"All I See" is a song recorded by Australian
Kylie Minogue for her tenth studio album, ''
X'' (2007). The song was written by Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hedin Hansen, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano and produced by Jeberg and Cutfather. It was released digitally as a lead single in
North America on 11 March 2008. The song was released to American
radio formats
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on 15 April 2008. A version featuring
rapper
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Mims was released to
radio formats
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and included as a
bonus track
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on the American edition of ''X''. On 22 November 2008, the song was also released as the fifth single from, X in Australia. Musically, the song is an
R&B song. The song contains an interpolation from
Gap Band's "
Outstanding
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", which was written by Raymond Calhoun.
Release
To promote the single and the album in the
United States
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, Minogue appeared on several
television programmes
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. On 31 March 2008, she appeared on the ''
Today
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'' show for an interview with
Matt Lauer
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. On 1 April, Minogue performed "All I See" live on ''
Dancing with the Stars.'' On 7 April 2008, Minogue appeared and performed "All I See" on ''
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (often shortened to ''Ellen'' or ''The Ellen Show'') is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show that was created and hosted by its namesake Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it was pro ...
''.
The single was particularly released in the
US and in
Canada
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to boost Minogue's image in the States, as it appeared she had a low profile, but the song only managed to peak at number 3 in the US dance charts.
Music video
The promotional
music video
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for "All I See" was directed by
William Baker, Minogue's
creative director
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. It was filmed in three hours while Minogue was on break from
KylieX2008 tour rehearsals.
[Minogue, Kylie]
"Message From Kylie"
. Kylie.com. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008. Filmed in
black-and-white
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, it features Minogue in various outfits (mainly a dominatrix) and
dancer Marco da Silva dancing in front of a white background. The video premiered on Minogue's
website
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on 18 April 2008.
Critical response
"All I See" received generally mixed reviews from most music critics. Sal Cinquemani from
Slant Magazine gave it an extended review. He said:
Minogue has churned out three singles from her album ''X'' since its international release last year, but it's another song, "All I See," that will be the record's official first single in the U.S. It's one of only three tracks that don't seem to fit the otherwise consistent Euro-disco mash-up of the singer's 10th studio album (the belated Ray of Light rip-off "No More Rain" and the Fergie/Gwen-meets-the-Pussycat-Dolls-meets-"SexyBack
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" monstrosity that is "Nu-Di-Ty" are the other offenders), but that's exactly why it's a perfect fit for this country. In his review of ''X'', Slant critic Dave Hughes compared "All I See" to Janet Jackson's 1997 " Together Again," and while the breathy vocals are totally Janet, the rest of the song is a virtual carbon copy of Ne-Yo
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's " Because of You," right down to the measured 4/4 beat and harpsichord.
If radio programmers could find room on their playlists for Natasha Bedingfield
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's market-pandering " Love Like This," then surely they can find space for "All I See." Although a remix featuring MIMS will be serviced to radio stations soon, there's still no video in sight, so if the song fails, Minogue's American fans can blame her record label, which hasn't figured out how to market the superstar in the U.S. since "Can't Get You Out of My Head
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song that was recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, ''Fever'' (2001). Parlophone Records released the song as the album's lead single on 8 September 2001. "Can't Get ...
".
Live performances
Minogue performed "All I See" and "
Can't Get You Out of My Head
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song that was recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album, ''Fever'' (2001). Parlophone Records released the song as the album's lead single on 8 September 2001. "Can't Get ...
" live on the results show 1 April 2008 of the American program ''
Dancing with the Stars''. She also performed the song on ''
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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'', and ''
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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'', and at selected shows of the
KylieX2008 concert tour.
Track listings
; US CD1
# "All I See (feat.
Mims)" – 3:51
# "All I See (Album Version)" – 3:04
; US CD2
# "All I See (Album Version)" – 3:04
# "All I See (Extended Version)" – 7:11
# "All I See (Instrumental)" – 7:09
Remixes
;
Mark Picchiotti
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Mixes
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper House Vocal)" – 7:50
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper House Dub)" – 7:42
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper Radio Edit)" – 3:15
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Vocal)" – 7:31
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Dub)" – 7:48
* "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Radio Edit)" – 3:32
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2007 songs
2008 singles
Black-and-white music videos
Australian contemporary R&B songs
Kylie Minogue songs
Songs written by Cutfather
Songs written by Lil' Eddie
Songs written by Jonas Jeberg
Song recordings produced by Cutfather
Parlophone singles
Articles containing video clips