All the Small Things

This article is about the song. For the BBC television series, see All the Small Things (TV series).

"All the Small Things"
Cover used for the US CD single release. Other editions were released using various alternate shots.
Single by Blink-182
from the album Enema of the State
B-side
  • "M+Ms" (US)
  • "Dumpweed" (live) (worldwide)
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
RecordedJanuary–March 1999[1]
Genre
Length2:48
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jerry Finn
Blink-182 singles chronology
"What's My Age Again?"
(1999) 		"All the Small Things"
(1999) 		"Adam's Song"
(2000)
Music video
"All the Small Things" on YouTube

"All the Small Things" is a song by American rock band Blink-182. It was the second single and eighth track released from the band's third album, Enema of the State (1999). The track was composed primarily by guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge as an ode to his then girlfriend. Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Jerry Finn, the song was created with the intention of shipping it to radio, as the trio felt they needed a single "really catchy and basic."[6]

The single was released to radio on September 28, 1999, and promptly charted worldwide, becoming a number one hit on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart, and crossing over to pop radio and peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. It was physically released as a single on January 18, 2000. The song remains the band's most successful single to date, being their only song to enter the top 40. The song charted within the top 20 in ten other countries, and gained greater significance due to its accompanying music video, which parodies videos by boy bands such as Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, and 'N Sync as well as videos by pop singers Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The video was popular in rotation on MTV's Total Request Live,[7] leading to criticism from those who felt their basis for parody was thin.[8]

"All the Small Things" was selected by Rolling Stone as one of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs",[9] and is listed in the 2010 book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die.[citation needed]

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  3. ^ a b Myers, Katherine (July 19, 2016). "The History Of Pop Music In 5 Defining Decades". Culture Trip. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022. pop rock and power pop were making a comeback in the sounds of Blink 182's "All the Small Things", opening up a gate for the musicians that would come to be pivotal within the pop-punk genre...
  4. ^ "The Best 69 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1999". Spin. July 25, 2019. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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  9. ^ "MTV, Rolling Stone list top 100 pop songs since 1963". Lawrence Journal-World. November 19, 2000. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2016.