All She Wants Is Explained

All She Wants Is
Cover:	Duranduran allshewantsis.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Duran Duran
Album:	Big Thing
B-Side:	I Believe/All I Need to Know
Released:	December 1988
Genre:	Dance-rock^[1]
Length:	4:36 (45 mix) 7:34 (Euro dub mix) 7:19 (US master mix) 7:08 (House dub) 6:43 (US master dub)
Label:	EMI Capitol
Producer:	Duran Duran Jonathan Elias Daniel Abraham
Prev Title:	I Don't Want Your Love
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Do You Believe in Shame?
Next Year:	1989

"All She Wants Is" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988), and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable."^[1]

Music video

The video for "All She Wants Is" was shot in London with video director Dean Chamberlain, a well-known photographer who had previously taken pictures and filmed a video for the side project Arcadia. The clip won a 1988 MTV Video Music Award for innovation.^[2]

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The single's B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".

There are 7 official mixes of "All She Wants Is". They are often credited with different names on different releases. The remixes were all done by Shep Pettibone.

• "All She Wants Is" (album version) – 4:33
• "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) / (7″ version) – 4:32
• "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
• "All She Wants Is" (US master dub) / (Latino dub) – 6:45
• "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) / (Euro dub mix) – 7:33
• "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) / (Euro house dub) / (House dub) – 7:07
• "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43

Formats and track listings

7″: EMI / DD 11 United Kingdom

1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12″: EMI / 12 DD 11 United Kingdom

1. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12″: EMI / 12 DDX 11 United Kingdom

1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12″: EMI / 12 DD-DJ11 (Promo) United Kingdom

1. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
2. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
3. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
4. "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:08 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")

7″: Capitol / B-44287 United States

1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

• Also available on MC in the US (Capitol / 4BX-44287)

12″: Capitol / V-15434 United States

1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
2. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
3. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:34
4. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12″: Capitol / SPRO-79483 (Promo) United States

1. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
2. "All She Wants Is" (US masterdub) – 6:43 (a.k.a. "Latino dub")
3. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
4. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "House dub", "Euro house dub")
5. "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43

12″: EMI / K 060 20 32366 Netherlands

1. "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")
2. "All She Wants Is" (Latino dub) – 6:44 (a.k.a. "US masterdub")
3. "All She Wants Is" (7" version) – 4:31

• Also released on German CD (EMI-Electrola / CDP 560-20-3236-2)

CD: EMI / CD DD 11 (United Kingdom)

1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
2. "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09

• Also available on 3" CD in the US (Capitol / C3-44287-2)

CD: Toshiba-EMI / XP12-5006 (Japan)

1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
2. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
3. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09

• 3" CD reworking of the first UK 12"

CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set

1. "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
2. "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
3. "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
4. "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
5. "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10

Legacy

"All She Wants Is" can be heard as background music playing in a bar in the 2003 film Monster.

"All She Wants Is" was used in season 5, episode 5 of Cold Case in 2007.

Faithful Dawn recorded a cover of the song which was only available on a limited edition EP at Whitby 5.5 in 1998.

Chart performance

"All She Wants Is" had a bigger impact in the UK than its predecessor ("I Don't Want Your Love"), hitting the top ten; it was the last of twelve UK top ten hits for Duran Duran during the 1980s.

Charts

Chart (1989)! scope="col"

Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	42
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[4]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	22
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)	24
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[6]	1

Personnel

Duran Duran

• Simon Le Bon – vocals
• John Taylor – bass
• Nick Rhodes – keyboards

Additional musicians

• Chester Kamen – guitars
• Sterling Campbell – drums
• Warren Cuccurullo – guitars

Technical

• Duran Duran – producer
• Jonathan Elias – producer
• Daniel Abraham – producer, mixer (45 mix)
• Shep Pettibone – remixer
• Goh Hotoda – remix engineer
• Freddie Stopler – heavy breathing

Notes and References

1. 17 December 1988. Single Releases. Cash Box. 17. 21 December 2022.
2. Web site: Duran Duran Timeline – 1980 – 1995 . duranduran.com . 3 August 2024.
3. 6 March 1989. RPM 100 Singles. RPM. 6. 6 September 2023.
4. Web site: Classifiche . April 1, 2024 . . it. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "all she wants is" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
5. Web site: Billboard Hot 100: Week of February 18, 1989. 1 April 2024. Billboard.
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 84.