| You're All I Wanna Do | |
| Cover: | Cheap Trick Single 1994 You're All I Wanna Do Japan.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cheap Trick |
| Album: | Woke up with a Monster |
| B-Side: | Cry Baby |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Genre: | Power pop[1] |
| Length: | 4:03 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Ted Templeman |
| Prev Title: | Woke Up with a Monster |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Girlfriends |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"You're All I Wanna Do" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1994 as the second single from their twelfth studio album Woke Up with a Monster. The song was written by Jim Peterik, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Terry Reid and Tom Petersson, and produced by Ted Templeman.[2]
"You're All I Wanna Do" was issued as a single in the United States by Warner Bros. Records and in Japan by WEA Japan.[3] A music video was filmed to promote the single.[4]
On its release, radio industry trade publication Network Forty commented, "A midtempo, accessible tune that should prove to be a multi-format hit. Radio-friendly and mass appeal, this great transition song will work around the clock."[5] In a review of Woke Up with a Monster, Tom Sinclair of Rolling Stone described the song as being "as tidy a power-pop number as Cheap Trick have knocked off in a dog's age".[6] Gerry Krochak of the Regina Sun wrote, "Zander is in fine voice, as always, on "You're All I Wanna Do", which has all the ingredients of a radio hit. A big hook that builds into a huge chorus, and some trademark harmonies, make this one memorable right off the bat."[7] David Bauder, writing for the Associated Press, considered the song "one of Zander's best moments in years" and "easily this album's finest song".[8]
In a retrospective review of the song, Doug Stone of AllMusic picked "You're All I Wanna Do" as the best song from Woke Up with a Monster and also "one of the best songs of the quartet's career". He added, "This delectable slice of skinny-tie power pop proves the veterans still rule the roost when they keep all eyes on the prize of a solid track, not a smash ballad or disposable novelty."[9] John M. Borack, in his 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, included "You're All I Wanna Do" as one of Cheap Trick's best twenty songs. He stated, "This fab, straightforward pop number is graced with one of those patented Cheap Trick singalong choruses."[10]
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