All I Wanna Do (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song)

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"All I Wanna Do"
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Single by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
from the album Hats Off Step Lively
ReleasedApril 1980
Studio Armstrong Studios, Melbourne
Genre Rock, pop
Length3:04
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Malcolm Lilley / Cook
Producer(s) Peter Solley
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons singles chronology
"Shape I'm In"
(1979)
"All I Wanna Do"
(1980)
"Puppet on a String (Let Her Go)"
(1980)

"All I Wanna Do" is a pop song written by Lilley/Cook and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980).

Contents

The song peaked at number 34 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.

Track listing

7" (K 7897)

7" (UK) (WEA – K 79149)

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [1] 34

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 156. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.