All I Want Is Everything (Mindy McCready song)

"All I Want Is Everything"
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album I'm Not So Tough
Released	August 30, 1999 (1999-08-30)[1]
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country honky tonk
Length	2:45 (album version) 2:42 (radio edit)
Label	BNA
Songwriter(s)	Matraca Berg Marshall Chapman
Producer(s)	Billy Joe Walker, Jr.
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"One in a Million" (1999) "All I Want Is Everything" (1999) "Scream" (2000)

"All I Want Is Everything" is a song by American country music recording artist Mindy McCready, released as the second and final single from her third studio album I'm Not So Tough (1999) by BNA Records. The song was written by Matraca Berg and Marshall Chapman, with Billy Joe Walker Jr. providing production for the song. It was released on August 30, 1999,[2] where it would achieve little commercial success. Just a month after the release of its parent album, McCready would be dropped by BNA, marking this her final single released for the label.[3]

Content

"All I Want Is Everything" is a "rockabillyish big beat new wave"-inspired up-beat country song.[4] A "quasi-feminist, modern-girl" song,[5] the song's narrator sings of everything materialistic she wants in a relationship. McCready said of the song in an interview with the Portsmouth Daily Times, "When I first heard it, the lyric reflected so much of my personality. 'All I want is everything' is something I've actually said before."[6]

Critical reception

Billboard, in their review for the album, gave "All I Want Is Everything" a positive review, calling it a "Buddy Holly-esque" song and a "galloping tale of braggadocio."[7] Radio & Records in their review also noted the similarities to Buddy Holly.[8]

Chart performance

"All I Want Is Everything" debuted at number 72 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of August 21, 1999. It hit its peak position of number 57 on October 2, 1999, spending 9 weeks in total on the chart.

Music video

McCready in the music video for "All I Want is Everything".

Susan Johnson directed the video for the song in Los Angeles, California.[9] The video mostly takes place in front of green screens with the exception of a few scenes like the opening shot where McCready is in a rural area on a hill where a man serves her a drink. It was added to CMT's playlists for the week of September 12, 1999.[10]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "All I Want Is Everything"

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[11]	77
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12]	58

References

1. "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1314. August 27, 1999. p. 114.
2. "All I Want Is Everything" (US promotional CD single). Mindy McCready. BNA Records. 1999. 65855
3. "Nashville This Week: Bits 'N' Pieces". Radio & Records. No. 1321. October 15, 1999. p. 158.
4. Eddy, Chuck (August 25, 2016). Terminated for Reasons of Taste. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822373896.
5. Bufwack, Mary A.; Oermann, Robert K. (2003). Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music. Country Music Foundation Press. p. 489. ISBN 9780826514325.
6. Flowers, Paulette (October 10, 1999). "Mindy McCready's 'I'm Not So Tough' hits the mark". Portsmouth Daily Times. p. 5. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via Google Books.
7. Flippo, Chet (September 25, 1999). Paoletta, Michael (ed.). "Reviews & Previews | Albums: Mindy McCready: 'I'm Not So Tough'". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 39. Nielsen Business Media. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via Google Books.
8. "Country Action: The New Album Gallery". Radio & Records. No. 1316. September 10, 1999. p. 76.
9. "Video Monitor: Production Notes". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media. October 23, 1999. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via Google Books.
10. "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media. October 2, 1999. p. 110. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 7, 2024 – via Google Books.
11. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 5998." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 18, 1999. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
12. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.