All I Want (Captain Hollywood Project song)

"All I Want" is a song recorded by the German musician known under the pseudonym of Captain Hollywood Project, released in May 1993 by labels Blow Up and Intercord as the third single from his debut album, Love Is Not Sex (1993). The song features vocals by Petra Spiegl and was co-written by Nosie Katzmann and Tony Dawson-Harrison (a.k.a. Captain Hollywood). It was a hit in several countries, but achieved a minor success in comparison with the project's two previous singles, "More and More" and "Only with You". The single peaked at number two in Portugal and on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart, and number 22 on the Eurochart Hot 100.

"All I Want"
Single by Captain Hollywood Project
from the album Love Is Not Sex
Released18 May 1993
Recorded1992
GenreEurodance
Length3:52
Label
  • Blow Up
  • Intercord
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Cyborg
Captain Hollywood Project singles chronology
"Only with You"
(1993)
"All I Want"
(1993)
"Impossible"
(1993)
Music video
"All I Want" on YouTube

Critical reception

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Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the act that scored big with "More & More" "offers an equally sparkling gem from its noteworthy Love Is Not Sex set. Track travels down a slower, more R&B-flavored path, matching deep-voiced male rapping with sultry female belting at the chorus."[1] Wendi Cermak from The Network Forty said that "here's yet another pop-influenced trance/ambient [...] number from Captain Hollywood. The vocals are very catchy and fit nicely over the hypnotic synth lines."[2]

Charles Aaron from Spin complimented the Eddie "Flashin'" Fowlke's "Club Dub" as "state-of-the-art progressive house—almost subliminal organ, stringent percussion whacks, melody via synth hunt-and-peck, lyrics stripped to a simple mantra. Room to breathe or sweat it out. The female vocals are either determined or resigned---I can't decide—which gives the groove its cryptic allure."[3]

Chart performance

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"All I Want" went on to become a hit in several European countries and North America, although it didn't reach the same level of success as the project's two first singles, "More and More" and "Only with You. It peaked at number two in Portugal in July 1993,[4] as one of its best chart position, being held off the top spot by Dire Strait's Encores. Additionally, the single entered the top 30 in Austria (25), Germany (22) and the Netherlands (28), and was a top-40 hit in Belgium (Flanders) (32) and France (31). It didn't chart on the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 51 on the Music Week Dance Singles chart.[5] "All I Want" debuted on the Eurochart Hot 100 at number 88 on 26 June 1993,[6] after charting in Austria, Belgium and Germany. It peaked on the chart four weeks later, at number 22,[7] while reaching number eleven on the European Dance Radio Chart.[8] Outside Europe, the single reached number two on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada.

Track listings

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  • CD maxi 1 (May 1993)
  1. "All I Want" (Single Video Mix) – 3:43
  2. "All I Want" (Positive Vibe Mix) – 6:13
  3. "All I Want" (Sunday Mornin' Mix) – 7:41
  4. "All I Want" (Naked Eye Mix) – 4:42
  • CD maxi 2 (June 1993)
  1. "All I Want" (What The Underground Wants Mix) – 7:45
  2. "All I Want" (Norway Remix) – 7:37
  3. "All I Want" (JJ Dance Mix) – 7:14

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Flick, Larry (December 4, 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Cermak, Wendi (November 26, 1993). "Crossover: Music Meeting" (PDF). The Network Forty. p. 32. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Aaron, Charles (April 1994). "Singles Review". Spin: 96. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 29. July 17, 1993. p. 24. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. July 3, 1993. p. 20. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 26. 26 June 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 29. July 17, 1993. p. 23. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 34. August 21, 1993. p. 21. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e "All I Want", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 9, 2008)
  10. ^ "Captain Hollywood Project – All I Want" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  11. ^ Belgian peak Archived April 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Canadian dance peak". Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  13. ^ "Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  14. ^ "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1994". RPM. Retrieved December 12, 2019.