All I Ask
{{short description|2015 song by Adele}}
{{hatnote|For other songs and other meanings, see All I Ask (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = All I Ask
| artist = Adele
| album = 25
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2015|11|20}}
| studio = Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California
| genre = Pop
| length = 4:31
| label = XL
| writer =
| producer = The Smeezingtons
}}
"All I Ask" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele for her third studio album 25 (2015). The song was written by Adele, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with production by The Smeezingtons. Backed by a piano, the pop torch ballad describes the singer looking for one last night with her partner, before the couple separate.
"All I Ask" received unanimous acclaim from the music critics, with praise for its lyrics, production, and Adele's vocal performance. The track peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also charted at numbers 10, 21, 66, and 65 in South Korea, Finland, France, and Australia, respectively. It was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Adele performed it during several shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, both in February 2016. It was performed on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 tour.
Background and production
Though Bruno Mars had a "big, diva, ballad thing" in mind,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|title=Bruno Mars: The Private Anxiety of a Pop Perfectionist|last=Eells|first=Josh|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2 November 2016|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103014403/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live}} he and Adele began conducting sessions for her third studio album, 25 (2015), initially attempting to create an uptempo song. When the duo began writing, Adele kept saying, "I don't want to do this, I don't like that", until they played a few chords that she liked and "All I Ask" was created.{{cite magazine|last=Stutz|first=Colin|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7556976/bruno-mars-adele-diva-superstar-all-i-ask-interview|title=Bruno Mars on Working With 'Diva' Adele: 'She's Just a Superstar'|magazine=Billboard|date=26 October 2016|access-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617211243/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7556976/bruno-mars-adele-diva-superstar-all-i-ask-interview|archive-date=17 June 2017|url-status=live}} According to Mars, like a scene from the 1993 film Jurassic Park, Adele made water vibrate while recording the song in a studio booth. On a similar note, according to the song's engineer, Charles Moniz, Adele's vocals caused an assistant to drop a cup of tea during the recording, saying that "he thought it was done and she belted out a note".{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Dennis |title=Burlington sound engineer knows his Uptown Funk |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/6265938-burlington-sound-engineer-knows-his-uptown-funk/ |website=Inside Halton |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=6 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323031209/https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/6265938-burlington-sound-engineer-knows-his-uptown-funk/ |archive-date=23 March 2020 |url-status=live }}
Adele considers the vocals on "All I Ask" her most "showoff-y".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-inside-her-private-life-and-triumphant-return-20151103?page=2|title=Adele: Inside Her Private Life and Triumphant Return|author=Hiatt, Brian|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=3 November 2015|access-date=4 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921164401/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-inside-her-private-life-and-triumphant-return-20151103?page=2|archive-date=21 September 2016|url-status=dead}} Adele and Mars disagreed over the lyric, "Take me by the hand while we do what lovers do", but Mars later changed his mind and said that "lovers" is "this grand word that makes the song bigger because no one says it. Because nobody talks like that, it pops out". They completed the song in two sessions. Adele has remarked, "[C]an you imagine the fun me and Bruno had making that?"{{cite magazine |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |title=The 6 Most Interesting Parts of Adele's First Interview in 3 Years |url=https://time.com/4089045/adele-interview-25-new-album/ |magazine=Time |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=27 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606120059/http://time.com/4089045/adele-interview-25-new-album/ |archive-date=6 June 2019 |url-status=live }}
"All I Ask" was written by Adkins, Mars, Philip Lawrence and Christopher Brody Brown, with production by the Smeezingtons. Brown and Greg Phillinganes played the piano, while Moniz, with engineering assistant Jacob Dennis, engineered the track. Tom Elmhirst mixed "All I Ask" at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, with Joe Visciano serving as the mix assistant. It was mastered by Tom Coyne and Randy Merrill, with Ryan Smith mastering the vinyl version.
