All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)

"All I Wanna Do"
US CD #1 cover art
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side	"Solidify" "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
Released	April 4, 1994
Format	CD single
Recorded	Toad Hall, Pasadena, California, 1993
Genre	Pop
Length	4:32 (Album version) 4:11 (Remix)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert
Producer(s)	Bill Bottrell
Certification	Gold
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"What I Can Do for You" (1993) "All I Wanna Do" (1994) "Leaving Las Vegas" (1994)
Music sample "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do" from Tuesday Night Music Club

"All I Wanna Do" is a song performed by Sheryl Crow and written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert. It was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1994 debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club. The song was the winner of the 1995 Grammy Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year. The song is her biggest US hit, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks behind "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men. In addition to this it also peaked at number one on the Adult Contemporary charts in both the US and Canada,^[1] as well as the pop charts in Canada and at #4 on the US Singles Chart.

Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park.

Structure

The lyrics for the song are based on the poem "Fun" by Wyn Cooper.^[2][3] Crow's producer (Bottrell) discovered Cooper's poetry book "The Country of Here Below" in a Pasadena, California used bookstore. Crow adapted "Fun" into the lyrics for her song – earning Cooper considerable royalties, and helping to promote his book, originally published in a run of only 500 copies in 1987, into multiple reprints.

The opening spoken line, "This ain't no disco", is a reference to the song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads.^[4] When played on radio or at live performances, the line is also commonly changed to refer to the local listening area (such as "This is VA" instead of "This is LA").

Reviews

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune called the song "a rewrite of Stealers Wheel's 'Stuck in the Middle with You.'"^[5]

Music video

The video was directed by David Hogan, who also directed her debut video for "Leaving Las Vegas". It features Crow and her band performing the song on the street, with notable characters flying through the air. The video was filmed in front of the Roxy Theatre at the corner of Franklin Street and North 1st Street in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Two versions of the music video exist. For unknown reasons, the original video, which featured the character mentioned in the song "Billy", played by actor Gregory Sporleder, was changed and he was edited out of the video. However, at the 1:03 mark in the edited version, "Billy"'s shadow can be seen on the brick wall as he is walking up the street to where Crow is performing, from 1:12–1:14 (and again from 3:33–3:36), the arm of his jacket can be seen as he is watching her, from 1:30–1:34 he walks back and forth in front of her, from 1:40–1:45 he is standing nearby, from 2:02–2:03 "Billy"'s head can be seen behind the flying woman's head, and from 2:52–2:53 "Billy" and his shadow are visible below.

The edited version appears on her Greatest Hits DVD collection of her music videos.

Track listings

US CD single (cat. no. 580-653-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do"

French CD single (cat. no. 580-654-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do"
2. "What I Can Do for You" – Live at the Borderline

German CD single (cat. no. 580-655-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do"
2. "I Shall Believe" – Live in Nashville
3. "What I Can Do for You" – Live at the Borderline

UK CD #1 (cat. no. 580-843-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do" – Remix
2. "Solidify"
3. "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday"

European CD single (cat. no. 580-844-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do"

UK CD #2 (cat. no. 580-845-2)

1. "All I Wanna Do" – live acoustic for Virgin Radio UK
2. "Run Baby Run" – Live acoustic for Virgin Radio UK
3. "Leaving Las Vegas" – Live acoustic for Virgin Radio UK

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (1994–95) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 5 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 10 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 31 Canada (RPM)[7] 1 France (SNEP)[6] 5 Germany (Media Control)[6] 10 Ireland (IRMA) Chart[8] 5 Japan (Oricon)[9] 5 Netherlands (Mega Top 100)[6] 10 New Zealand (RIANZ)[6] 4 Norway (VG-lista)[6] 15 Poland (ZPAV)[9] 15 Switzerland (Swiss Music Charts)[6] 13 United Kingdom (UK Singles Chart)[10] 4 US Billboard Hot 100[11] 2 US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[11] 1 US Billboard Adult Top 40[11] 32 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] 1 US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[11] 35 US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[11] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Australia (ARIA) 27 Brazil (ABPD) 14 US Billboard Hot 100[12] 34 Chart (1995) Position Japan (Oricon) 37 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 67 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments New Zealand (RMNZ)[14] Gold 7,500 United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Silver 200,000 United States (RIAA)[16] Gold 500,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

Amy Studt version

"All I Wanna Do"
Single by Amy Studt
from the album False Smiles (re-release)
Released	January 12, 2004
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:55
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert
Amy Studt singles chronology
"Under the Thumb" (2003) "All I Wanna Do" (2004) "Furniture" (2007)

English singer-songwriter Amy Studt released a cover version of the song as her fourth single. Amy was asked personally by Sheryl Crow to record a cover of the song.^[17]

Released on January 12, 2004, the single reached a peak of #21 in the charts. It was taken from the re-release of her debut album, False Smiles. Following the peaking of "All I Wanna Do", Studt was dropped from her record label Polydor for poor sales.^[18]

Track listing

1. "All I Wanna Do"
2. "Forget It All"
3. "You're the Breeze"
4. "All I Wanna Do" (video)

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Irish Singles Chart	25

Other versions

"Weird Al" Yankovic included All I Wanna Do in his polka medley "The Alternative Polka" from his album Bad Hair Day.

U.S. singer Joanne Farrell released a dance version of the song in 1995. The song reached #40 on the Dance Charts and unknown on the Billboard Hot 100.

German Dance band Scooter covered the song on their 2004 album Mind the Gap.

Rapper Pitbull, along with The Wanted and the DJ Afrojack, released the song "Have Some Fun", which has some lyrics of the song.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary charts: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 67.
2. Cooper, Wyn (1987). "Text of the poem "Fun", from The Country of Here Below". Ahsahta Press. ISBN 0916272346. OCLC 18272513. Archived from the original on 2001-08-31. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
3. "Wyn Cooper: A Serendipitous Career,".
4. Caitlin, Roger (March 3, 1995). "Crow An Outsider? Not In This (l.a.) Club". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
5. Kot, Greg (August 26, 1997). "Lawdy, Ms. Crow: Top-selling Singer Has Songs But Lacks Emotional Honesty". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
6. "All I Wanna Do", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 27, 2009)
7. "Canadian peak". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
8. Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 27, 2009)
9. http://tsort.info/music/w0k04f.htm
10. UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 27, 2009)
11. Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved March 27, 2009)
12. "Billboard Top 100–1994". Retrieved August 27, 2010.
13. "Billboard Top 100–1995". Retrieved August 27, 2010.
14. "New Zealand single certifications – Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
15. "British single certifications – Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 1, 2015. Enter All I Wanna Do in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
16. "American single certifications – Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 1, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
17. "Studt's Crow fears".
18. "Polydor axes Studt due to poor record sales". The Sun (London).

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics