"All That She Wants" is a hit single of Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 pop group Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

. The song was produced by Denniz Pop

Denniz Pop

Dag Krister Volle , better known under the artistic name Denniz Pop , was a Swedish DJ, music producer and songwriter....

. In early 1993, the song reached the top of the charts in many countries, including Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The single was certified Platinum in the United States

United States

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, where it peaked at #2. It is one of the highest-selling #2 songs of all time in the States: it stayed in the top three songs on Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 list for three months, but never actually reached the #1 position. The song is currently the 71st best-selling single of all time in Germany.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. The video was directed by Matt Broadley.

History

Co-written by Jonas Berggren

Jonas Berggren

Jonas Berggren, a.k.a. Joker , is a Swedish musician. He started writing songs when he was seven, and continues to write for the Swedish band Ace of Base, as well as other bands....

 and Ulf Ekberg

Ulf Ekberg

Ulf Gunnar Ekberg , a.k.a. "Buddha", along with the three siblings of Jonas Berggren , Linn Berggren, and Jenny Berggren, is a founding member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base.-Life and career:...

, the song was originally titled 'Mister Ace' and included lyrics by both co-writers as well as Jonas' sister and bandmate Linn Berggren

Linn Berggren

Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren is a former member of the band Ace of Base. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band in 1987, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas and their friend Ulf Ekberg. Before forming Ace of Base, Malin sang in her...

. Fourth group member Jenny Berggren

Jenny Berggren

Jenny Cecilia Berggren is a Swedish singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also been writing songs and performing solo. In 2010 she released her debut album My Story.-Early life:...

 was not present during the recording of the song.

Denniz Pop excised the lyrics by Ulf and Jonas, replacing them with whispered vocals ('all that she wants') and adding distinctive horns and a slightly different bassline. The finalised version was released to radio in November 1992 across Scandinavia and later the rest of the world, quickly becoming a hit in dozens of countries.

Track listings

• United Kingdom CD single

1. "All That She Wants" (Radio Edit)
2. "All That She Wants" (12" Version)
3. "All That She Wants" (Banghra Version)
4. "All That She Wants" (Madness Version)

• United States CD single

1. "All That She Wants" - 3:31
2. "All That She Wants" (Extended Single/Dub Version) - 7:56
3. "All That She Wants" (Banghra Version) - 4:15
4. "All That She Wants" (12" Version) - 4:46

• Australian CD Single:

1. "All That She Wants" (Radio Edit)
2. "Fashion Party"

Official versions/remixes

• Radio Version
• 12" Version
• Extended Single/Dub
• Banghra Version
• Madness Version
• Instrumental
• Eurohouse Dub
• Funkstar Deluxe Mix
• Voodoo & Serano Mix
• Voodoo & Serano Dub Mix
• Voodoo & Serano Radio Edit
• The King Of Clubs Mix

Personnel

• Vocals by Linn Berggren, Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Written by Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Produced by Denniz Pop, Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg
• Recorded at SweMix Studios, Stockholm

Cover versions

• It was covered by rock band Oasis
  Oasis (band)
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  ' guitarist Noel Gallagher
  Noel Gallagher
  Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and principal songwriter of the English rock band Oasis. He is currently fronting his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Raised in Burnage, Manchester with his...
  
  , but in a derogatory manner in a 1994 interview.
• Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
  
   covered the song, adding different verses but using the same chorus as the original version. It was never released officially, but did leak in January 2008.
• The 2008, Holly Ray and Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston
  Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...
  
    track Off The Meter sampled the signature whistling rhythm from the song.
• WIZO
  WIZO
  Wizo is a punk rock band from Sindelfingen, Germany. The band was formed in 1985. Their messages run from political to humorous, and they are strongly opposed to Nazism, fascism, racism, and "all of that crap"...
  
  , a German punk band, have covered this song (in English). Their version is played in a much more upbeat/funky punk style.
• Breakcore producer Shitmat
  Shitmat
  Shitmat is the performing name of Henry Collins, aka Henry Collinz, a breakcore artist from Brighton, England.-Biography:His music, sometimes referred to as "Mashcore", is known for the humorous use of samples atypical of "serious" electronic artists and deliberate use of clichés...
  
   sampled part of this song on his Killababylonkutz album, on the track Ace of Base Babylon.
• Knorkator
  Knorkator
  Knorkator is a German band from Berlin that combines heavy metal with comical elements. They proclaim themselves to be "Germany's most band in the world" , as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte...
  
  
• The Italian girlband Lucky Star
  Lucky Star (Italian band)
  Lucky Star was an Italian Girl Group that were created on the Talent Show Superstar Tour in 2003 .-Music career:The group consisted of three young girls: Laura Pisu, Emma Marrone and Colomba Pane...
  
   covered the song for their first album LS3 released in 2006.
• Grass Show
  Grass Show (band)
  Grass Show were a Britpop-inspired indie band from Sweden, active in the mid to late 1990s. They released one album in the United Kingdom, Something Smells Good In Stinkville, in 1997, with three singles, "1962", "Freak Show" and "Out Of The Void"...
  
  , on the 1997 album Something Smells Good in Stinkville.
• The Kooks
  The Kooks
  The Kooks are an English indie rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2001. Formed by Luke Pritchard , Hugh Harris , Paul Garred , and Max Rafferty , the lineup of the band remained constant until 2008 and the departure of Rafferty...
  
  , a British indie rock band, covered this song as part of the Radio 1: Established 1967 compilation CD, a CD to celebrate the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio 1. 40 modern day music artists covered a single from the past 40 years of Radio 1's charts, and The Kooks ended up with this song.
• We Are Scientists
  We Are Scientists
  We Are Scientists is a New York-based indie rock band that formed in Berkeley, California in 2000. Originally formed of Keith Murray on drums, Chris Cain playing bass guitar and Scott Lamb providing vocals and guitar, before Michael Tapper became drummer and Keith became vocalist and guitarist...
  
   and Chris Urbanowicz
  Chris Urbanowicz
  Christopher Dominic Urbanowicz is the lead guitarist and synthesizer player of the British indie rock band Editors. He studied music technology at Staffordshire University for three years with the other members of Editors...
  
   of Editors
  Editors
  Editors are a British indie rock band based in Birmingham, who formed in 2002. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band consists of Tom Smith , Chris Urbanowicz , Russell Leetch and Ed Lay .Editors have so far released two platinum studio...
  
   covered this song at Reading Festival 2008.
• Covered by Not Tonight Josephine on their album "All on the Horizon" in 2011.
• ReinXeed
  ReinXeed
  ReinXeed is a symphonic/power metal band from Boden, Sweden. They were formed in 2004 by vocalist Tommy Johansson. They are influenced by soundtrack movies such as Lord of the Rings and bands like Helloween with Michael Kiske, and Rhapsody of Fire....
  
  , a Swedish Symphonic Metal/Power Metal band, released a version of this song as a part of their 2011 compilation album titled Swedish Hitz Goes Metal.

Peak positions

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1
Austrian Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Belgian Singles Chart	1
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	1
Danish Singles Chart	1
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	4
Finnish Singles Chart	3
French SNEP Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Greek Singles Chart	1
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	2
Italian FIMI Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	3
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
Spanish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	1
Swedish Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	22
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	17

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	9
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Top 40	4
Swiss Singles Chart	3
US Billboard Hot 100	51
Chart (1994)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100	9

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	70

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales
Austria	Gold	April 14, 1993	15,000+
France	Gold	1993	250,000+
Germany	3x Gold	1994	750,000
UK	Platinum	1993	604,000
U.S.	Platinum	December 11, 1993	1,000,000

Chart successions