It is Crow's biggest international hit to date. In New Zealand and the United Kingdom, it peaked at number four, and in Europe, it reached the top 10 in Austria, Flemish Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. In addition to its US success, "All I Wanna Do" peaked at number one in Australia for one week and in Canada for four weeks, also topping the RPM Adult Contemporary chart in the latter country. It was the winner of the 1995 Grammy for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year. The song is Crow's biggest US hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 behind "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men for six consecutive weeks from October 8 to November 12, 1994, and it also topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1993 debut album Tuesday Night Music Club. Go see a Sheryl Crow concert now and you’ll find yourself singing along with the crowd about drinking and placing bets, and tearing up a little for “Lie to me, I promise I'll believe / Lie to me, but please don't leave.” She’ll be up there on stage enjoying every moment, guitar in hand, her bold voice shining like her big, beautiful smile."All I Wanna Do" is a song performed by Sheryl Crow and written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert, with lyrics adapted from Cooper's 1987 poem "Fun". The album also won Crow three Grammy Awards in 1995: Record of the Year, Best New Artist, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.Īs a notable debut record, and as a piece of pop culture, TNMC stands up strong to this day. Tuesday Night Music Club has sold about 10 million copies overall. The strength of follow-up singles “Leaving Las Vegas,” “Strong Enough” and “Can’t Cry Anymore” kept Crow on the radio and people in the record stores.
The lyrics, about getting a good beer buzz going in a bar facing a car wash, were from a poem by Wyn Cooper the royalty checks allowed the poet to quit his day job. The big song that broke the record open was "All I Wanna Do," which we all heard on the radio every day in 1994. “If the record had sold 5,000 they would have been happier than the fact that it sold as many as it did.” Of course the income from the smash hit was enough to change all their lives. “There are people out there that are built the way they’re built and they’re never gonna be happy with the way anything turns out,” she said in an interview with Reuters in 2009. Regardless, she powered forward with an extensive tour for what would be the first of the 11 studio albums she’s released through a rich and varied career. But as Steve Huey wrote for AllMusic, Crow found out that “success came at a price,” as beefs arose. She explained the title and the situation, and everyone is credited, of course. Also in the room were David Baerwald and David Ricketts (of David & David), Brian MacLeod, and Dan Schwartz.Ĭrow was the one with a recording contract, so that’s where their creations landed. She spent her twenties singing commercial jingles, doing session work, and then touring with Michael Jackson and Don Henley on backup.Īfter a bummer of a first album attempt experience, she started going with her then-boyfriend Kevin Gilbert to informal jam and songwriting sessions at the LA studio of producer Bill Bottrell (who produced the Tuesday Night Music Club record, and also worked with Jackson, Tom Petty, ELO, Elton John and Shelby Lynne, and who reunited with Crow for her 2008 release, Detours).
Born of musical parents, a music major in college, she started out teaching autistic kids. The details of how that happened have been argued about ever since, but as we all now know, the talent of Sheryl Suzanne Crow is inarguable.īefore that somewhat rocky chapter, Crow had certainly paid her dues. Yes, there really was a Tuesday Night Music Club, and yes, it spawned an album that launched a music career. Above, listen to a conversation with Alisa Ali and Darren DeVivo about Sheryl Crow's 1993 debut, Tuesday Night Music Club, and below, Laura Fedele's overview. Album ReCue, a part of FUV's EQFM initiative, takes an on-air and online look back at influential releases by women that altered our perspective not only of the artist, but her invaluable impact on music history.
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