"All of My Heart" is a song by English
pop
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* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
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band
ABC
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, from their debut
studio album
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, ''
The Lexicon of Love'' (1982). It was released as a single in the UK on 27 August 1982 and peaked at No. 5 on the
UK Singles Chart. The B-side, "Overture", was an instrumental, orchestral medley of songs from ''The Lexicon of Love'', arranged by
Anne Dudley.
Critical reception
In a retrospective review of the song,
AllMusic critic Mike DeGagne wrote: "The lushness of the instruments and the small amounts of musical detail drape the body of the track, adding a slight classical feel to the song's flow."
In 2005, Jess Harvell of ''
Pitchfork'' listed "All of My Heart" as his favorite UK song of the
post-punk "new pop" era, describing it as "ABC's slickest and most gorgeous single, and yet also possibly their most bitter." Harvell wrote: "
Martin Fry alternates between open hearted and suspicious, warm and resentful with the turn of a phrase. The outro–a swirl of soundtrack strings, plucked bass, and cascading piano–is the most purely beautiful music of the era."
Track listing
# "All of My Heart" – 4:45
# "Overture" – 3:56
Chart performance
References
External links
*
1982 singles
ABC (band) songs
Songs written by Martin Fry
Songs written by Stephen Singleton
Songs written by Mark White (musician)
Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn
1982 songs
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