All About Soul

"All About Soul"
Single by Billy Joel
from the album River of Dreams
B-side"You Picked a Real Bad Time"
ReleasedOctober 11, 1993 (1993-10-11)[1]
Length
  • 6:01 (album version)
  • 4:15 (single version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Billy Joel
Producer(s)
Billy Joel singles chronology
"No Man's Land"
(1993)
"All About Soul"
(1993)
"Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
(1994)
Music video
"All About Soul" on YouTube

"All About Soul" is a song by American musician Billy Joel, released in October 1993 by Columbia Records as the third single from his 12th studio album, River of Dreams (1993). The single was produced by Danny Kortchmar and Joe Nicolo and features backing vocals by Color Me Badd. The song peaked at No. 29 in the United States and No. 32 in the United Kingdom, becoming his final top-40 single in either country. The compilation box set My Lives contains an unfinished demo version of "All About Soul" called "Motorcycle Song".

The song became the unofficial theme song of the New York Knicks during their run to the 1994 NBA Finals.[2]

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. October 9, 1993. p. 27.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (June 18, 1994). "ABOUT NEW YORK; Wearing Your Heart On a Shirt". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2023.