| All of My Heart | |
| Cover: | All_of_My_Hear_cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | ABC |
| Album: | The Lexicon of Love |
| B-Side: | Overture |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 5:12 |
| Label: | |
| Producer: | Trevor Horn |
| Prev Title: | The Look of Love |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | That Was Then but This Is Now |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"All of My Heart" is a song by English pop band ABC, from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). It was released as a single in the UK on 27 August 1982[2] and peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The B-side, "Overture", was an instrumental, orchestral medley of songs from The Lexicon of Love, arranged by Anne Dudley.
In a retrospective review of the song, AllMusic critic Mike DeGagne wrote: "The lushness of the instruments and the small amounts of musical detail drape the body of the track, adding a slight classical feel to the song's flow."[3]
In 2005, Jess Harvell of Pitchfork listed "All of My Heart" as his favorite UK song of the post-punk "new pop" era, describing it as "ABC's slickest and most gorgeous single, and yet also possibly their most bitter." Harvell wrote: "Martin Fry alternates between open hearted and suspicious, warm and resentful with the turn of a phrase. The outro - a swirl of soundtrack strings, plucked bass, and cascading piano - is the most purely beautiful music of the era."[4]
Credits sourced from Sound On Sound and the original album liner notes.[5]
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| Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 21 | |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 13 | |
| UK Singles Chart[7] | 5 |