All I Wanted (Kansas song)

"All I Wanted"
"All I Wanted"
Single by Kansas
from the album Power
Released	October 1986
Recorded	1986
Length	3:20
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Steve Walsh, Steve Morse
Producer(s)	Andrew Powell
Kansas singles chronology

"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

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

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

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

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

[1] "Kansas singles".

[2] "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.

[Billboard-3] Kansas Billboard chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.

[4] "Reviews". Billboard. November 1, 1986. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-08-07.

[cb-5] "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. November 1, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-07.

[sc_Canadatopsingles_-6] "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0766." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[sc_Canadaadultcontemporary_-7] "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8032." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Kansas-8] "Kansas Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Kansas-9] "Kansas Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Kansas-10] "Kansas Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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v t e Kansas
Phil Ehart Rich Williams Billy Greer Tom Brislin Ronnie Platt Joe Deninzon Zak Rizvi Kerry Livgren Dave Hope Robby Steinhardt Steve Walsh John Elefante Steve Morse Greg Robert David Manion David Ragsdale
Studio albums	Kansas Song for America Masque Leftoverture Point of Know Return Monolith Audio-Visions Vinyl Confessions Drastic Measures Power In the Spirit of Things Freaks of Nature Always Never the Same Somewhere to Elsewhere The Prelude Implicit The Absence of Presence
Live albums	Two for the Show Live at the Whisky King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas Dust in the Wind Device – Voice – Drum There's Know Place Like Home
Compilations	The Best of Kansas Carry On The Kansas Boxed Set The Ultimate Kansas Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection On the Other Side Works in Progress
Singles	"Song for America" "Carry On Wayward Son" "What's on My Mind" "Point of Know Return" "Dust in the Wind" "Portrait (He Knew)" "People of the South Wind" "Hold On" "Play the Game Tonight" "Fight Fire with Fire" "All I Wanted"
Other songs	"The Wall"
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