All I Want Is You (Carly Simon song)
"All I Want Is You" is the 4th and final single from Carly Simon's 1987 album Coming Around Again. The song was co-written by Simon and frequent collaborator Jacob Brackman.[1] The song is also featured on Simon's 1988 album Greatest Hits Live.[2]
| "All I Want Is You" | ||||
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 UK vinyl cover | ||||
| Single by Carly Simon | ||||
| from the album Coming Around Again | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Pop, adult contemporary | |||
| Length | 3:58 (Album Version) 3:40 (Single Edit) | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy Goldmark, Simon, Jacob Brackman | |||
| Carly Simon singles chronology | ||||
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The song is one of Simon's biggest latter period AC hits, and as a result is included on multiple compilations of her work, which include 1995's 3-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee, the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better, the 2-disc retrospective Anthology, 2004's single disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, and 2014's Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon.
No music video existed for this song.
Charts
The song peaked at #54 on the Billboard Hot 100,[3] becoming Simon's twenty-second entry on this chart, and spent nine weeks there. The song was even more successful on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it lasted for 5 months and peaked at #7.[3]
Track listings and formats
- 7" single (US)[4]
- "All I Want Is You" (Single edit) – 3:40
- "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 4:51
- 7" single (UK)[5]
- "All I Want Is You" – 3:58
- "You Have To Hurt" – 4:04
References
- "Coming Around Again". carlysimon.com.
- "Greatest Hits Live (1988)". Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- "All I Want Is You 7" US single". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
- "All I Want Is You 7" UK single". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
