All I Want to Do Is Rock

"All I Want to Do Is Rock"
1996 original release cover
Single by Travis
from the album Good Feeling
WrittenJune 1995
Released10 October 1996 (original)
6 June 1997 (re-release)
Recorded1995
GenreBritpop
Length3:53
LabelRed Telephone Box (original release)
Independiente (re-release)
Songwriter(s)Fran Healy
Travis singles chronology
"All I Want to Do Is Rock"
(1996) 		"U16 Girls"
(1997)
Alternative cover
American E.P. Cover

"All I Want to Do Is Rock" is the debut single by the Scottish rock band Travis. Originally released as a 10" vinyl on the Red Telephone Box label in 1996, it was fully re-released by Independiente Records a year later, after the band signed with the label to record their debut album Good Feeling (1997). The band frequently refers to the track as their "theme song" or their "national anthem", and as of 2009, have added the song back onto their live set lists. The song later appeared as a snippet on Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Track listing

  • 1996 10" vinyl[1]
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" (Demo) – 4:04
  2. "The Line Is Fine" (Demo) – 3:42
  3. "Funny Thing" (Demo) – 5:03
  • UK CD1
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  3. "Combing My Hair" – 4:03
  • UK CD2
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "20" – 4:06
  3. "1922" – 3:50
  • 7" vinyl / cassette / European single
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  • American E.P.
  1. "All I Want to Do Is Rock" – 3:53
  2. "Hazy Shades of Gold" – 3:18
  3. "1922" – 3:50
  4. "U16 Girls" (featuring The Joyous Lake Singers) – 4:00
  5. "Blue on a Black Weekend" – 3:19
  6. "20" – 4:06

Music video

In the music video, the band performs the song in the middle of a road, stopping a woman who isn't able to drive around them. Soon, traffic builds up and people emerge from their vehicles to hear the band. Eventually, the woman is fed up with the whole ordeal and drives away.[2]

References

  1. ^ All I Want to Do is Rock (EP) – Travis – Słuchaj za darmo w Last.fm
  2. ^ "All I Want To Do Is Rock by Travis". songfacts.com. Retrieved 9 December 2024.