All I Want to Do Is Rock

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"All I Want to Do Is Rock"
AllIWantToDoIsRock.jpg
1996 original release cover
Single by Travis
from the album Good Feeling
Released10 October 1996 (original)
6 June 1997 (re-release)
Recorded1995
Genre Britpop
Length3:53
Label Red Telephone Box (original release)
Independiente (re-release)
Songwriter(s) Fran Healy
Travis singles chronology
"All I Want to Do Is Rock"
(1996)
"U16 Girls"
(1997)
Alternative cover
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American E.P. Cover

"All I Want to Do Is Rock" is the debut single from Scottish band Travis. Originally released as a 10" vinyl on the Red Telephone Box label in 1996, it was fully re-released by Independiente Records a year later, after the band signed with the label to record Good Feeling . The band frequently refers to the track as their "theme song" or their "national anthem", and as of 2009, have added the song back onto their live set lists. The song later appeared as a snippet on Hellboy 2 .

Track listing

  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" (Demo) – 4:04
  2. "The Line Is Fine" (Demo) – 3:42
  3. "Funny Thing" (Demo) – 5:03
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  3. "Combing My Hair" – 4:03
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "20" – 4:06
  3. "1922" – 3:50
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Hazy Shades of Gold" – 3:18
  3. "1922" – 3:50
  4. "U16 Girls" (featuring The Joyous Lake Singers) – 4:00
  5. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  6. "20" – 4:06

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