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About This Track
“All I Want Is You” is the final song on U2’s 1988 album, Rattle and Hum and was released on 13 June 1989 as the album’s fourth and final single. It is the closing song from the movie Rattle and Hum.
“All I Want Is You” was released in the UK as a single on 13 June 1989. The B-Sides featured covers of the Righteous Brothers’, “Unchained Melody”, and a cover of Love Affair’s “Everlasting Love”. It reached #4 in the UK charts and #2 in Australia, #12 on the Dutch Top 40, but only reached #83 in the North American charts. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Reality Bites. The popularity of the song in the film led to a re-release in 1994 where it reached #38 in the US Top 40 Mainstream charts. The single was rereleased in the Netherlands with “Everlasting Love” now being the a-side. Everlasting Love reached number 10 in the Dutch Charts, in January 1990. In 2004, it was ranked #9 in Entertainment Weekly’s list of “The 50 Greatest Love Songs”.
Music video:
Director Meiert Avis shot the promotional video in the town of Ostia, outside Rome on 18 April 1989. Written by Barry Devlin, the video takes an unusual cinematic approach to the song, with U2 band members making only brief cameo appearances. The video tells the story of a dwarf (played by Paolo Risi) who falls in love with a trapeze artist (played by Paola Rinaldi), one of whom apparently dies towards the end. While there is disagreement amongst fans about exactly who has died, The Edge was quoted as saying it is the trapeze artist who dies.
“All I Want Is You” was released in the UK as a single on 13 June 1989. The B-Sides featured covers of the Righteous Brothers’, “Unchained Melody”, and a cover of Love Affair’s “Everlasting Love”. It reached #4 in the UK charts and #2 in Australia, #12 on the Dutch Top 40, but only reached #83 in the North American charts. It appeared on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Reality Bites. The popularity of the song in the film led to a re-release in 1994 where it reached #38 in the US Top 40 Mainstream charts. The single was rereleased in the Netherlands with “Everlasting Love” now being the a-side. Everlasting Love reached number 10 in the Dutch Charts, in January 1990. In 2004, it was ranked #9 in Entertainment Weekly’s list of “The 50 Greatest Love Songs”.
Music video:
Director Meiert Avis shot the promotional video in the town of Ostia, outside Rome on 18 April 1989. Written by Barry Devlin, the video takes an unusual cinematic approach to the song, with U2 band members making only brief cameo appearances. The video tells the story of a dwarf (played by Paolo Risi) who falls in love with a trapeze artist (played by Paola Rinaldi), one of whom apparently dies towards the end. While there is disagreement amongst fans about exactly who has died, The Edge was quoted as saying it is the trapeze artist who dies.
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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
...huh? ......all I am hearing is 'October' from the October LP........beautiful but.......
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piranhapool wrote:
This is a beautiful song.
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chiphu wrote:
Reality Bites ^^
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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
...the long version of this is the only version you will ever need......exquisite....
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kman182 wrote:
Reality Bites
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acm323 wrote:
So beautiful!
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scorpihun wrote:
If you can be with the one you really want, then your life is complete....enjoy
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Elodave wrote:
Rarely has the feeling of longing been so accurately captured.Their best by a long way.
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howtodisappearr wrote:
Best video in history of music
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ImogenFranks wrote:
65 mil plays.... enough said.
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IsabelleCorral wrote:
hell yeah!!!
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sweetlucile wrote:
to want is one thing,to have is another,try it
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t-sting wrote:
this song actually hurts still when i hear it. n they r 1 of my fav bands, 4 reasons like this!
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pjolliffe wrote:
Love it! Somebody payed attention in music class. Great composition.....
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Elodave wrote:
This is just beautiful.What wonderful songwriting,wonderful guitar,everything really!I love it so much.
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cardroia wrote:
This is the song that plays in my mind Day and Night.......it's tone strong, passionate, clear and pure!
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ozeanherz wrote:
WHEN ALL I WANT IS YOU!
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magpie_1862 wrote:
This song is being played at my wedding.
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aicstpgnr wrote:
Rattle and Hum is such a great album and great movie....i remember seeing it in the theater in 88
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KidSweden wrote:
timeless....not too much to ask for...all i want is you..
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