released | 1992 |
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Genre |
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Length | 3:16 |
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Label | Columbia |
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Songwriter(s) | |
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Producer(s) | Gavin MacKillop |
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"Is It for Me" (1992) |
"All I Want" (1992) |
"Hold Her Down" (1992) |
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Composition
On the song's content, singer Glen Phillips said, "It's very much about how fleeting any kind of epiphany is. It's all about the moment passing very, very quickly and how there's a desire to hold onto it. That would be a constant, but it comes and it goes and it goes very quickly."[4]
Track listings
US CD and cassette single, UK 7-inch single[5][6][7]
- "All I Want" – 3:15
- "All She Said" – 3:47
Australian CD single[8]
- "All I Want" – 3:15
- "Hold Her Down" – 3:07
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European CD single[9]
- "All I Want" – 3:15
- "Hold Her Down" – 3:07
- "Come Back Down" – 3:19
- "One Little Girl" – 3:26
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Charts
Cover versions
Post-hardcore band Emery recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the 2006 compilation Punk Goes 90's.
In popular culture
The song was featured in the TV series Doogie Howser, M.D., Dawson's Creek, Reunion and Homeland.
In 2005, the song was added onto the Nickelodeon soundtrack, Zoey 101: Music Mix as the 10th track, along with other songs that were featured in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.
References
- Harris, Vincent (September 12, 2018). "How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- McDonnel, Brandy (May 11, 2018). "Toad the Wet Sprocket to play OKC summer show". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- Sokolowsky, Jennifer (August 4, 1994). "Toad the Wet Sprocket Coming to Triad". Deseret. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- MacIntosh, Dan (January 8, 2014). "Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- All I Want (US CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38K 74355.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - All I Want (US cassette single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38t 74355.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - All I Want (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 7.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - All I Want (Australian CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 65833 1.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - All I Want (European CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 2.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
- "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1930." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1886." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28. Jan. 1993 – 4. Feb. 1993)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 28, 1993. p. 29. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "Toad the Wet Sprocket Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. December 19, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
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