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"All I Wanted" is a single by the band Kansas. The song was released on the band's 1986 album Power and written by Steve Walsh and Steve Morse.[2]

"All I Wanted"
Single by Kansas
from the album Power
Released	October 1986[1]
Recorded	1986
Length	3:20
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Steve Walsh, Steve Morse
Producer(s)	Andrew Powell
Kansas singles chronology
"Perfect Lover" (1984) "All I Wanted" (1986) "Power" (1987)

Background

It was their 21st single, as well as their seventh (and final) Top 40 appearance and their fourth Top 20 hit, charting at #19 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.[3] The song takes a more pop approach than the band's previous songs.

Reception

Billboard said that it's "synth-based and relatively mellow."[4] Cash Box called it a "classic-sounding McCartney composition which elicits memories of some of his strongest material with Wings" with a taut rock beat punctuated by an urgent horn section."[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3]	19
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
Adult Contemporary[6]	14
Canadian Singles Chart	75

References

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