Composition
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Inspired by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, piano is the song's only instrumentation.{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Jody|title=Adele Powers Through a Lifetime of Regret & Weariness on '25'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6769956/adele-25-album-review|magazine=Billboard|access-date=15 January 2016|date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607091406/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6769956/adele-25-album-review|archive-date=7 June 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=LeDonne|first=Rob|title=Adele: Live in New York City review – a performance for the ages|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/15/adele-live-in-new-york-city-review-nbc-radio-city-music-hall|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116113046/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/15/adele-live-in-new-york-city-review-nbc-radio-city-music-hall|archive-date=16 January 2016|url-status=live}} It is a sentimental love ballad which discusses the theme of melancholia, making use of "tidy, fast piano patterns".{{cite web|last=McKee|first=Hannah|title=Review of Adele's album 25|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/74182919/review-of-adeles-album-25|publisher=Stuff|access-date=17 January 2016|date=19 November 2015|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006004612/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/74182919/review-of-adeles-album-25|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Garratt|first=Rob|title=Adele's 25 track-by-track|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music-reviews/review-adeles-25-track-by-track|website=The National|access-date=15 January 2016|date=21 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225133836/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-life/music-reviews/review-adeles-25-track-by-track|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=live}} The singer ask her lover to spend a final night with her before they part ways.{{cite web|last=Wickman|first=Forrest|title=Adele's 25: A Track-by-Track Breakdown|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/11/19/adele_s_25_a_track_by_track_guide_to_the_new_album.html|website=Slate|access-date=15 January 2016|date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121025957/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/11/19/adele_s_25_a_track_by_track_guide_to_the_new_album.html|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=live}} She processes the end of the relationship "in what feels like slow motion" according to Rolling Stone{{'}}s Jon Dolan.{{cite magazine|title=Adele's New Album: 25|last=Dolan|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=23 November 2015|access-date=23 November 2015|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/adele-25-20151124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125133000/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/adele-25-20151124|archive-date=25 November 2015|url-status=live}} "All I Ask" is written in the key of E Major (and changes to F major at the third chorus) with a tempo of 71 beats per minute in common time, and follows a chord progression of E–G{{sharp}}m–Asus2–B in the verses with her vocals spanning from E3 to D5.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0157779|title=All I Ask by Adele|date=December 2015 |publisher=Musicnotes|access-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313145509/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0157779|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=live}} Paste{{'}}s Holly Gleason described "All I Ask" as a "'last time we make love' song", adding that it is "pure torch" and serves as an invitation to progress beyond, but "stay in the moment and enjoy it completely" for a while.{{cite web |last=Gleason |first=Holly |title=Adele: 25 Review |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/adele/adele-25-review/ |website=Paste |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=10 November 2015 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726094022/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/adele/adele-25-review/ |url-status=live }}
Neil McCormick of The Telegraph described the song as a "deep, resonant piano ballad".{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/adele-25-review/|title=Adele, 25, album review: 'pop doesn't come more perfect than this'|last=McCormick|first=Neil|date=18 November 2015|access-date=15 January 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119161057/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/adele-25-review/|archive-date=19 January 2016|url-status=live}} Mic's Liz Rowley wrote that the song leaves the listener with "a solid sense of accepting love lost, and clears up the dreadful finality that resignation brings with it" adding that it "arrives at an emotional plane that's devastating yet utterly relatable".{{cite web|last=Rowley|first=Liz|title=Adele and Bruno Mars' 'All I Ask' Gives the Entire Internet All the Feels|url=http://mic.com/articles/128950/adele-and-bruno-mars-all-i-ask-gives-the-entire-internet-all-the-feels#.xPKQhuJVD|publisher=Mic|access-date=15 January 2016|date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201044839/http://mic.com/articles/128950/adele-and-bruno-mars-all-i-ask-gives-the-entire-internet-all-the-feels#.xPKQhuJVD|archive-date=1 December 2015|url-status=live}} Tom Breihan of Stereogum called "All I Ask" a "weeper" and likened it to the work of American singer Barbra Streisand.{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=Premature Evaluation: Adele 25|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1844860/premature-evaluation-adele-25/franchises/premature-evaluation|publisher=Stereogum|access-date=15 January 2016|date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108104524/http://www.stereogum.com/1844860/premature-evaluation-adele-25/franchises/premature-evaluation/|archive-date=8 January 2016|url-status=live}} Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Leah Greenblatt described the song as a "palatial piano ballad" and as a "classic vehicle soaked in stately production and minor-key melancholy".{{cite magazine |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |title=Adele's 25: EW Review |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/11/19/adele-25-ew-review/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101092631/https://ew.com/article/2015/11/19/adele-25-ew-review/ |archive-date=1 January 2020 |url-status=live }}
