All I Want Is You (U2 song)#Charts
{{Short description|1989 single by U2}}
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{{Infobox song
| type = single
| name = All I Want Is You
| cover = U2aiwiy.jpg
| artist = U2
| album = Rattle and Hum
| released = {{Start date|1989|06|12|df=y}}{{cite web|first1= Aaron |last1= Sams |first2= Harry |last2= Kantas |title= U2 – "All I Want is You" Single |publisher= U2songs.com |access-date= 14 June 2016 |url= http://www.u2songs.com/discography/u2_all_i_want_is_you_single}}
| recorded =
| studio = A&M (Los Angeles)
| genre = Rock
| length = * {{Duration|m=6|s=30}} (album version)
- {{Duration|m=4|s=14}} (single version)
| composer = U2
| lyricist = Bono
| label = Island
| producer = Jimmy Iovine
| prev_title = When Love Comes to Town
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = The Fly
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|k0W_ybghFzg|"All I Want Is You"}}}}
}}
"All I Want Is You" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the final track on their 1988 album, Rattle and Hum, and was released as its fourth and final single on 12 June 1989. It also appears in the Rattle and Hum film, playing over the closing credits.
History
"All I Want Is You" was released in the UK as a single on 12 June 1989.{{cite web|first1= Aaron |last1= Sams |first2= Harry |last2= Kantas |title= U2 – "All I Want is You" Single |publisher= U2songs.com |access-date= 14 June 2016 |url= http://www.u2songs.com/discography/u2_all_i_want_is_you_single}} The B-side featured covers of The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody", and a cover of Love Affair's "Everlasting Love". It reached number 4 in the UK charts and number 2 in Australia, number 12 on the Dutch Top 40, but only reached number 67 and number 83 in the Canadian and American charts, respectively. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Reality Bites. The popularity of the song in the film led to a re-release in 1994 where it reached number 38 in the U.S. Top 40 Mainstream charts. The single was rereleased in the Netherlands with "Everlasting Love" now being the A-side. "Everlasting Love" reached number 10 in the Dutch Charts, in January 1990. In 2004, it was ranked number 9 in Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s list of "The 50 Greatest Love Songs".{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/2005/02/14/ew-counts-down-fifty-greatest-love-songs/ |title=The 50 Greatest Love Songs |publisher=EW.com |access-date=4 January 2012 |archive-date=14 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014164648/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1026648_2,00.html |url-status=live }}
String arrangements on the song are by Van Dyke Parks.{{cite web|title=Van Dyke Parks – Work For Other Artists|url=http://vandykeparks.com/works.html|access-date=22 February 2011}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Benmont Tench is credited for keyboards, though he said in an interview in The Boston Globe in 2014: "I couldn't figure out what to play because the song seemed complete, and eventually the Edge said, 'Why don't you play this little figure?' and it's in there somewhere buried in the mix and as a result everyone always credits me with having played with U2."{{Cite web|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|date=23 August 2014|title=Ten songs with prolific sideman Benmont Tench|work=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/08/23/ten-with-tench-look-songs-from-recording-career-tom-petty-and-heartbreakers-keyboardist/aVZGAlv8VmxzTMWbQHxJoJ/story.html|url-status=live|access-date=27 April 2021|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005414/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/08/23/ten-with-tench-look-songs-from-recording-career-tom-petty-and-heartbreakers-keyboardist/aVZGAlv8VmxzTMWbQHxJoJ/story.html |archive-date=21 October 2017 }}
It is also featured during an episode of Hindsight and the final scenes of the 2011 film Contagion. The song "October" appears on the compilation album The Best of 1980–1990 as a hidden track encoded within the track for "All I Want Is You" following about a minute of silence.
Music video
Director Meiert Avis shot the promotional video in the town of Ostia, outside Rome on 18 April 1989.Island Records Promotional Video, "All I Want Is You" Newspiece, 1989. Written by Barry Devlin, the video takes an unusual cinematic approach to the song, with U2 band members making only brief cameo appearances. The video tells the story of a person with dwarfism, played by Paolo Risi,{{Cite web |title=U2: All I Want Is You (Music Video 1989) ⭐ 7.9 {{!}} Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7023502/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} who falls in love with a trapeze artist, played by Paola Rinaldi, one of whom apparently dies towards the end. While there is disagreement amongst fans about exactly who has died, The Edge was quoted as saying it is the trapeze artist who dies.A television interview with The Edge, MTV Europe, MTV's Greatest Hits, air date 11 November 1991
The video pays homage to Fellini, who was shooting his last movie, La voce della luna, only a few miles away from the U2 set, and also to Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks.[http://www.u2faqs.com/songs/#16 U2 FAQs, response to Question 16. "Who dies at the end of the "All I Want Is You" video?"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509191226/http://www.u2faqs.com/songs/ |date=9 May 2014 }}
Live performances
"All I Want Is You" was played at almost every date of 1989's Lovetown Tour, occasionally segueing into "Bad", with which it shares considerable musical similarity {{citation needed|date=August 2023}}. It has since been featured in some capacity at every subsequent tour until the Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019. On the Zoo TV Tour in 1992 and 1993, it was usually merely a snippet at the end of "Bad," but occasionally Bono would perform a solo abbreviated version. The version played on 1997's PopMart Tour was much more complete, and subsequent live performances have been of the entire song. During its performance on 2001's Elevation Tour, it would segue into "Where the Streets Have No Name". Another version was eventually played on their Vertigo Tour, in the usual place of "Miracle Drug". The song also closed some shows of the 4th leg, in South America, and finally closed the tour in Honolulu, on 9 December 2006. "All I Want Is You" has also seen occasional appearances on the U2 360° Tour. At the 2 July 2011 show in Nashville, Bono invited a blind fan onstage to play "All I Want Is You" on guitar for his wife after normal set closer "Moment of Surrender". After the song, Bono gave the fan his Gretsch Irish Falcon guitar. The song was played six times on the Innocence + Experience Tour.{{cite web |url=https://www.u2gigs.com/Innocence__Experience_Tour.html |title=U2 Innocence + Experience Tour |publisher=U2gigs.com}} The song was not played on the Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019 or the Experience + Innocence Tour in 2018, but was played at a promotional appearance in 2017 for the Songs of Experience album, and featured an orchestra for the first time. It was also played at 37 of the 40 concerts from the band's 2023–2024 residency U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere. Performances on video are also included on PopMart: Live from Mexico City, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland, and Vertigo 05: Live from Milan.
