All I Want (702 song) explained

All I Want
Cover:702AIWSingle.jpg
Type:single
Artist:702
Album:No Doubt and Good Burger: Music From the Original Motion Picture
B-Side:Get It Together
Recorded:1996
Length:3:59
Prev Title:Get It Together
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Beep Me 911
Next Year:1998

"All I Want" is a song by American R&B group 702 recorded for the group's debut album No Doubt (1996). The song was released as the third single for the album and as a promotional single for the soundtrack to the 1997 film Good Burger on July 8, 1997.

The song peaked at number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Background

The song contains a sample of The Jackson 5's "It's Great to Be Here", from their 1971 album Maybe Tomorrow.[1]

Release and reception

The song peaked at thirty-five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reached the thirty-third spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart.[2]

Music video

An accompanying music video was released featuring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell as Ed and Dexter Reed from the Good Burger movie as well as clips from the movie being shown. The video starts with the members of 702 pulling up to the Good Burger restaurant where they see a "Help Wanted" sign, and applying for a job by saying the restaurant's slogan. The group is seen sitting in a diner booth, dancing alongside Ed and Dexter, posing inside telephone booths, and later singing in the kitchen with vintage microphones.

The music video was serviced to BET and The Box on the week ending July 13, 1997.[3]

Track listing

CD
  1. "All I Want" (LP Version) - 3:59
  2. "Get It Together" (Bass Mix Extended) - 7:01
    (feat. Doug Lazy)
  3. "All I Want" (Bink)

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)[4] 35
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] 22
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 33
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[7] 31

Personnel

Credits adapted from album booklet liner notes.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United StatesJuly 8, 1997Rhythmic contemporary radioMotown[8]
July 29, 1997CD[9]
August 19, 199712-inch vinyl[10]

Notes and References

  1. Credits as per liner notes for No Doubt album
  2. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r241651/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((No Doubt > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))]. Allmusic. 2011-05-31.
  3. Web site: July 26, 1997 . Video Monitor . September 18, 2023 . . 80.
  4. 702 Chart History (Hot 100). Billboard. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118010416/https://www.billboard.com/artist/702/chart-history/hsi/. November 18, 2021. April 16, 2023.
  5. 702 Chart History (Dance Singles Sales). Billboard. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20220509010909/https://www.billboard.com/artist/702/chart-history/dsa/. May 9, 2022. April 16, 2023.
  6. 702 Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). Billboard. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118003602/https://www.billboard.com/artist/702/chart-history/bsi/. November 18, 2021. April 16, 2023.
  7. 702 Chart History (Rhythmic). Billboard. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20211118001635/https://www.billboard.com/artist/702/chart-history/tfc/. November 18, 2021. April 16, 2023.
  8. July 4, 1997 . CHR/Rhythmic: New Releases . . 43 . September 5, 2023.
  9. Web site: 702 - All I Want / Get It Together . September 5, 2023 . Amazon.
  10. Web site: 702 - All I Want . September 5, 2023 . Amazon.