"All or Nothing" is a song recorded by American boy band

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. The

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was written by

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and Steve Mac, and produced by Mac. It was released on March 20, 2001, as the second single from their debut album, ''

'' (2001). The song reached number three in the United States, number five in Canada, and number four in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Irish boy band

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recorded a cover version on their seventh studio album, '' The Love Album''—to which was used extensively as background music during the audition stages of ''

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''. The song itself charted without being properly released as a single in the United Kingdom. Westlife later revealed that the song was first offered to them but

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, their executive producer, rejected it and passed it on to O-Town, becoming their hit. ''

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'' ranked the song as the 32nd best boy band song of all time.

Composition

The song is performed in the key of C major in

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with a

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of 64 beats per minute then modulates to

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after the bridge. The group's vocals span from G₄ to A₅.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix) # "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Radio Edit) UK CD2 # "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix) # "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Radio Mix) # "Liquid Dreams" (Matrix Mix) # "All or Nothing" (Music Video) Europe CD-maxi # "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix) # "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Club Mix) # "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Mixshow Mix) # "Take Me Under" (Live Version) # "Baby I Would" US CD single # "All or Nothing" (Radio Mix) # "All or Nothing" (HQ2 Radio Mix) # "All or Nothing" (Rizzo Radio Edit) # "Liquid Dreams" (HQ2 Radio Mix) # "Take Me Under" (Live Version) # "We Fit Together" US 7-inch vinyl # "All or Nothing" (Radio Edit) — 4:08 # "All or Nothing" (Mike Rizzo Radio Mix) — 3:51

Personnel

* Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, Dan Miller,

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: Main and Backing Vocals * Paul Gendler: Guitars * Steve Mac: Keyboards * Steve Pearce: Bass * Chris Laws: Drums, Percussion * Richard Niles: String Arrangement

Production

* Arranged and Produced by Steve Mac * Recorded by Steve Mac and Daniel Pursey * Mixed by Steve Mac and Matthew Howes (mix engineer) * Published by Songs of Windswept Pacific/Rokstone Music.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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