"All or Nothing" is a song by German dance-pop group
Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli were a German-French R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Their debut album, ''All or Nothing'' in Europe, reconfigured as ''Girl You Know It's True'' in ...
. It was released in January 1990 and was their final top 10 single, peaking at number four in the United States. This was their final single before
the lip syncing scandal. In November 1990, the duo's manager,
Frank Farian
Frank Farian (born Franz Reuther; 18 July 1941) is a German record producer, musician, singer and songwriter, who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., the Latin pop band No Mercy and the pop band Milli Vanilli. He frequently created voc ...
, publicly announced that he had fired
Fab Morvan
Fabrice Maxime Sylvain Morvan (born 14 May 1966) is a French singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and model. He was half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, along with Rob Pilatus, selling multi-platinum albums around the world. However, he was later i ...
and
Rob Pilatus
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. He also confirmed long standing rumors that Morvan and Pilatus did not actually sing on any Milli Vanilli releases.
Session singers had provided the lead vocals while Morvan and Pilatus lip synced to the recorded tracks when performing live.
In December 1990, singer-songwriter
David Clayton-Thomas
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sued Milli Vanilli for copyright infringement, alleging that "All or Nothing" used the melody from his 1968 song "
Spinning Wheel
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", a hit for his group
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1988 songs
1990 singles
Arista Records singles
Hansa Records singles
Milli Vanilli songs
Number-one singles in New Zealand
Song recordings produced by Frank Farian
Songs written by Frank Farian
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