All She Wants Is

"All She Wants Is" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988), and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

Cash Box called it a "growling, thumping rock extravaganza that's danceable."

Music video
The video for "All She Wants Is" was shot in London with video director Dean Chamberlain, a well-known photographer who had previously taken pictures and filmed a video for the side project Arcadia. The clip won a 1988 MTV Video Music Award for innovation.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes
The single B-side is an original medley called "I Believe/All I Need to Know".

There are 7 official mixes of "All She Wants Is". They are often credited with different names on different releases. The remixes were all done by Shep Pettibone.


 * "All She Wants Is" (album version) – 4:33
 * "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) / (7" version) – 4:32
 * "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
 * "All She Wants Is" (US master dub) / (Latino dub) – 6:45
 * "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) / (Euro dub mix) – 7:33
 * "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) / (Euro house dub) / (House dub) – 7:07
 * "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43

7": EMI / DD 11 United Kingdom

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 2) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12": EMI / 12 DD 11 United Kingdom

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 3) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12": EMI / 12 DDX 11 United Kingdom

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 3) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12": EMI / 12 DD-DJ11 (Promo) United Kingdom

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 3) "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:19
 * 4) "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:08 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")

7": Capitol / B-44287 United States

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 2) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
 * Also available on MC in the US (Capitol / 4BX-44287)

12": Capitol / V-15434 United States

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
 * 3) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:34
 * 4) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04

12": Capitol / SPRO-79483 (Promo) United States

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (US masterdub) – 6:43 (a.k.a. "Latino dub")
 * 3) "All She Wants Is" (Euro house mix) – 7:32 (a.k.a. "Euro dub mix")
 * 4) "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub I) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "House dub", "Euro house dub")
 * 5) "All She Wants Is" (Euro house dub II) – 5:43

12": EMI / K 060 20 32366 Netherlands

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (House dub) – 7:07 (a.k.a. "Euro house dub", "Euro house dub I")
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (Latino dub) – 6:44 (a.k.a. "US masterdub")
 * 3) "All She Wants Is" (7" version) – 4:31
 * Also released on German CD (EMI-Electrola / CDP 560-20-3236-2)

CD: EMI / CD DD 11 (United Kingdom)

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 2) "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10
 * 3) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
 * Also available on 3" CD in the US (Capitol / C3-44287-2)

CD: Toshiba-EMI / XP12-5006 (Japan)

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 2) "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
 * 3) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:09
 * 3" CD reworking of the first UK 12"

CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set

 * 1) "All She Wants Is" (45 mix) – 4:36
 * 2) "I Believe/All I Need to Know" (medley) – 5:04
 * 3) "All She Wants Is" (US master mix) – 7:16
 * 4) "All She Wants Is" (Euro dub mix) – 7:34 (a.k.a. "Euro house mix")
 * 5) "Skin Trade" (Parisian mix) – 8:10

Legacy
"All She Wants Is" can be heard as background music playing in a bar in the 2003 film Monster.

"All She Wants Is" was used in season 5, episode 5 of Cold Case in 2007.

Faithful Dawn recorded a cover of the song which was only available on a limited edition EP at Whitby 5.5 in 1998.

Chart performance
"All She Wants Is" had a bigger impact in the UK than its predecessor ("I Don't Want Your Love"), hitting the top ten; it was the last of twelve UK top ten hits for Duran Duran during the 1980s.

Personnel
Duran Duran
 * Simon Le Bon – vocals
 * John Taylor – bass
 * Nick Rhodes – keyboards

Additional musicians
 * Chester Kamen – guitars
 * Sterling Campbell – drums
 * Warren Cuccurullo – guitars

Technical
 * Duran Duran – producer
 * Jonathan Elias – producer
 * Daniel Abraham – producer, mixer (45 mix)
 * Shep Pettibone – remixer
 * Goh Hotoda – remix engineer
 * Freddie Stopler – heavy breathing