All I Wanted (Kansas song)
# All I Wanted (Kansas song)

"All I Wanted" is a single by the band Kansas. The song was released on the band's 1986 album Power and written by Steve Walsh and Steve Morse.

## Background

It was their 21st single, as well as their seventh (and final) Top 40 appearance and their fourth Top 20 hit, charting at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song takes a more pop approach than the band's previous songs.

## Reception

Billboard said that it's "synth-based and relatively mellow." Cash Box called it a "classic-sounding McCartney composition which elicits memories of some of his strongest material with Wings" with a taut rock beat punctuated by an urgent horn section."

## Chart performance

| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| US Adult Contemporary | 14 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 75 |
