All That Money Wants

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"All That Money Wants"
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Single by The Psychedelic Furs
from the album All of This and Nothing
Released1988
Recorded1988
Genre Alternative rock
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) John Ashton, Tim Butler, Richard Butler
The Psychedelic Furs singles chronology
"Shock"
(1987)
"All That Money Wants"
(1988)
"Should God Forget"
(1989)

"All That Money Wants" is a song by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released by Columbia Records in July 1988 as a single from the band's best-of compilation album All of This and Nothing . [1] The B-side was "Birdland". In the UK, the same single was released on Columbia's CBS label. [2]

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The single reached No. 75 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 1 in the U.S. on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 75
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 1

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References

  1. Thompson, Dave (2004). Beautiful Chaos: The Psychedelic Furs. London: Helter Skelter. p. 205. ISBN   978-1-900924-47-4.
  2. Thompson, p. 202.
  3. "The Psychedelic Furs: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. "The Psychedelic Furs Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.