| "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" | ||||
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| Single by Heart | ||||
| from the album Brigade | ||||
| B-side | "Call of the Wild" "Cruel Tears" (non-LP) (12" and CD only) |
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| Released | March 14, 1990[1] | |||
| Format | 7", 12" (UK only), CD single | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop | |||
| Length | 4:10 (7" edit) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Producer | Richie Zito | |||
| Heart singles chronology | ||||
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"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" (also entitled "All I Wanna Do") is a song recorded by American rock band Heart. It was composed by veteran songwriter and producer Robert Lange and released as the first single from the band's tenth studio album Brigade, as well as their first hit single of the 1990s. The song was first recorded as "All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You" by Dobie Gray in 1979.[2]
In the track, singer Ann Wilson sings of a one-night stand with a man, only to reveal later in the song that her intent all along was to use the encounter as a way to become pregnant. The lyrics explain later, when she reunites with the one-time lover, that her child is the result of their tryst and she did it only because the man she really loves is not able to give her children.
"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" was a success, spending two weeks at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight in the UK Singles Chart, and reaching #1 in Canada and Australia. It reached #1 in Sweden in May 12, 1990. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Group Pop Vocal Performance, and is the only one of Heart's singles to have been certified Gold by the RIAA. On the Adult Contemporary chart, the song climbed to number six, becoming the third of Heart's four top-ten AC hits (after "These Dreams" and "Alone").
In the liner notes of Heart's album The Road Home, Ann Wilson commented on the band's dislike for the song, stating, "Actually we had sworn off it because it kind of stood for everything we wanted to get away from. It was a song by "Mutt" Lange, who we liked, and it was originally written for Don Henley, but there was a lot of pressure on us to do the song at the time."[3]
The single was Heart's last pop chart top ten hit. The band had one more top ten Adult Contemporary chart hit with the follow-up, "Stranded"; "Stranded" and 1994's "Will You Be There (In The Morning)" were also top 10 Album Rock hits.
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart[4] | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[5] | 30 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart[6] | 12 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[7] | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[8] | 4 |
| French Singles Chart | 10 |
| German Singles Chart[9] | 23 |
| Irish Singles Chart[10] | 11 |
| Japanese Singles Chart (Osaka) | 2 |
| Japanese Singles Chart (Tokyo) | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[11] | 4 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[12] | 3 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 5 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[13] | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[14] | 12 |
| UK Singles Chart[15] | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks[17] | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Maintstream Rock Tracks[18] | 2 |
The 7" single release features an edited 4:10 version of the album track (5:10). The 12" and CD single versions featured the non-LP track "Cruel Tears", whilst exclusively in the UK a very limited 'tour edition' 12" single was released, in clear vinyl format.
Halestorm has covered this song multiple times live and was released on their EP entitled "ReAnimate". Their version also has a dubstep remix by Six5.
| Preceded by "Vogue" / "Keep It Together" by Madonna |
Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single June 9, 1990 – July 7, 1990 |
Succeeded by "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette |
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