I Want It All
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| Single by Queen from the album The Miracle |
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| B-side | Hang On in There | ||||
| Released | May 2, 1989 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, CD | ||||
| Genre | Hard Rock | ||||
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| Label | Parlophone, EMI, Capitol | ||||
| Writer(s) | Queen (Brian May) | ||||
| Producer | Queen and David Richards | ||||
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"I Want It All" (sample ) is a song by the British rock band Queen. It is the fourth track on the album The Miracle and was written by guitarist Brian May (who briefly takes over lead vocals), but credited to all four members of the band. It is one of the band's most well-known and popular songs. It was one of a few hard rock songs that were successful in 1989, as by this date pop music by artists and groups such as Kylie Minogue and The Bangles were firmly established as the most favoured genres of music, and it was becoming increasingly rare for even the most established and famous rock acts to achieve strong sales in the music charts.
The song itself is a hard rock anthem, and lyrically features themes relating to rebellion and social upheaval, although May claims that it is about having ambitions and fighting for one's own goals. Because of this, the song became an anti-apartheid song in South Africa and has also been used as a gay rights protest theme and a rallying anthem for African American youth.[citation needed] Inspiration to the song came from Brian May's wife Anita Dobson frequently demanding "I want it all and I want it now".
The single release is significantly different from the album track, shortening the length of May's solo. The guitar intro was also replaced by an a cappella version of the chorus. The Queen Rocks version combines both versions together, including the single version intro but the longer, album version guitar solo.
It peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom and #50 on the US Billboard, and #3 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks.
The song has been used in advertisements for Dr Pepper, dfs, and Chase Bank.
[edit] Promotional video
- The music video for "I Want It All" was a straight performance video, with the band, all dressed smartly in black trousers and white shirts (with drummer Roger Taylor wearing a leather jacket, with his other band's single, The Manipulator on it) playing the song on a stage in a warehouse.
- Roger Taylor uses a double bass drum kit for the only time in this video.
- It was directed by David Mallet and is thus the only video for a single from the The Miracle album that was not directed and produced by DoRo.
- There are brief parts of the video where you can see cameras and people in the background.
- In this video there is a shot of Roger Taylor hitting a drum with liquid on its surface. This image is referenced in other videos from other musicians, for instance The Darkness[citation needed].
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