Critical reception
"All I Ask" received widespread acclaim from the music critics. Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe called it a "whopper of an 11 o'clock number" that transitions from "plaintive" to "soaring".{{cite web |last=Rodman |first=Sarah |title=Album review: Adele, '25' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/11/19/album-review-adele/yAeYOjfi13ORKBp8ikjtXO/story.html |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224122516/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/11/19/album-review-adele/yAeYOjfi13ORKBp8ikjtXO/story.html |archive-date=24 December 2015 |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}} Writing for PopMatters, Chris Gerard called the song a "showstopping highlight" and a "gorgeous ballad", describing Adele's vocal performance as "absolutely thrilling", but noted that it "[has] a little of that sappiness that often infects love ballads".{{cite web |last=Gerard |first=Chris |title=Adele: 25 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/adele-25-2495467704.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=27 April 2020 |date=19 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427090406/https://www.popmatters.com/adele-25-2495467704.html |archive-date=27 April 2019 |url-status=live }} The New York Times{{'}} Jon Caramanica listed "All I Ask" as the fifth best song of 2015.{{cite web|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|title=The Best Songs of 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/arts/music/the-best-songs-of-2015.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101192500/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/15/arts/music/the-best-songs-of-2015.html|archive-date=1 January 2016|url-status=live}} In a rave review, he observed a palpable gear shift and called the song a "masterpiece", adding that it is "even bigger than the legend".{{cite web|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|title=Adele Holds Firm on '25,' Even as Pop Shifts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/arts/music/adele-25-album.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=15 January 2016|date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118230530/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/arts/music/adele-25-album.html|archive-date=18 January 2016|url-status=live}} Natalie Finn of E! felt its lyric, "It matters how this ends / cause what if I never love again?", was the most emotional on 25.{{cite web|last=Finn|first=Natalie|title=The Most Emotional Lyrics From Adele's 25, Ranked in Order of Devastation|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/717619/the-most-emotional-lyrics-from-adele-s-25-ranked-in-order-of-devastation|publisher=E!|access-date=15 January 2016|date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102090839/http://www.eonline.com/news/717619/the-most-emotional-lyrics-from-adele-s-25-ranked-in-order-of-devastation|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=live}}
Vanity Fair{{'}}s Josh Duboff opined that a listener was most likely to sing "All I Ask" "in [their] shower again and again".{{cite web|last=Duboff|first=Josh|title=This Will Be the Breakout Track from Adele's New Album|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/11/adele-best-songs-new-album-25|website=Vanity Fair|access-date=15 January 2016|date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125090932/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/11/adele-best-songs-new-album-25|archive-date=25 January 2016|url-status=live}} Christina Garibaldi of MTV called it a "song of desperation", adding that it is "so emotional" that the listener can "feel Adele's heart break into a million pieces".{{cite web|last=Garibaldi|first=Christina|title=A Track-By-Track Breakdown Of Adele's 25|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2545399/adele-25-track-by-track-breakdown|publisher=MTV|access-date=15 January 2016|date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121060919/http://www.mtv.com/news/2545399/adele-25-track-by-track-breakdown/|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=dead}} Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Leah Greenblatt felt the song was a "classic ... soaked in stately production and minor-key melancholy" that affirmed Adele is not the same as on her previous album "pouring out the pain of her pulverized heart", but someone who can connect with "tender emotions". In May 2018, Chuck Arnold ranked the song as Adele's eighth best for Billboard, calling it a "killer ballad" saying Adele is a "vocal beast all over it".{{cite magazine |last1=Arnold |first1=Chuck |title=Every Adele Song Ranked: Critic's Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8448730/adele-songs-best-ranked-critics-picks |magazine=Billboard |access-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206184226/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8448730/adele-songs-best-ranked-critics-picks |archive-date=6 December 2018 |date=4 May 2018}}
Chart performance
