You Can't Have It All

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"You Can't Have It All"
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Single by Ash
from the album Twilight of the Innocents
Released9 April 2007 (Download)
16 April 2007 (Physical release)
Songwriter(s) Tim Wheeler
Ash singles chronology
"Renegade Cavalcade"
(2004)
"You Can't Have It All"
(2007)
"Polaris"
(2007)

"You Can't Have It All" is the name of the first single from Ash's 2007 album, Twilight of the Innocents. The single received its first play on 7 March on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show. It entered the UK Top 40 at #16 on 22 April 2007.

Contents

Track listing

CD

  1. "You Can't Have It All" (Wheeler)
  2. "Saskia" (Wheeler)

7" Poster Bag

  1. "You Can't Have It All" (Wheeler)
  2. "Ghosts" (Wheeler)

7" Gatefold

  1. "You Can't Have It All" (Wheeler)
  2. "Comet Tempel 1" (Wheeler)

iTunes Exclusive EP

  1. "You Can't Have It All"
  2. "You Can't Have It All (Acoustic)"
  3. "You Can't Have It All (Demo)"

Format

The single was released in the following formats

Music video

The music video was directed by Jeff Thomas, [1] the video however was spread by the band in an incomplete stage, reaching various video channels, including YouTube. The final version was released a week later on 7 March, premiering on NME.com. Days later it was shown fully complete on Kerrang! TV, MTV2 and other music stations, as well as the band's Veoh profile. The video was shot in Dukes Island Studios in London.

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