You're All I Wanna Do
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| "You're All I Wanna Do" | ||||
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| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album Woke up with a Monster | ||||
| B-side | "Cry Baby" | |||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Power pop[1] | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriters | Jim Peterik Rick Nielsen Robin Zander Terry Reid Tom Petersson | |||
| Producer | Ted Templeman | |||
| Cheap Trick singles chronology | ||||
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"You're All I Wanna Do" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1994 as the second single from their twelfth studio album Woke Up with a Monster. The song was written by Jim Peterik, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Terry Reid and Tom Petersson, and produced by Ted Templeman.
"You're All I Wanna Do" was issued as a single in the United States by Warner Bros. Records and in Japan by WEA Japan. A music video was filmed to promote the single.[2]
On its release, radio industry trade publication Network Forty commented, "A midtempo, accessible tune that should prove to be a multi-format hit. Radio-friendly and mass appeal, this great transition song will work around the clock."[3] In a review of Woke Up with a Monster, Tom Sinclair of Rolling Stone described the song as being "as tidy a power-pop number as Cheap Trick have knocked off in a dog's age".[4] Gerry Krochak of the Regina Sun wrote, "Zander is in fine voice, as always, on "You're All I Wanna Do", which has all the ingredients of a radio hit. A big hook that builds into a huge chorus, and some trademark harmonies, make this one memorable right off the bat."[5] David Bauder, writing for the Associated Press, considered the song "one of Zander's best moments in years" and "easily this album's finest song".[6]
In a retrospective review of the song, Doug Stone of AllMusic picked "You're All I Wanna Do" as the best song from Woke Up with a Monster and also "one of the best songs of the quartet's career". He added, "This delectable slice of skinny-tie power pop proves the veterans still rule the roost when they keep all eyes on the prize of a solid track, not a smash ballad or disposable novelty."[7] John M. Borack, in his 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, included "You're All I Wanna Do" as one of Cheap Trick's best twenty songs. He stated, "This fab, straightforward pop number is graced with one of those patented Cheap Trick singalong choruses."[8]
Track listing
- Cassette single (US release)
- "You're All I Wanna Do (Edit)" - 3:37
- "Cry Baby" - 4:20
- CD single (US promo #1)
- "You're All I Wanna Do (Album Version)" - 4:03
- CD single (US promo #2)
- "You're All I Wanna Do (Edit)" - 3:37
- "You're All I Wanna Do (Album Version)" - 4:03
- CD single (Japanese release)
- "You're All I Wanna Do" - 4:03
- "Cry Baby" - 4:20
- CD single (Japanese promo)
- "You're All I Wanna Do" - 4:03
