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B-side | "I Believe/All I Need to Know" | |||
Released | 19 December 1988 [1] | |||
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"All She Wants Is" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran. It was released on 19 December 1988 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988), and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable." [2]
The video for "All She Wants Is" was shot in London with video director Dean Chamberlain, a well-known photographer who had previously taken pictures and filmed a video for the side project Arcadia. The clip won a 1988 MTV Video Music Award for innovation. [3]
The single's B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".
There are 7 official mixes of "All She Wants Is". They are often credited with different names on different releases. The remixes were all done by Shep Pettibone.
"All She Wants Is" can be heard as background music playing in a bar in the 2003 film Monster .
"All She Wants Is" was used in season 5, episode 5 of Cold Case in 2007.
Faithful Dawn recorded a cover of the song which was only available on a limited edition EP at Whitby 5.5 in 1998.
"All She Wants Is" had a bigger impact in the UK than its predecessor ("I Don't Want Your Love"), hitting the top ten; it was the last of twelve UK top ten hits for Duran Duran during the 1980s.
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] | 42 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] | 28 |
Ireland (IRMA) [6] | 2 |
Italy ( Musica e dischi ) [7] | 2 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] | 44 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] | 49 |
UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 9 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 22 |
US Modern Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) | 24 |
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) [12] | 1 |
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