All I Want Is You (U2 song)

Single infobox
Name = All I Want Is You


Artist = U2
from Album = Rattle and Hum
Released = June 13, 1989
Format = CD, cassette, 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 6:30
Label = Island
Producer = Jimmy Iovine
Reviews =
Last single = "When Love Comes to Town" (1989)
This single = "All I Want Is You" (1989)
Next single = "The Fly" (1991)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Rattle and Hum
Type = studio
prev_track = "Bullet the Blue Sky" (live)
prev_no = 16
this_track = "All I Want Is You"
track_no = 17
next_track =
next_no = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Best of 1980-1990
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Angel of Harlem"
prev_no = 13
this_track = "All I Want Is You"
track_no = 14
next_track = "October"
next_no = 14, hidden track"All I Want Is You" is the final song on U2's 1988 album, "Rattle and Hum" and was released in 1989 as the album's fourth and final single. It is the closing song from the movie "Rattle and Hum". Bono has mentioned that this song is actually an expansion of their single "With or Without You" from their previous album, "The Joshua Tree".Fact|date=February 2007

History

"All I Want Is You" was released in the UK as a single on 25 June 1989. The B-Sides featured covers of the Righteous Brothers', "Unchained Melody", and a cover of Love Affair's "Everlasting Love". It reached #4 in the UK charts and #2 in Australia, but only reached #83 in the North American charts. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film "Reality Bites". The popularity of the song in the film led to a re-release in 1994 where it reached #38 in the US Top 40 Mainstream charts. The single was rereleased in the Netherlands with "Everlasting Love" now being the a-side. Everlasting Love reached number 10 in the Dutch Charts, in January 1990.

Music video

Director Meiert Avis shot the promotional video in the town of Ostia, outside Rome on April 18, 1989. Written by Barry Devlin, the video takes an unusual cinematic approach to the song, with U2 band members making only brief cameo appearances. The video tells the story of a dwarf (played by Paolo Risi) who falls in love with a trapeze artist (played by Paola Rinaldi), one of whom apparently dies towards the end. While there is disagreement amongst fans about exactly who has died, The Edge was quoted as saying it is the trapeze artist who dies. [A television interview with The Edge, MTV Europe, "MTV's Greatest Hits", air date 1991-11-11] This video pays homage to Fellini, who, synchronistically, was shooting his last movie, "La Voce Della Luna" only a few miles away from the U2 set, and also to Tod Browning's 1932 film "Freaks". [ [http://www.u2faqs.com/songs/#16 U2 FAQs, response to Question 16. "Who dies at the end of the "All I Want Is You" video?"] ]

Live

"All I Want Is You" was played at almost every date of 1989's Lovetown Tour, occasionally seguing into "Bad", with which it shares considerable musical similarity. It has since been featured in some capacity at every subsequent tour. On the Zoo TV Tour in 1992 nd 1993, it was usually merely a snippet at the end of "Bad", but occasionally Bono would perform a solo abbreviated version. The version played on 1997's PopMart Tour was much more complete, and subsequent live performances have been of the entire song. During its performance on 2001's Elevation Tour, it would segue into "Where the Streets Have No Name". Another version was eventually played on their Vertigo Tour, in the usual place of "Miracle Drug". The song also closed some shows of the 4th leg, in South America, and finally closed the tour in Honolulu, on December 9, 2006.

Track listings

MC: Island / CIS422 (UK)

#"All I Want Is You" (Single Edit) (4:14)
#"Unchained Melody" (4:52)
#"Everlasting Love" (3:20)

7": Island / IS422 (UK)

#"All I Want Is You" (Single Edit) (4:14)
#"Unchained Melody" (4:52)
#"Everlasting Love" (3:20)

* A limited edition in a tin film can (ISB422) was also released

12": Island / 12IS422 (UK)

#"All I Want Is You" (Single Edit) (4:14)
#"Unchained Melody" (4:52)
#"Everlasting Love" (3:20)

CD: Island / CIDP422 (UK)

#"All I Want Is You" (Single Edit) (4:14)
#"Unchained Melody" (4:52)
#"Everlasting Love" (3:20)
#"All I Want is You" (6:30)

Chart positions

Other covers

*An orchestral version of "All I Want Is You" was covered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on their 1999 album "".
*Mission UK covered the song on the 1999 U2 tribute album "".
*The song was covered by Les Paul and Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, on their 2005 album "Les Paul & Friends: American Made World Played".
*Jars of Clay covered the song on the 2004 U2 tribute album "".
*Mark Sholtez covered the song in a jazz style on his debut album Real Street.
*Glen Campbell covered the song on his 2008 CD of cover tunes "Meet Glen Campbell".

External links

* [http://video.aol.com/video/music-u2-all-i-want-is-you/1456752 Music video for "All I Want Is You" on AOL Video]
*youtube|w-TssRlmmBE|"All I Want Is You" video
* [http://www.u2-vertigo-tour.com/song39.html All I Want Is You's performance history at U2-Vertigo-Tour.com] – Lists all concerts at which "All I Want Is You" has been performed.
* [http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing026.html Discography entry at U2 Wanderer] – Comprehensive details on various editions, cover scans, lyrics, and more.

References

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043214/ Profile of music video director Meiert Avis on IMDB] , also credited as one of the directors on [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376288/ U2: The Best of 1990-2000]
*Island Records Promotional Video, "All I Want is You" Newspiece, 1989