All of My Heart
"All of My Heart" is a 1982 song by the British group ABC, from their debut album The Lexicon of Love. It was released as a single in the UK on 27 August 1982[1] and peaked at number five in the UK Singles Chart. It was written by lead singer Martin Fry and released by Neutron Records. The B-side, "Overture", was an instrumental, orchestral medley of songs from The Lexicon of Love, arranged by Anne Dudley.
In a retrospective review of the song, Allmusic journalist Mike DeGagne wrote: "The lushness of the instruments and the small amounts of musical detail drape the body of the track, adding a slight classical feel to the song's flow."[2]
In 2005, Jess Harvell of Pitchfork Media listed "All of My Heart" as his favorite UK song of the post-punk "New pop" era, describing it as "ABC's slickest and most gorgeous single, and yet also possibly their most bitter." Harvell wrote: "Martin Fry alternates between open hearted and suspicious, warm and resentful with the turn of a phrase. The outro–a swirl of soundtrack strings, plucked bass, and cascading piano–is the most purely beautiful music of the era."[3]
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