Track listings
The first track on all versions of the single is an edited version of "All I Want Is You". "Unchained Melody" was featured on the 7", 12" and CD versions of the single, and the full version of "All I Want Is You" was only featured on the CD versions of the single.
{{tracklist
|extra_column=Producer
|title1=All I Want Is You
|note1=Single version
|writer1=Bono (words), U2 (music)
|extra1=Jimmy Iovine
|length1=4:14
|title2=Unchained Melody
|writer2=North, Zarrett{{sic}}
|extra2=U2
|length2=4:52
|title3=Everlasting Love
|writer3=Mac Gayden, Buzz Cason
|extra3=U2
|length3=3:20
|title4=All I Want Is You
|note4=Album version
|writer4=Bono (words), U2 (music)
|extra4=Jimmy Iovine
|length4=6:30
}}
Personnel
; U2
- Bono – vocals, guitar
- The Edge – guitar
- Adam Clayton – bass
- Larry Mullen Jr. – drums
Additional performers
Chart positions
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"All I Want Is You"
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| align="left"|Chart (1994)
!align="left"|Peak |
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| {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|38|artist=U2|rowheader=true}} |
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"Everlasting Love"
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| align="left"|Chart (1989–90)
!align="left"|Peak |
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| {{single chart|Dutch40|10|year=1990|week=1|refname=Dutch40-10|access-date=7 August 2017|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=U2&titel=Everlasting+Love&cat=s |title=U2 – Everlasting Love |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=24 November 2009}}
|10 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|11|artist=U2|rowheader=true}} |
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Bellefire version
{{Infobox song
| name = All I Want Is You
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bellefire
| album = After the Rain
| released = April 2002
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:33
| label = Virgin
| composer = U2
| lyricist = Bono
| producer = Richard "Biff" Stannard
Julian Gallagher
| prev_title = Buzzstyle (Find My Way)
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Say Something Anyway
| next_year = 2004
}}
"All I Want Is You" was covered by Irish girl group Bellefire for their debut album, After the Rain (2001). It reached number five in Ireland and number 18 in the UK.
=Track listing=
{{tracklist
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|title1=All I Want Is You
|length1=3:40
|title2=Find My Way
|length2=4:05
|title3=Each Step That I Take
|length3=
}}
An enhanced version of the CD contains the video for "All I Want Is You".
=Music video=
The video depicts Bellefire walking near a beach and a group of six male equestrians playing polocrosse on the beach; in the second verse the girls watch them playing. During the third verse one of the polocrosse players throws the ball to another player but his aim is off and it lands at where the girls are sitting, Cathy picks it up and they playfully throw the ball to each other before the polocrosse players get it back. Soon afterwards, they leave the beach.
=Charts=
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=Weekly charts=
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| Chart (2002)
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=22|page=11|date=25 May 2002}}
|align="center"|65 |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|5|artist=Bellefire}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|88|artist=Bellefire|song=All I Want Is You|access-date=16 March 2022}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|76|artist=Bellefire|song=All I Want Is You|access-date=16 March 2022}} |
| {{single chart|UK|18|artist=Bellefire|song=All I Want Is You|date=20020518}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Brian McFadden version
{{Infobox song
| name = All I Want is You
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Brian McFadden featuring Ronan Keating
| album = The Irish Connection{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-irish-connection/id586293170 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413224234/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/the-irish-connection/id586293170 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2015 |title=Brian McFadden – The Irish Connection |access-date=23 July 2014|publisher=iTunes}}
| released = {{start date|2013|2|25}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=53}}
| writer = {{flatlist|
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| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Brian McFadden
| type = single
| prev_title = Come Party / That's How Life Goes
| prev_year = 2011
| title = All I Want is You
| year = 2013
| next_title = Time to Save Our Love
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Ronan Keating
| type = single
| prev_title = Wasted Light
| prev_year = 2012
| title = All I Want is You
| year = 2013
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
}}
"All I Want Is You" was covered by Brian McFadden, an Irish musician formerly of Westlife, for his album The Irish Connection. The song features guest vocals from Ronan Keating, frontman of fellow Irish boyband Boyzone. It was released as a single on 25 February 2013.
=Music video=
The accompanying music video sees McFadden performing the track during a UK tour earlier this year{{when|date=August 2023}}. The video did not feature Ronan Keating.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a460259/brian-mcfadden-unveils-all-i-want-is-you-music-video-watch.html#~oCMcsnNJFWn6Xf |title=Brian McFadden unveils 'All I Want Is You' music video – watch|date=20 February 2013 |access-date=23 July 2014|publisher=DigitalSpy.co.uk}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043214/ Profile of music video director Meiert Avis on IMDB], also credited as one of the directors on [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376288/ U2: The Best of 1990–2000]
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