You're All I Wanna Do

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"You're All I Wanna Do"
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Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Woke up with a Monster
B-side "Cry Baby"
Released1994
Genre Power pop [1]
Length4:03
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Jim Peterik
Rick Nielsen
Robin Zander
Terry Reid
Tom Petersson
Producer(s) Ted Templeman
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"Woke Up with a Monster"
(1994)		"You're All I Wanna Do"
(1994)		"Girlfriends"
(1994)

"You're All I Wanna Do" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1994 as the second single from their twelfth studio album Woke Up with a Monster . The song was written by Jim Peterik, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Terry Reid and Tom Petersson, and produced by Ted Templeman. [2]

Contents

"You're All I Wanna Do" was issued as a single in the United States by Warner Bros. Records and in Japan by WEA Japan. [3] A music video was filmed to promote the single. [4]

Critical reception

On its release, radio industry trade publication Network Forty commented, "A midtempo, accessible tune that should prove to be a multi-format hit. Radio-friendly and mass appeal, this great transition song will work around the clock." [5] In a review of Woke Up with a Monster, Tom Sinclair of Rolling Stone described the song as being "as tidy a power-pop number as Cheap Trick have knocked off in a dog's age". [6] Gerry Krochak of the Regina Sun wrote, "Zander is in fine voice, as always, on "You're All I Wanna Do", which has all the ingredients of a radio hit. A big hook that builds into a huge chorus, and some trademark harmonies, make this one memorable right off the bat." [7] David Bauder, writing for the Associated Press, considered the song "one of Zander's best moments in years" and "easily this album's finest song". [8]

In a retrospective review of the song, Doug Stone of AllMusic picked "You're All I Wanna Do" as the best song from Woke Up with a Monster and also "one of the best songs of the quartet's career". He added, "This delectable slice of skinny-tie power pop proves the veterans still rule the roost when they keep all eyes on the prize of a solid track, not a smash ballad or disposable novelty." [9] John M. Borack, in his 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, included "You're All I Wanna Do" as one of Cheap Trick's best twenty songs. He stated, "This fab, straightforward pop number is graced with one of those patented Cheap Trick singalong choruses." [10]

Track listing

Cassette single (US release)
  1. "You're All I Wanna Do (Edit)" - 3:37
  2. "Cry Baby" - 4:20
CD single (US promo #1)
  1. "You're All I Wanna Do (Album Version)" - 4:03
CD single (US promo #2)
  1. "You're All I Wanna Do (Edit)" - 3:37
  2. "You're All I Wanna Do (Album Version)" - 4:03
CD single (Japanese release)
  1. "You're All I Wanna Do" - 4:03
  2. "Cry Baby" - 4:20
CD single (Japanese promo)
  1. "You're All I Wanna Do" - 4:03

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
US Rock Tracks ( Radio & Records ) [11] 46

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  8. ↑ Bauder, David (April 13, 1994). "Music Reviews: Cheap Trick relives 70s". The Evening Sun. p. B5.
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