All I Want (Howard Jones song)
{{Infobox song
| name = All I Want
| cover = All I Want by Howard Jones.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Howard Jones
| album = One To One
| released = 22 September 1986{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Robin|date=20 September 1986|title=News Digest|magazine=Record Mirror|page=42}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = New wave
| length = 4:38
| label = WEA (UK)
Elektra Records (US)
| writer = Howard Jones
| producer = Arif Mardin
| prev_title = No One Is to Blame
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = You Know I Love You... Don't You?
| next_year = 1986
}}
"All I Want" is a single taken from Howard Jones's third studio album.
Released in September 1986 in the UK as the lead single from the album One to One, it reached #35 in the UK Singles Chart, his lowest charting hit to that time, and the last UK top 40 hit of Jones' career on the Official Singles Chart, although You Know I Love You... Don't You? from 1986 and 1989's Lift Me Up both went top 40 on the rival Network Chart.
In the United States, it was the third single from the album, and reached #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As was the case in the UK, it was the lowest charting US hit of Jones' career to that time.
The track was more successful in some European territories, reaching top twenty in Ireland and top five in Sweden.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Critical reception
William Shaw of Smash Hits welcomed Jones return. He priced "slightly electro-ish" and "harder" new sound and called the song as a best "he's ever written."{{cite magazine|last=Shaw|first=William|authorlink=William Shaw (writer)|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/29759415935|title=Singles: Howard Jones – "All I Want" (WEA)|magazine=Smash Hits|location=Peterborough|publisher=EMAP National Publications, Ltd.|volume=8|issue=19|page=53|date=24 September – 7 October 1986|issn=0260-3004|access-date=2 January 2023|via=Flickr}}
Track listing
All tracks written by Jones.
- UK release
;7"
- "All I Want" – 4:38
- "Roll Right Up" – 4:49
;12"
- "All I Want (Extended Version)" – 6:15
- "Roll Right Up" – 4:48
- "Don’t Want To Fight Anymore" – 4:32
- US release
;7"
- "All I Want" – 4:38
- "Dig This Well Deep" – 4:34
;12"
- "All I Want (Extended Version)" – 6:23
- "You Know I Love You... Don’t You? (Live)" – 3:09
- "All I Want (Edit)" – 4:07
- "Hide & Seek (Orchestral)" – 7:09
Chart positions
References
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External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Howard+Jones Artist discography] at discogs.com
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Category:Howard Jones (English musician) songs
Category:Songs written by Howard Jones (English musician)
Category:Song recordings produced by Arif Mardin
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