All I Want (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)

"All I Want"
Artwork for US releases (CD single pictured)
Single by Toad the Wet Sprocket
from the album Fear
Released	November 6 1992
Genre	Alternative rock[1][2] pop rock[3]
Length	3:16
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Todd Nichols Glen Phillips Dean Dinning Randy Guss
Producer(s)	Gavin MacKillop
Toad the Wet Sprocket singles chronology
"Is It for Me" (1991) "All I Want" (1992) "Hold Her Down" (1992)

"All I Want" is a song by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, released by Columbia Records in 1992 as the second single from their 1991 album, Fear. "All I Want" yielded the band's furthest commercial success, became one of their most well-known songs, and peaked within the top 20 of both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM Top Singles charts.

For its radio release, a version was parenthetically labeled a remix and featured pronounced vocal mastering, heard mainly during the song's hook. The album version is the unmastered mix.^[4]

Composition

On the song's content, singer Glen Phillips said, "It's very much about how fleeting any kind of epiphany is. It's all about the moment passing very, very quickly and how there's a desire to hold onto it. That would be a constant, but it comes and it goes, and it goes very quickly."^[5]

Track listings

US CD and cassette single, UK 7-inch single[6][7][8] "All I Want" – 3:15 "All She Said" – 3:47 Australian CD single[9] "All I Want" – 3:15 "Hold Her Down" – 3:07

European CD single[10] "All I Want" – 3:15 "Hold Her Down" – 3:07 "Come Back Down" – 3:19 "One Little Girl" – 3:26

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992–1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[11] 99 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] 11 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[13] 16 Germany (GfK)[14] 53 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[15] 36 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 44 US Billboard Hot 100[17] 15 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 14 US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[19] 22 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)[20] 22 US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)[21] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[22] 87 US Billboard Hot 100[23] 53

Cover versions

Post-hardcore band Emery recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the 2006 compilation Punk Goes 90's.

In popular culture

The song was featured in the TV series Doogie Howser, M.D., Dawson's Creek, Reunion and Homeland.

In 2005, the song was added onto the Nickelodeon soundtrack, Zoey 101: Music Mix as the 10th track, along with other songs that were featured in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.

References

1. Harris, Vincent (September 12, 2018). "How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia". Post and Courier. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
2. McDonnel, Brandy (May 11, 2018). "Toad the Wet Sprocket to play OKC summer show". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
3. Sokolowsky, Jennifer (August 4, 1994). "Toad the Wet Sprocket Coming to Triad". Deseret. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
4. "Toad the Wet Sprocket Interview: Glen Phillips Reflects on 'Fear,' 'Dulcinea,' & the '90s". 7 August 2018.
5. MacIntosh, Dan (January 8, 2014). "Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket : Songwriter Interviews". Songfacts. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
6. All I Want (US CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38K 74355.
7. All I Want (US cassette single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 38t 74355.
8. All I Want (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 7.
9. All I Want (Australian CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 65833 1.
10. All I Want (European CD single liner notes). Toad the Wet Sprocket. Columbia Records. 1992. 658331 2.
11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 282.
12. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1930." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
13. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1886." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
14. "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
15. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (28. Jan. 1993 – 4. Feb. 1993)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 28, 1993. p. 29. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
16. "Toad the Wet Sprocket – All I Want". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
17. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. September 12, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
18. "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. November 7, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
19. "Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. July 25, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
20. "Alternative Airplay". Billboard. August 29, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
21. "Pop Airplay". Billboard. October 3, 1992. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
22. "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56, no. 25. December 19, 1992. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
23. "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.