All I Want (Howard Jones song) explained

All I Want
Cover:All I Want by Howard Jones.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Howard Jones
Album:One To One
Released:22 September 1986[1]
Genre:New wave
Length:4:38
Label:WEA (UK)
Elektra Records (US)
Producer:Arif Mardin
Prev Title:No One Is to Blame
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:You Know I Love You... Don't You?
Next Year:1986

"All I Want" is a single taken from Howard Jones's third studio album.

Released in September 1986 in the UK as the lead single from the album One to One, it reached #35 in the UK Singles Chart, his lowest charting hit to that time, and the last UK top 40 hit of Jones' career on the Official Singles Chart, although You Know I Love You... Don't You? from 1986 and 1989's Lift Me Up both went top 40 on the rival Network Chart.

In the United States, it was the third single from the album, and reached #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As was the case in the UK, it was the lowest charting US hit of Jones' career to that time.

The track was more successful in some European territories, reaching top twenty in Ireland and top five in Sweden.

Critical reception

William Shaw of Smash Hits welcomed Jones return. He priced "slightly electro-ish" and "harder" new sound and called the song as a best "he's ever written."[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Jones.

7"
12"
7"
12"

Chart positions

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 83
Italian Singles Chart26
UK Singles Chart[4] 35
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 76

External links

Notes and References

  1. Smith. Robin. 20 September 1986. News Digest. Record Mirror. 42.
  2. Shaw. William. William Shaw (writer). Singles: Howard Jones – "All I Want" (WEA). Smash Hits. Peterborough. EMAP National Publications, Ltd.. 8. 19. 53. 24 September – 7 October 1986. 0260-3004. 2 January 2023. Flickr.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St. Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. Illustrated. 161. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  4. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. April 29, 2021.
  5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 443.