"All She Wants Is"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Big Thing
B-side"I Believe/All I Need to Know"
ReleasedDecember 1988[1]
Genre
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
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Duran Duran singles chronology
"I Don't Want Your Love"
(1988) 		"All She Wants Is"
(1988) 		"Do You Believe in Shame?"
(1989)
Music video
"All She Wants Is" on YouTube

"All She Wants Is" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran. It was released in 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.

Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable."[2]

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.[3]

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The single B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".

There are 7 official mixes of "All She Wants Is". They are often credited with different names on different releases. The remixes were all done by Shep Pettibone.

Formats and track listings

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

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

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

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

CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set

  1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
  2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
  3. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
  4. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
  5. "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10

Covers, samples and media references

"All She Wants Is" can be heard as background music playing in a bar in the 2003 film Monster.

"All She Wants Is" was used in season 5, episode 5 of Cold Case in 2007.

Faithful Dawn recorded a cover of the song which was only available on a limited edition EP at Whitby 5.5 in 1998.

Chart positions

"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.

In Europe as in the United States the single became a smash dance hit, reaching high positions on the dance charts.

Personnel

Duran Duran

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ^ "Duran Duran singles".
  2. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 17 December 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ DuranDuran.com Timeline (1988)
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 84.
  5. ^ "RPM Magazine - March 6, 1989 - Page 6" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Response from ARIA to chart inquiry, received 5 June 2015". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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