All About Soul
{{Short description|1993 single by Billy Joel}}
{{Use mdy dates |date=December 2011}}
{{Infobox song
| name = All About Soul
| cover = All About Soul.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy Joel
| album = River of Dreams
| B-side = You Picked a Real Bad Time
| released = {{start date|1993|10|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| length =
- 6:01 (album version)
- 4:15 (single version)
| label = Columbia
| writer = Billy Joel
| producer =
- Danny Kortchmar
- Joe Nicolo
| prev_title = No Man's Land
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|YSvomXlbTUM|"All About Soul"}}}}
}}
"All About Soul" is a song by American musician Billy Joel, released in October 1993 by Columbia Records as the third single from his 12th studio album, River of Dreams (1993). The single was produced by Danny Kortchmar and Joe Nicolo and features backing vocals by Color Me Badd. The song peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 29 in the United States and No. 32 in the United Kingdom, becoming his final top-40 single in either country. The compilation box set My Lives contains an unfinished demo version of "All About Soul" called "Motorcycle Song".
The song became the unofficial theme song of the New York Knicks during their run to the 1994 NBA Finals.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Michael T. |date=1994-06-18 |title=ABOUT NEW YORK; Wearing Your Heart On a Shirt |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/18/nyregion/about-new-york-wearing-your-heart-on-a-shirt.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0362-4331}}
Critical reception
Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Joel's river of songs is immeasurably deep. Once more he'll manage to get hordes of listeners humming along with a vintage species of his more uptempo side."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-01-22.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=4|date=January 22, 1994|page=9|access-date=April 22, 2025}}
B-side
The B-side is "You Picked a Real Bad Time", which did not appear on an album until the compilation box set My Lives was released in 2005.
Track listing
- UK CD single
- "All About Soul" (radio edit) – 4:15
- "All About Soul" (remix) – 6:05
- "All About Soul" (LP version) – 6:01
- "You Picked a Real Bad Time" – 4:54
Charts
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Release history
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| scope="row"|United Kingdom
|October 11, 1993 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=October 9, 1993}} |
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| scope="row"|Japan
|November 26, 1993 |Mini-CD |Sony |{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/134163/products/237793/1/|title=ビリー・ジョエル {{!}} 君が教えてくれることのすべて|trans-title=Billy Joel {{!}} Everything You'll Tell Me|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=March 31, 2025}} |
References
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Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Danny Kortchmar
Category:Songs written by Billy Joel
Category:Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles
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