All of My Heart

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"All of My Heart"
All of My Hear cover.jpg
Single by ABC
from the album The Lexicon of Love
B-side "Overture"
Released27 August 1982 (1982-08-27)
Genre
Length5:12
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Trevor Horn
ABC singles chronology
"The Look of Love"
(1982)		"All of My Heart"
(1982)		"That Was Then but This Is Now"
(1983)
Music video
"All of My Heart" on YouTube

"All of My Heart" is a song by the English pop band ABC, from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). It was released as a single in the UK on 27 August 1982 [4] and peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The B-side, "Overture", was an instrumental, orchestral medley of songs from The Lexicon of Love, arranged by Anne Dudley.

Contents

Critical reception

In a retrospective review of the song, AllMusic critic Mike DeGagne wrote: "The lushness of the instruments and the small amounts of musical detail drape the body of the track, adding a slight classical feel to the song's flow." [5]

In 2005, Jess Harvell of Pitchfork listed "All of My Heart" as his favorite UK song of the post-punk "new pop" era, describing it as "ABC's slickest and most gorgeous single, and yet also possibly their most bitter." Harvell wrote: "Martin Fry alternates between open hearted and suspicious, warm and resentful with the turn of a phrase. The outro–a swirl of soundtrack strings, plucked bass, and cascading piano–is the most purely beautiful music of the era." [6]

Track listing

  1. "All of My Heart" – 4:45
  2. "Overture" – 3:56

Personnel

Credits sourced from Sound on Sound and the original album liner notes. [7]

ABC

Additional musicians

Chart performance

ChartPosition
Australia (Kent Music Report) [8] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 10
Canada Top Singles (RPM)13
Germany (GfK) [10] 67
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [13] 21
UK Singles Chart [14] 5

References

  1. ↑ Phares, Heather. ABC - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of ABC (2000) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ Simpson, Mark (14 February 2014). "1983: The Last Great Year of Pop". Out . Retrieved 9 March 2025. Other 1983 synthpop singles that got played to death either in the common room or in my bedroom included...the beating beauty of "All of My Heart" by ABC...
  3. ↑ Kate Mossman (2 June 2016). "Martin Fry on ABC's comeback: 'Lexicon of Love II is a kind of Godfather Part II'". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "none". Melody Maker . London, England: IPC Media. 28 August 1982. p. 27.
  5. ↑ Mike DeGagne. "All of My Heart - ABC : Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Now That's What I Call New Pop!". Pitchfork. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Doyle, Tom (July 2016). "Classic Tracks: ABC 'The Look Of Love'". Sound On Sound.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 10. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "ABC – All of My Heart" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "ABC – All of My Heart" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – All of My Heart". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – ABC - All of My Heart" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "ABC – All of My Heart". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  14. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 11. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.


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