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"All I Want"
Artwork for US releases (CD single pictured)
Single by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the album Fear
Released1992
Genre
Length3:16
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gavin MacKillop
Toad the Wet Sprocket singles chronology
"Is It for Me"
(1991) 		"All I Want"
(1992) 		"Hold Her Down"
(1992)

"All I Want" is a song by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, released by Columbia Records in 1992 as the second single from their 1991 album, Fear. "All I Want" yielded the band's furthest commercial success, became one of their most well-known songs, and peaked within the top 20 of both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM Top Singles charts.

For its radio release, a version was parenthetically labeled a remix and featured pronounced vocal mastering, heard mainly during the song's hook. The album version is the unmastered mix.[4]

Composition

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On the song's content, singer Glen Phillips said, "It's very much about how fleeting any kind of epiphany is. It's all about the moment passing very, very quickly and how there's a desire to hold onto it. That would be a constant, but it comes and it goes, and it goes very quickly."[5]

Track listings

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Charts

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Cover versions

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Post-hardcore band Emery recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the 2006 compilation Punk Goes 90's.

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The song was featured in the TV series Doogie Howser, M.D., Dawson's Creek, Reunion and Homeland.

In 2005, the song was added onto the Nickelodeon soundtrack, Zoey 101: Music Mix as the 10th track, along with other songs that were featured in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.

References

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  1. ^ Harris, Vincent (September 12, 2018). "How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. ^ McDonnel, Brandy (May 11, 2018). "Toad the Wet Sprocket to play OKC summer show". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Sokolowsky, Jennifer (August 4, 1994). "Toad the Wet Sprocket Coming to Triad". Deseret. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Toad the Wet Sprocket Interview: Glen Phillips Reflects on 'Fear,' 'Dulcinea,' & the '90s". 7 August 2018.
  5. ^ MacIntosh, Dan (January 8, 2014). "Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  6. ^ All I Want (US CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38K 74355.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ All I Want (US cassette single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38t 74355.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ All I Want (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ All I Want (Australian CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 65833 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ All I Want (European CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
  12. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1930." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  13. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1886." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  15. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28. Jan. 1993 – 4. Feb. 1993)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 28, 1993. p. 29. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  17. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. September 12, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  18. ^ "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. November 7, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  19. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. July 25, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  20. ^ "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. August 29, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  21. ^ "Pop Airplay". Billboard. October 3, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  22. ^ "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. December 19, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  23. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
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