"All I Wanna Do" | ||||||||
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Single by Sheryl Crow | ||||||||
from the album Tuesday Night Music Club | ||||||||
B-side | "Solidify" "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" | |||||||
Released | April 4, 1994 | |||||||
Format | CD single | |||||||
Recorded | Toad Hall, Pasadena, California, 1993 | |||||||
Genre | Alternative country | |||||||
Length | 4:32 (Album version) 4:11 (Remix) |
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Label | A&M | |||||||
Writer(s) | Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert | |||||||
Producer(s) | Bill Bottrell | |||||||
Sheryl Crow singles chronology | ||||||||
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"All I Wanna Do" | ||||
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Single by Amy Studt | ||||
from the album False Smiles (re-release) | ||||
Released | January 12, 2004 | |||
Format | CD single, digital download | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:55 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Writer(s) | Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Kevin Gilbert | |||
Amy Studt singles chronology | ||||
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"All I Wanna Do" is a song performed by Sheryl Crow and written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert. It was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1993 debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club. The song was the winner of the 1995 Grammy Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year. The song is her biggest US hit, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks behind "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men. In addition to this it also peaked at number one on the Adult Contemporary charts in both the US and Canada, as well as the pop charts in Canada and at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
Crow performed the song on her live album Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park.
The lyrics for the song are based on the poem "Fun" by Wyn Cooper. Crow's producer (Bottrell) discovered Cooper's poetry book "The Country of Here Below" in a Pasadena, California used bookstore. Crow adapted "Fun" into the lyrics for her song – earning Cooper considerable royalties, and helping to promote his book, originally published in a run of only 500 copies in 1987, into multiple reprints.
The opening spoken line, "This ain't no disco", is a reference to the song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads. When played at live performances, the line is also commonly changed to refer to the local listening area (such as "This is VA" instead of "This is LA").