All I Want Is a Life
1996 single by Tim McGraw
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| Single by Tim McGraw | ||||
| from the album All I Want | ||||
| Released | January 15, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
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"All I Want Is a Life" is a song written by Stan Munsey, Tony Mullins, and Don Pfrimmer and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 1996 as the third single and partial title track to McGraw's album All I Want. The song peaked at number 5 in the United States[1] and at number 2 in Canada.
Content
The narrator is tired of his everyday life and expresses an ambition for a better one.
Music video
The music video was directed and produced by Sherman Halsey. The video debuted on CMT's "Jammin' Country" on January 20, 1996. It features Tim McGraw performing the song with his band at a deserted circus, along with a bunch of clowns. At the beginning of the video, McGraw is seen walking through the desert, and showing a statue of a funny clown laughing.
Chart positions
"All I Want Is a Life" re-entered the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart as an official single at number 74 for the week of January 20, 1996.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 2 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 5 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1996) | Position |
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| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 37 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 68 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 227.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2959." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 6, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- ^ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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Tim McGraw singles
- "What Room Was the Holiday In"
- "Welcome to the Club"
- "Memory Lane"
- "Two Steppin' Mind"
- "Indian Outlaw"
- "Don't Take the Girl"
- "Down on the Farm"
- "Not a Moment Too Soon"
- "Refried Dreams"
- "I Like It, I Love It"
- "Can't Be Really Gone"
- "All I Want Is a Life"
- "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart"
- "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It"
- "It's Your Love"
- "Everywhere"
- "Just to See You Smile"
- "One of These Days"
- "Where the Green Grass Grows"
- "For a Little While"
- "Please Remember Me"
- "Something Like That"
- "My Best Friend"
- "Some Things Never Change"
- "My Next Thirty Years"
- "Grown Men Don't Cry"
- "Angry All the Time"
- "The Cowboy in Me"
- "Unbroken"
- "Live Like You Were Dying"
- "Back When"
- "Drugs or Jesus"
- "Do You Want Fries with That"
- "My Old Friend"
- "When the Stars Go Blue"
- "My Little Girl"
- "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
- "I Need You"
- "If You're Reading This"
- "Suspicions"
- "Kristofferson"
- "Let It Go"
- "Nothin' to Die For"
- "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"
- "Southern Voice"
- "Still"
- "Better Than I Used to Be"
- "Truck Yeah"
- "One of Those Nights"
- "Highway Don't Care"
- "Southern Girl"
- "Top of the World"
- "Humble and Kind"
- "How I'll Always Be"
- "Speak to a Girl"
- "The Rest of Our Life"
- "Standing Room Only"
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