All I Need Is Everything Explained

All I Need Is Everything
Type:single
Artist:Aztec Camera
Album:Knife
Released:September 1984
Length:4:00
Label:WEA/Sire
Producer:Mark Knopfler
Prev Title:Oblivious
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Still on Fire
Next Year:1984

"All I Need Is Everything" was the first single off the album Knife by Scottish new wave band Aztec Camera.[1] The single was released in September 1984 and reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for six weeks. The single version is two minutes shorter than the album version, which has an extended fadeout.[2] According to a 1984 interview with Roddy Frame, the song was written in March 1984 while he was touring the United States. Frame called it an "unusual choice for a single, because unlike our previous singles (and most pop singles) it doesn't have a recurrent chorus at all."[3] The song's music video was in light rotation on MTV in autumn 1984.[4]

The unusual B-side of the single, a downbeat acoustic cover of "Jump" by Van Halen, drew positive attention.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock, p. 165 (2000)
  2. Mason, Stewart, All I Need Is Everything, allmusic.com, Retrieved 8 October 2013
  3. (October 1984). http://www.killermontstreet.net/archive/articles/jamming.shtml, Jamming
  4. October 20, 1984 . MTV Programming . . 32 . July 29, 2019 .
  5. Web site: Aztec Camera | Artist . Official Charts . 8 October 2013.
  6. Chilvers, C.J. The Van Halen Encyclopedia (Paperback), p. 156 (2001)