All I Wanna Do (song)
| All I want to do | |
|---|---|
| Sheryl Crow | |
| publication | August 1994 |
| length | 4:32 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow , David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert |
| Award (s) | Grammys |
| album | Tuesday Night Music Club |
| Cover version | |
| 2004 | Amy Studt |
All I Wanna Do is a pop song of the American rock singer Sheryl Crow , who from her, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper and Kevin Gilbert wrote was. The single was released in the summer of 1994 and was Crow's global breakthrough as a commercial singer. To date, All I Wanna Do is her most successful piece. The title was released as the second single from their debut album Tuesday Night Music Club .
Crow won two Grammys for the song at the 1995 Grammy Awards and was nominated for another. For several weeks, the single reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the adult contemporary charts and number four in the UK singles charts .
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The lyrics and content of the song are based on the poem Fun by Wyn Cooper. Crow's music producer Bill Bottrell got the rights to some lines from Cooper's book The Country of Here Below . Crow arranged fun in the lyrics and content of the song - Cooper was listed as the original songwriter on the single . With the success of the single, Cooper's book became a bestseller.
The first line of the song This ain't no disco , which Crow begins with spoken chant , is a tribute to the song Life During Wartime by the Talking Heads .
Music video
The music video was directed by David Hogan, who also directed Crows Leaving Las Vegas . The video shows Crow and her band on the street playing the song. The song was filmed outside the Roxy Theater on the corner of Franklin Street and North 1st Street in Clarksville , Tennessee .
Awards
| country | Award | date | Sales figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | silver | December 1, 1994 | 200,000 |
| US | gold | November 22, 1994 | 500,000 |
Charts
| Chart (1994/95) | Top position |
|---|---|
| Austria | 5 |
| Germany | 10 |
| Switzerland | 13 |
| Great Britain | 4th |
| United States | 2 |
Cover versions
The English singer-songwriter Amy Studt asked Sheryl Crow if she could cover her hit. Crow agreed to this. Studt's version was released on January 12, 2004, but met with very little success.
The American singer Joanne Farrell released a dance version of the song in 1995 .
The German band Scooter covered the song in 2004 for their album Mind the Gap .
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- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top Adult Contemporary. 1961-2001 . Record Research, 2002, p. 67 .
- ↑ The Country of Here Below. Ahsahta Press, archived from the original on November 26, 2011 ; accessed on September 21, 2014 (English, text of the poem “Fun” by Wyn Cooper).
- ^ Wyn Cooper: A Serendipitous Career. Academy of American Poets, 2004, accessed September 21, 2014 .
- ↑ UK certifications bpi.co.uk (accessed September 19, 2017)
- ↑ US certifications riaa.com (accessed September 19, 2017)
- ↑ Austria austriancharts.at (accessed on November 5, 2010)
- ↑ German Charts ODC (accessed on September 19, 2017)
- ↑ Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do in the Swiss hit parade on hitparade.ch
- ↑ All I Wanna Do (song) in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ US Billboard Charts (accessed September 19, 2017)
- ↑ Studt's Crow fears. Retrieved November 8, 2010 .