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All She Wants Is

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{{Infobox song

| name = All She Wants Is

| cover = Duranduran allshewantsis.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Duran Duran

| album = Big Thing

| B-side = I Believe/All I Need to Know

| released = {{start date|1988|12|19|df=y}}{{cite magazine |date=17 December 1988 |title=New Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-12-17.pdf |magazine=Music Week |page=30 |access-date=29 August 2024}}

| recorded =

| studio =

Davout (Paris)

| venue =

| genre = * Dance-rock{{cite magazine|date=17 December 1988|title=Single Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1988/CB-1988-12-17.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|page=17|access-date=21 December 2022}}

  • electro-funk{{cite magazine|last=Bergstrom |first=John |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/132245-duran-duran-notorious-big-thing/ |title=Duran Duran: Notorious / Big Thing |magazine=PopMatters |date=21 October 2010 |access-date = 22 March 2025|quote= I Don’t Want Your Love” is a more electronic, sleazy take on the funk of “Notorious”, while “All She Wants Is” turns that sound into a bona-fide house track.}}
  • house

| length = * 4:36 (45 mix)

  • 7:34 (Euro dub mix)
  • 7:19 (US master mix)
  • 7:08 (House dub)
  • 6:43 (US master dub)

| label = * EMI

| writer = * Simon Le Bon

| producer = * Duran Duran

| prev_title = I Don't Want Your Love

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Do You Believe in Shame?

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|e-dxAxfkmvk|"All She Wants Is"}}}}

}}

"All She Wants Is" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 19 December 1988 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988), and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. "All She Wants Is" had a bigger impact in the UK than its predecessor ("I Don't Want Your Love"), hitting the top ten; it was the last of twelve UK top ten hits for Duran Duran during the 1980s.

There are seven official mixes of "All She Wants Is", which were all done by Shep Pettibone. The single's B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".

Critical reception

Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable." AllMusic thought that the song's tempo was "unfavorable" and "gained most of its attention because of its unorthodox style."{{Cite web |last=DeGagne |first=Mike |title=Big Thing - Duran Duran |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-thing-mw0000197924 |access-date=29 April 2025}}

Music video

The video for "All She Wants Is" was shot in London with video director Dean Chamberlain, a well-known photographer who had previously taken pictures and filmed a video for the side project Arcadia. The clip won a 1988 MTV Video Music Award for innovation.{{cite web |title=Duran Duran Timeline – 1980 – 1995 |url=https://duranduran.com/timeline/1980-1995/ |website=duranduran.com |access-date=3 August 2024}}

Formats and track listings

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= 7": EMI / DD 11 United Kingdom =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

= 12": EMI / 12 DD 11 United Kingdom =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
  2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

= 12": EMI / 12 DDX 11 United Kingdom =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
  2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

= 12": EMI / 12 DD-DJ11 (Promo) United Kingdom =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
  2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  3. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
  4. "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:08 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")

= 7": Capitol / B-44287 United States =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
  • Also available on MC in the US (Capitol / 4BX-44287)

= 12": Capitol / V-15434 United States =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
  2. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
  3. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:34
  4. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

= 12": Capitol / SPRO-79483 (Promo) United States =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
  2. "All She Wants Is" (US masterdub) – 6:43 (a.k.a. "Latino dub")
  3. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
  4. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "House dub", "Euro house dub")
  5. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43

= 12": EMI / K 060 20 32366 Netherlands =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")
  2. "All She Wants Is" (Latino dub) – 6:44 (a.k.a. "US masterdub")
  3. "All She Wants Is" (7" version) – 4:31
  • Also released on German CD (EMI-Electrola / CDP 560-20-3236-2)

= CD: EMI / CD DD 11 (United Kingdom) =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  2. "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
  3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
  • Also available on 3" CD in the US (Capitol / C3-44287-2)

= CD: Toshiba-EMI / XP12-5006 (Japan) =

  1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  2. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
  3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
  • 3" CD reworking of the first UK 12"

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Personnel

Duran Duran

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Duran Duran – producer
  • Jonathan Elias – producer
  • Daniel Abraham – producer, mixer (45 mix)
  • Shep Pettibone – remixer
  • Goh Hotoda – remix engineer
  • Freddie Stopler – heavy breathing

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for "All She Wants Is"

! scope="col" | Chart (1989)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

scope="row" | Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|date=6 March 1989|title=RPM 100 Singles|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+19-March+6-11%2C+1989.pdf|magazine=RPM|page=6|access-date=6 September 2023}}

| 42

{{single chart|Germany|28|artist=Duran Duran|songid=17608|song=All She Wants Is|rowheader=true|access-date=1 April 2024}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|artist=Duran Duran|song=All She Wants Is|rowheader=true|access-date=6 April 2024}}
scope="row" | Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web |title=Classifiche |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |access-date=April 1, 2024 |work=Musica e dischi |language=it}} Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "all she wants is" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".

| 2

{{single chart|Dutch100|44|artist=Duran Duran|song=All She Wants Is|rowheader=true|access-date=1 April 2024|refname="NDL"}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|49|artist=Duran Duran|song=All She Wants Is|rowheader=true|access-date=1 April 2024}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|9|artist=Duran Duran|artistid=19319|rowheader=true|access-date=1 April 2024}}
scope="row" | US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-02-18/|title=Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 18, 1989|access-date=1 April 2024|publisher=Billboard}}

| 22

scope="row" | US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)

| 24

scope="row" | US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard){{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=84}}

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References

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External links

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Category:1988 songs

Category:1988 singles

Category:Duran Duran songs

Category:Freestyle music songs

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Songs written by Simon Le Bon

Category:Songs written by John Taylor (bass guitarist)

Category:Songs written by Nick Rhodes