"All I Want" is a song by American

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from their 1991 album, ''

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'' Top Singles chart.

Composition

On the song's content, singer Glen Phillips said, "It's very much about how fleeting any kind of epiphany is. It's all about the moment passing very, very quickly and how there's a desire to hold onto it. That would be a constant, but it comes and it goes and it goes very quickly."

Track listings

US CD and cassette single, UK 7-inch single # "All I Want" – 3:15 # "All She Said" – 3:47 Australian CD single # "All I Want" – 3:15 # "Hold Her Down" – 3:07 European CD single # "All I Want" – 3:15 # "Hold Her Down" – 3:07 # "Come Back Down" – 3:19 # "One Little Girl" – 3:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

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band Emery recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the 2006 compilation ''

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In popular culture

The song was featured in the TV series ''

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''. In 2005, the song was added onto the

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soundtrack, '' Zoey 101: Music Mix'' as the 10th track, along with other songs that were featured in Nickelodeon's ''

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References

{{Authority control 1991 songs 1992 singles Columbia Records singles Songs written by Glen Phillips (singer) Toad the Wet Sprocket songs