Following the release of 25, "All I Ask" debuted at its peak of number 66 on the French Singles Chart. It also debuted at number 60 on the Scottish Singles Chart and at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20151127/41/|title=Archive Chart: 2015-11-27|publisher=Scottish Singles Top 40|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207234921/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20151127/41/|archive-date=7 December 2015|url-status=live}} Following her Carpool Karaoke performance in January 2016, the song entered at number 65 on the Australian Singles Chart, number 21 on the Finnish Download Chart, number 93 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. It subsequently rose to a new peak on the Scottish Singles Chart, reaching number 12. On Canadian Digital Songs, "All I Ask" managed to reach number 34 in March 2016. The song peaked at number eight on the Netherlands Digital Songs chart. On Sweden Digital Songs, it reached number nine. "All I Ask" subsequently reached number five on the UK Indie Songs chart issue dated 22 January 2016. It was certified platinum by Music Canada (MC) and by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
Live performances and cover
File:Adele 'Adele Live 2016' - Nashville DSC04668 (29780296314).jpg in Nashville, Tennessee during her Adele Live 2016 tour]]
Adele first performed the song on Adele Live in New York City, which was recorded at Radio City Music Hall on 17 November 2015 and broadcast on NBC on 14 December 2015.{{cite web|last1=Karlin|first1=Lily|title=Adele's Live 'All I Ask' Performance In New York City Is Honestly Unreal|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/adele-all-i-ask-live_us_567022b3e4b011b83a6c8373?section=india|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229231012/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/adele-all-i-ask-live_us_567022b3e4b011b83a6c8373?section=india|archive-date=29 February 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Bailey|first1=Alyssa|title=Watch Adele's Live, Breathtaking Performance of 'All I Ask'|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a32577/adele-all-i-ask-live-performance|website=Elle|access-date=15 January 2016|date=15 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118144216/http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a32577/adele-all-i-ask-live-performance/|archive-date=18 January 2016|url-status=live}} In a positive review, Lily Karlin of the Huffington Post referred to it as "honestly unreal" and a performance "for the ages". Elle{{'}}s Alyssa Bailey described the performance as "breathtaking" and said the listener would be "blown away" by Adele's voice. During an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden in January 2016, Adele included "All I Ask" on the Carpool Karaoke segment.{{cite web|last1=Bailey|first=Alyssa|title=Yes, Adele's Carpool Karaoke Is the Best Thing Ever|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a33259/full-adele-carpool-karaoke|work=Elle|access-date=15 January 2016|date=14 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115070521/http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a33259/full-adele-carpool-karaoke/|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=live}}
She performed the song at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on 15 February 2016, experiencing technical issues with the sound caused by the piano microphones.{{cite web|last1=Kimble|first1=Lindsay|title=Adele Blames 'Piano Mics' For Grammys Audio Issues – Says She's Treating Herself to an In-N-Out Burger|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20983758_20987452,00.html|website=People|access-date=19 February 2016|date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218213226/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20983758_20987452,00.html|archive-date=18 February 2016|url-status=live}} In response to the incident, she posted an explanation on Twitter: "The piano mics fell on to the piano strings, that's what the guitar sound was. It made it sound out of tune".{{cite web|title=Adele responds to Grammy sound problems with the BEST ever Tweets|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/celeb-life/adele-responds-to-grammy-sound-problems-with-the-best-ever-tweets-382256.html|website=Irish Examiner|access-date=19 February 2016|date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421184555/http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/celeb-life/adele-responds-to-grammy-sound-problems-with-the-best-ever-tweets-382256.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=dead}} Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, claimed responsibility for the problem, stating "that was all an issue on our behalf".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-delivers-determined-all-i-ask-at-grammy-awards-20160215|title=Adele Delivers Determined 'All I Ask' Amid Sound Problems at Grammys|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=15 February 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=17 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217093038/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adele-delivers-determined-all-i-ask-at-grammy-awards-20160215|archive-date=17 February 2016|url-status=live}} Two days later, Adele performed "All I Ask" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.{{cite web|last1=Geslani|first1=Michelle|title=Adele performs 'All I Ask' and 'When We Were Young' on Ellen|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/adele-performs-all-i-ask-and-when-were-young-on-ellen-watch|website=Consequence of Sound|access-date=12 February 2016|date=18 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220013437/http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/adele-performs-all-i-ask-and-when-were-young-on-ellen-watch/|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=live}} This performance was well received. Rappler wrote that Adele "slay[ed]" the song on Ellen.{{cite web|title=Adele slays 'All I Ask' on 'Ellen' after Grammys mic glitch|url=http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/122968-adele-slays-all-i-ask-ellen-grammys-glitch|website=Rappler|date=18 February 2016|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219134148/http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/news/122968-adele-slays-all-i-ask-ellen-grammys-glitch|archive-date=19 February 2016|url-status=live}} Ella Ceron of Teen Vogue shared that opinion, writing that "she slays it, naturally", and adding that she performed the song with all the power and emotion "we've come to expect" from her.