Credits

• Written by: Queen
• Produced by: Queen and David Richards
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals

Brian May - lead and backing vocals, guitars, drum programming (?)

John Deacon - bass guitar

Roger Taylor - drums, drum programming (?), backing vocals

David Richards - keyboard programming

• Length: 4:40

Discography

Albums:

	The Miracle, 1989
	Greatest Hits II, 1991
	Classic Queen, 1992 USA
	Return Of The Champions, 2005

Singles:

I Want It All, 1989

Compilations:

¡Boom! 5, LP, Spain, 1989, 180 79 3660 1

Alternate Versions:

• Demo Promo Teaser Tape - Promo MC Hollywood
• 7" Edit Remix - Parlophone CD Queen 10
• Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
• Original Master Tape Instrumental - Unreleased
• 1991 US Hollywood Remaster - Missing Line/Additional Backing Vocals
• Queen Rocks (4:31 7”/LP/Guitar Hybrid) - Queen Rocks: Parlophone 823 0912
• 1998 eYe Full 5:00 Remix 1 - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
• 1998 eYe Full 4:56 Remix 2 - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S

Queen Talks

"'I Want It All' reestablishes our old image in a way. It's nice to come back with something strong. Something that reminds people we're a live group. I don't think we're a singles band, really. Just before we put the single out I started listening to what's on the radio, and the kind of stuff that becomes a hit these days bears no resemblance to what we do. People only remember the hits, but I suppose we have done okay."

Brian May - 1989

"We were heading into the period where we decided to share the credit for all the songs, and John has said that [the song] was pretty much a finished song when we went into the studios – that's true, it was just this riff that I was obsessed with for months. The actual title was a favorite phrase of Anita's, a very ambitious girl: 'I want it all, and I want it now '... We were never able to perform this song live. It would have become something of the staple core of the Queen show, I'm sure, very participatory. It was designed for the audience to sing along to, very anthemic."

Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary

"Interesting, I wrote myself a bit in the middle. I can't remember quite why that was, it's a very sort of Pete Townshend thing to do, isn't it? But it made a nice little kind of duet in the middle, a bit of spying between me and Freddie, and I know he enjoyed that."

Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary

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