All I Wanted (Kansas song)

"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]

"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)

Background

It was their 21st single, as well as their seventh (and final) Top 40 appearance and their fourth Top 20 hit, charting at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song takes a more pop approach than the band's previous songs.

Reception

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]

Chart performance
Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 19
US Mainstream Rock Tracks 10
US Adult Contemporary[6] 14
Canadian Singles Chart 75

References
  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. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 133.
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