{{cite web|title=Watch Adele Perform 'All I Ask' the Way She Meant To at the Grammys|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/adele-all-i-ask-performance-ellen|website=Teen Vogue|last1=Ceron|first1=Ella|date=18 February 2016|access-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224023304/http://www.teenvogue.com/story/adele-all-i-ask-performance-ellen|archive-date=24 February 2016|url-status=live}} The Wall Street Journal{{'}}s Sarene Leeds wrote that the singer "redeem[ed]" herself in the eyes of the public with the "stunning rendition".{{cite web |last=Leeds |first=Sarene |title=Adele Performs 'All I Ask' on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/18/adele-performs-all-i-ask-on-the-ellen-degeneres-show/ |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110175521/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2016/02/18/adele-performs-all-i-ask-on-the-ellen-degeneres-show/ |archive-date=10 November 2016 |url-status=live }}
Adele performed "All I Ask" on selected dates during her Adele Live 2016 tour.{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Mark|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35690996|title=Adele review: Pop's biggest star opens world tour in Belfast|publisher=BBC|date=1 March 2016|access-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512092814/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35690996|archive-date=12 May 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Bream |first=Jon |title=Set list and more thoughts about Adele's first night at the X |url=https://www.startribune.com/set-list-and-more-thoughts-about-adele-s-first-night-at-the-x/385657951/ |website=Star Tribune |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=6 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112213549/http://www.startribune.com/set-list-and-more-thoughts-about-adele-s-first-night-at-the-x/385657951/ |archive-date=12 November 2016 |url-status=live }} Bruno Mars and his band, the Hooligans, covered the song during the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge on 2 November 2016.{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Will |title=Adele's All I Ask covered by Bruno Mars |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/11/02/bruno-mars-covers-adele-all-i-ask/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=2 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427163813/https://ew.com/article/2016/11/02/bruno-mars-covers-adele-all-i-ask/ |archive-date=27 April 2019 |url-status=live }} The latter performance was nominated for Best Cover Song at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7710210/iheartradio-music-awards-2017-winners-list|title=2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards: Complete Winners List|author=|magazine=Billboard|date=5 March 2017|access-date=6 March 2017|archive-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306014120/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7710210/iheartradio-music-awards-2017-winners-list|url-status=live}}
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of 25{{cite AV media notes |title=25 |others=Adele |year=2015|type=booklet |author=XL Records |location=London}}
Locations
- Recorded at Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, California
- Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village, New York
Personnel
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- Adele – songwriting, lead vocals
- Bruno Mars – songwriting, production
- Philip Lawrence – songwriting, production
- Christopher Brody Brown – songwriting, piano
- Greg Phillinganes – piano
- The Smeezingtons – production
- Charles Moniz – engineering
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- Jacob Dennis – engineering assistant
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing
- Joe Visciano – mixing assistant
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Randy Merrill – mastering
- Ryan Smith – mastering vinyl
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Charts
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Adele|title=All I Ask|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2022|access-date=4 January 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Adele|title=All I Ask|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2022|access-date=3 October 2022|refname="MC"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Adele|title=All I Ask|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2023|id=12256|access-date=21 April 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Adele|title=All I Ask|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf|access-date=23 May 2022}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=South Korea (Gaon Chart)|artist=Adele|title=Skyfall|nocert =true|salesamount= 5,941|salesref=Sales references for Korean sales:
- {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=48&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Gaon Chart:weekly Online download (Foreign) ㅡ 2015. Weeks 48 (album #99)| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}
- {{cite web| url= https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=49&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Gaon Chart:weekly Online download (Foreign) ㅡ 2015. Weeks 49 (album #69)| work=Gaon Chart| publisher=Korea Music Content Industry Association}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Gold|title=All I Ask|artist=Adele|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=10 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|title=All I Ask|artist=Adele|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2022|access-date=20 August 2022|refname="BPI"|id=14945-417-1}}
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References
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