"All I Want" is a song by American alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, released by Columbia Records in 1992 as the second single from their third album, Fear (1991)
. "All I Want" reached number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the US Cash Box Top 100. For its radio release, a version was parenthetically labeled a remix and featured pronounced vocal mastering, heard mainly during the song's hook. The album version is the unmastered mix.
Composition On the song's content, singer Glen Phillips said, "It's very much about how fleeting any kind of epiphany is. It's all about the moment passing very, very quickly and how there's a desire to hold onto it. That would be a constant, but it comes and it goes, and it goes very quickly."
Track listings US CD and cassette single; UK 7-inch single "All I Want" – 3:15 "All She Said" – 3:47
Australian CD single "All I Want" – 3:15 "Hold Her Down" – 3:07
European CD single "All I Want" – 3:15 "Hold Her Down" – 3:07 "Come Back Down" – 3:19 "One Little Girl" – 3:26
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1992–1993)PeakpositionAustralia (ARIA)99Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)36US Billboard Hot 10015US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)14US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)22US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)22US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)4US Cash Box Top 10010
Year-end charts Chart (1992)PositionCanada Top Singles (RPM)87US Billboard Hot 10053
Cover versions Post-hardcore band Emery recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the 2006 compilation Punk Goes 90's.
In popular culture The song was featured in the TV series Doogie Howser, M.D., Dawson's Creek, Reunion and Homeland.
In 2005, the song was added onto the Nickelodeon soundtrack, Zoey 101: Music Mix as the 10th track, along with other songs that were featured in Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.
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