All I Want Is You (Carly Simon song)

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

"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)
Released1987
Recorded1987
GenrePop, adult contemporary
Length3:58 (Album Version)
3:40 (Single Edit)
LabelArista
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)

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).

Charts

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]

Track listings and formats
7" single (US)[3]
  1. "All I Want Is You" (Single edit) – 3:40
  2. "Two Hot Girls (On A Hot Summer Night)" – 4:51
7" single (UK)[4]
  1. "All I Want Is You" – 3:58
  2. "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

References
  1. "Coming Around Again". carlysimon.com.
  2. "Carly Simon - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  3. "All I Want Is You 7" US single". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  4. "All I Want Is You 7" UK single". Discogs.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
  5. "Carly Simon Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  6. "Carly Simon Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  7. "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
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