All of This
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| “All of This” | |||||
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| Song by Blink-182 | |||||
| Album | blink-182 | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 4:19 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Producer | Jerry Finn | ||||
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"All of This" was supposed to be the fifth and final single for Blink-182's Blink-182 album. This song features The Cure's front man Robert Smith singing the verses, with Tom DeLonge singing the chorus.
DeLonge had said during an interview with VH1 "It's the first time we've ever had four singles... [This album] is like 'The Little Engine That Could.' We even talked about a fifth single. We've never done this before. It is kind of weird that we're still around." The band actually has released 5 singles from an album. They did this with their album Dude Ranch, except only two singles charted. He also explained: "We would love it because it's a bad-ass song, and [the Cure's Robert Smith] sings on it, and that makes us cooler than everybody else."
On July 29, 2006, director M. Night Shyamalan stated on his iTunes playlist of his favorite songs "I love this song. Almost did a video for this. It would have been about vampires."[1]
In this song, the girl named 'Holly', previously mentioned in 'Easy Target' returns. (The tune at the end of 'Easy Target' runs straight into 'All of This'.) In past interviews, Holly was actually Tom's first girlfriend who left him for his older brother. The lines "Use me, Holly", refer to her only going out with him in order to get closer to his brother. According to the band, the entire song was recorded in the United States, with Tom singing only the choruses. The song was then sent overseas, so Robert Smith could record the verses. Travis recorded the drum tracks rather unconventionally: the bass and snare were first recorded, then the hi-hats and cymbals were overdubbed.
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