All I Do

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"All I Do"
All I Do by Daryl Braithwaite.jpg
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Edge
B-side "The Promise Land"
ReleasedOctober 28, 1988 (1988-10-28)
Genre Pop
Length4:06
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Ian Thomas
Producer(s) Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"As the Days Go By"
(1988)
"All I Do"
(1988)
"One Summer"
(1989)

"All I Do" is a song written and performed by Ian Thomas. It was later recorded by Daryl Braithwaite as the second single from his second studio album, Edge. The song was also released in the UK. [1]

Contents

Track listing

CD single

  1. "All I Do"
  2. "The Promise Land"

CD Maxi single

  1. "All I Do"
  2. "Up-Out" (Andy Cichin, Daryl Braithwaite, Jef Scott, John Watson, Scott Griffiths, Simon Hussey)
  3. "The Promise Land" (Scott)

Charts

Chart performance for "All I Do"
Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 23

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References

  1. "M&M-1989-07-01-OCR-Page-0009.pdf" (PDF). Music Week . 1 July 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Daryl Braithwaite – All I Do". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2016-01-30.