All I Want Is You (Carly Simon song)

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"All I Want Is You"

UK vinyl cover

Single by Carly Simon

from the album Coming Around Again

B-side

"Two Hot Girls" (US)
"You Have To Hurt" (UK)

Released

1987

Recorded

1987

Genre

Soft rock

Length

3:58 (album version)
3:40 (single version)

Label

Arista

Songwriter(s)

Andy Goldmark, Simon, Jacob Brackman

Carly Simon singles chronology

"The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of"
(1987)

"All I Want Is You"
(1987)

"Let the River Run"
(1989)

"All I Want Is You" is the fourth and final single from Carly Simon's 13th studio album Coming Around Again (1987). The song was co-written by Simon, Andy Goldmark, and frequent collaborator Jacob Brackman.^[1]

The song is one of Simon's biggest Adult contemporary hits, and has been included on multiple compilations of her work, such as the three-disc box set Clouds in My Coffee (1995), the UK import The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better (1998), the two-disc retrospective Anthology (2002), the single-disc Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits (2004), and Sony Music's Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon (2014). It is also featured in Simon's 1987 HBO concert special Live from Martha's Vineyard, and the accompanying Greatest Hits Live (1988).

Reception

"All I Want Is You" peaked at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] becoming Simon's 22nd entry on this chart, where it spent nine weeks. It was an even greater success on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it peaked at No. 7, and charted for five months.^[2] It ranked No. 46 on the Adult Contemporary year-end chart for 1988.^[3]

Cash Box said that "Simon turns in yet another outstanding vocal performance."^[4]

Track listings and formats

7" single (US)^[5]

"All I Want Is You" (Single edit) – 3:40
"Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 4:51

7" single (UK)^[6]

"All I Want Is You" – 3:58
"You Have To Hurt" – 4:04

Personnel

Carly Simon – lead vocals
Andy Goldmark – keyboards, drum machine
Robbie Kilgore – keyboards, synth bass
Jimmy Maelen – percussion
Rob Mounsey – string arrangements and conductor
David Nadien – concertmaster
Roberta Flack – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	54
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	46

References

^ "All I Want Is You lyrics". Carlysimon.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "US Albums and Singles Charts > Carly Simon". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. December 12, 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
^ "All I Want Is You 7" US single". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
^ "All I Want Is You 7" UK single". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

External links

Carly Simon's Official Website

v t e Carly Simon
Studio albums	Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone
Compilations	The Best of Carly Simon Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Anthology Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Original Album Series Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs from the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection) These Are the Good Old Days: The Carly Simon and Jac Holzman Story
Live albums	Greatest Hits Live Live at Grand Central
Christmas albums	Christmas Is Almost Here
Soundtrack albums	Working Girl This Is My Life Piglet's Big Movie The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Other albums	No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record In Harmony 2 Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera
Concert films	Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Singles	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Half a Chance" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Hurt" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" "Let It Snow"
Other songs	"Angel from Montgomery" "We Have No Secrets" "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes" "When Manhattan Was a Maiden"
The Simon Sisters	Meet the Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
Memoirs	Boys in the Trees: A Memoir Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie
Family	Richard Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother) George Simon (uncle) Joanna Simon (sister) Lucy Simon (sister) James Taylor (ex-husband) Sally Taylor (daughter)
Related articles	Awards and nominations Discography The Simon Sisters

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