All I Need (Jack Wagner song)

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"All I Need"
All I Need Jack Wagner single.jpg
Single by Jack Wagner
from the album All I Need
B-side "Tell Him (That You Won't Go)"
ReleasedOctober 1984
Recorded1984
Genre Pop rock
Length3:29
Label Qwest Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Glen Ballard
  • Clif Magness
Jack Wagner singles chronology
"All I Need"
(1984)
"Lady of My Heart"
(1985)

"All I Need" is a song by American actor and singer Jack Wagner. The song was released in 1984 from his debut album with the same name.

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Wagner became known for his role as Frisco Jones on the soap opera General Hospital prior to recording the song; he has since had roles on other television programs, such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Melrose Place . "All I Need" was written by Glen Ballard, David Pack and Clif Magness and produced by Ballard and Magness.

The song proved to be Wagner's only Top 40 hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1985, remaining there for two weeks, behind Madonna's "Like a Virgin". [1] In Canada, "All I Need" reached number three. The single also spent two weeks atop Billboard's adult contemporary chart, [2] as well as the Canadian AC chart.

Chart history

Cover versions

See also

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