| "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" | ||||
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 Cover art for the single with alternate title | ||||
| Single by Heart | ||||
| from the album Brigade | ||||
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| Released | March 12, 1990[1] | |||
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| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Producer(s) | Richie Zito | |||
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| All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You on YouTube | ||||
"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" is a song by American rock band Heart. It was composed by veteran songwriter and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange and released as the lead single from the band's tenth studio album, Brigade, in March 1990. The song was first recorded as "All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You" by Dobie Gray in 1979, though with different lyrics.[2][3][4] The Heart version tells the story of a woman who sets out to seduce a hitchhiker in order to become pregnant because although there is a man in her life, he is infertile.[5]
"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" was a success, spending two weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart (becoming their last top ten in the US and UK), and reaching number one in Canada and Australia. At the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and is the only one of Heart's singles to have been certified gold by the RIAA. On the Adult Contemporary chart, the song climbed to number six, becoming the third of Heart's four top-ten AC hits (after "These Dreams" and "Alone").
The single was Heart's last pop chart top ten hit in the US to date. The band had one more top ten Adult Contemporary chart hit with the follow-up "Stranded"; "Stranded" and two singles from 1994's Desire Walks On ("Black on Black II" and "Will You Be There (In the Morning)") were also top 10 Album Rock chart hits.
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