All I Wanted (Kansas song)

"All I Wanted"
Single by Kansas
from the album Power
ReleasedOctober 1986[1]
Recorded1986
Length3:20
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Steve Walsh, Steve Morse
Producer(s)Andrew Powell
Kansas singles chronology
"Perfect Lover"
(1984) 		"All I Wanted"
(1986) 		"Power"
(1987)

"All I Wanted" is a single by the band Kansas. The song was released on the band's 1986 album Power and written by Steve Walsh and Steve Morse.[2]

Background

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It was their seventh and final Top 40 appearance, charting at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song takes a more pop approach than the band's previous songs.

Reception

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Billboard said that it's "synth-based and relatively mellow."[4] Cash Box called it a "classic-sounding McCartney composition which elicits memories of some of his strongest material with Wings" with a taut rock beat punctuated by an urgent horn section."[5]

Charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 75
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 19
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 14
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 10

References

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  1. ^ "Kansas singles".
  2. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Kansas Billboard chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "Reviews". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  5. ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. November 1, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0766." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8032." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  8. ^ "Kansas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  9. ^ "Kansas Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  10. ^ "Kansas Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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