All I Need (Dan Hartman song)

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"All I Need"
Dan Hartman All I Need 1981 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Dan Hartman
from the album It Hurts to Be in Love
ReleasedAugust 1981 [1]
Genre Pop
Length4:07
Label Blue Sky
Songwriter(s) Dan Hartman
Producer(s) Dan Hartman
Dan Hartman singles chronology
"It Hurts to Be in Love"
(1981)		"All I Need"
(1981)		"I Can Dream About You"
(1984)

"All I Need" is a song by the American musician Dan Hartman, released in 1981 as the third and final single from his fourth studio album It Hurts to Be in Love . It was written and produced by Hartman. [2]

Contents

Released in America only, "All I Need" reached No. 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Chart, making its debut on September 26, 1981. [3] The song also reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart. [4] The song, like the entire It Hurts to Be in Love album, was recorded at the Schoolhouse, mixed at Power Station and mastered at Sterling Sound. [5] The Schoolhouse was Hartman's own home studio in Connecticut. [6]

Release

"All I Need" was released by Blue Sky on 7" vinyl in America only. [7] It was distributed and manufactured by CBS Records. [8] The B-side, "Forever in a Moment", was taken from the It Hurts to Be in Love album. [9] [10] A promotional edition of the single was also issued, featuring "All I Need" on both sides of the vinyl. [11]

"All I Need" was also the B-side to the Dutch version of the "It Hurts to Be in Love" single. [12] Later in 1981, April Music issued a compilation of Hartman's music, simply titled Dan Hartman. It featured four tracks from It Hurts to Be in Love, including "All I Need". [13]

Critical reception

Upon release, Cash Box commented: "A spacious production surrounds this dreamy adult pop, A/C cut, as the heavily echoed vocals and instrumentals move from a simple piano opening to big, string-filled crescendoes." [14]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "All I Need" - 4:07
  2. "Forever in a Moment" - 3:12
7" single (promo)
  1. "All I Need" - 4:07
  2. "All I Need" - 4:07

Chart performance

Chart (1981)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Chart [4] 41
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Chart [3] 10

Personnel

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dan Hartman - It Hurts To Be In Love at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  3. 1 2 "Billboard - Google Books". 1981-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel. Top Adult Contemporary 1961-2001. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Research Books, 2002, p. 112.
  5. ↑ "Dan Hartman - It Hurts To Be In Love (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
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  13. ↑ "Dan Hartman - Dan Hartman (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  14. ↑ Cash Box newspaper - 26 September 1981 - Reviews: Singles - page 9
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