All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)

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"All I Wanna Do"
All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow US commercial cassette.jpg
US commercial cassette single
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club
B-side
  • "Solidify"
  • "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"
ReleasedJuly 12, 1994 (1994-07-12)
RecordedToad Hall (Pasadena, California)
Genre Country pop
Length
  • 4:32 (album version)
  • 4:11 (remix)
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bill Bottrell
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Leaving Las Vegas"
(1994)
"All I Wanna Do"
(1994)
"Strong Enough"
(1994)
Audio sample

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [65] 3× Platinum210,000
Japan (RIAJ) [35] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [66] Gold5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [67] Gold400,000
United States (RIAA) [68] Gold500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 12, 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
A&M [68]
JapanAugust 25, 1994Mini-CD [69]
United KingdomOctober 24, 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[70]

Cover versions

Amy Studt version

"All I Wanna Do"
Alliwannado.jpg
Single by Amy Studt
from the album False Smiles (re-release)
B-side "Forget It All", "You're the Breeze"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2004 (2004-01-12) [71]
Length3:55
Label Polydor, 19
Songwriter(s) Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert
Producer(s) David Eriksen
Amy Studt singles chronology
"Under the Thumb"
(2003)
"All I Wanna Do"
(2004)
"Furniture"
(2007)

English singer-songwriter Amy Studt released a cover version of "All I Wanna Do" as her fourth single. Studt was asked personally by Sheryl Crow to record a cover of the song, and Crow provided backing vocals on the track. [72] [73]

Released on January 12, 2004, the single reached a peak of number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and number 25 on the Irish Singles Chart. It was taken from the re-release of her debut album, False Smiles . Following the peaking of "All I Wanna Do", Studt was dropped from her record label Polydor for poor sales. [74]

Track listing

  1. "All I Wanna Do"
  2. "Forget It All"
  3. "You're the Breeze"
  4. "All I Wanna Do" (video)

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [75] 25
Scotland (OCC) [76] 17
UK Singles (OCC) [77] 21

Other versions

US singer Joanne Farrell released a dance version of the song in 1995. The song reached number 40 on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart; it also reached number 40 on the Official UK Singles Chart.

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