This is maybe the most intense and under-appreciated love song there is. Very few people even know it exists. Telling someone "All I want is You" is maybe the most meaningful thing you can tell anyone.
This and "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" - 2 of U2's most powerful songs, and songs that I cannot get too loud. I have to be thoughtful of my neighbors, because I go full volume with these if I forget. Pain (of Love lost) made into lyrical words... this man has known hurt. And he voices it for us to resonate with.
Sung to this to my girlfriend 30? years ago, fast forward to 2018, she's given me a beautiful Daughter and Son. 26 years of marriage and she's still my light. She only has a hint of how important she is to me. Makes it it more special:))
For as long as I can remember I've suffered with heartache in my life, mostly when I was a child. I'm 46 and if I'm honest I didn't want to be on this planet for a long time, as far as I can remember I've always had a fragile mind, I'm a big strong 6' + man, 17 stone , all the things we are told that men "should be " but 2 weeks ago my 18 year old son out of the blue asked me "how's your mental health Da?" I was shocked, but I was delighted with him...I gave him a hug and said I'm really good pal, thanks for asking 😉 I don't know why I'm saying this, maybe I'm just glad I'm alive right now, and it's down to something I did in the past x
My favorite U2 song as it makes me feel the real feelings of separation and loneliness. I'm 75 and she's 46,a great lady from Jamaica. I've been with her for almost 12 years and I love her to death.
I feel this way for someone that is wrong for me because he never had the attention to the first place to ever make it right so how can he say he loves and wants me when all he's ever done is a lie That's what I think and I don't respect the coward that does that kind of stuff.
I think of my father too when I'm out going to work or classes or anywhere where he is not present I listen to U2 and I think of him and even my uncle in Brazil It's so cool that music can have such affect on all of us
All those memories flash back like a brilliant montage beginning at 5:00 and through to the end. ;-) It all comes together like a movie only I can watch.
There is literally so much music where people play instruments lol. Tons of absolutely phenomenal musicians making beautiful and interesting music if you care to look
What often goes underappreciated is just how good a lyricist Bono is, he should get far more credit than he does for it. This song is a perfect example.
2012 I watched a 2 and a half year relationship come crashing down upon me. It took me over 2 years to get past it. Now we can't even be friends. This was my song to M ( her)
Legendary albums, Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Good era for U2. All still relevant to me and what I’m about. They came just when I needed great albums from a legendary band. The timing was perfect. We all have albums and influences like that, don’t we?
Reminds me of my first marriage. Rattle and Hum just came out. I can remember the time frame of our life together, with this one song. Working 3rd shift at a crap job, a new born son at home, named Joshua , after the Joshua Tree. My memories are so crystal clear with this one song. Saw this in theaters at least 5 times, (or more) didn't; have access to tickets like today. But every time I hear this, I'm back to 22 years old again. This song has emotions that always come back. It captures that time in my life, that nothing else can... Somehow.
I named my daughter, Aislinn, after Edge’s former wife. It’s a Gaelic name meaning dreams. I always wanted to name my daughter “Aislinn” even before she was born. Just loved the way it sound. Before I became pregnant with my daughter, I dreamt that I was pregnant and totally unprepared for this unexpected baby that was all of a sudden here. I had no clothes to dress her in and it was cold outside. Later, I ended up having my daughter who was born in December. I had no idea I was pregnant with her until I was four months along. So her name was waiting for her way before she was even thought of.
This was my beautiful wife and I first dance at our wedding 3 weeks ago. Perfect song! we got married on a beach in Carmel and walked down the sandy aisle to Zeppelins' Thank You...surreal day:)
I regret not playing this at my husbands funeral, he loved U2, I’m so pleased I went to see them in Cardiff with him.....I’ll always remember him saying , for someone who isn’t a huge fan, you did well singing every song! ....(I must say this is my favourite )
The best U2 song of all time 👍(and this song for a woman that I've always fell in love with: Nicole Marie Delmont: 1981-2016) I miss u & I will always love U 😖 🙏
my heart goes out to you bro. i died twice in 1998 at 17, i used to sing this song to the girl i loved. 💪🏾✊🏾 I am glad to have been able to read your comment.
This IS how TRUE LOVE IS!!! WE ONLY WANT THE MAN WE LOVE, THAT'S THE BIGHEST HAPPYNESS... FEELING HIS SMEEL, HIS EYES, HIS VOICE, AND HIS BELOVED LOVE... THAT IS VERY, BUT VERY IMPORTANT!!!
My heart has been turned to pieces and some of the most painful memories come to mind when I listen to this song. The pain and eager of wanting to be with someone so badly but knowing is impossible.
One of U2's most beautiful songs, isn't it? Just wonderful! If you have ever loved then this song begs your soul If you have ever loved then this song begs your soul
we all interpret lyrics different ways and all these years later I get it for me. All I want is you, not your promises and what you can give....just you. that's what I get from the song. when I was younger I was the person who wanted all the promises and now I dont want them, I grew up and learned life ....all I want is you!
Kim I'll be honest with you, its god more God and an extra helping of o , i don't know, let me see God, apart from Adam they belong to a evangelical church. Dont get me wrong i think they are brilliant but their music is all about god. I'm Irish I grew up with them , im proud of them, but they are jesus freaks
Hi Kim well spoken. This is how I feel inside and out with the right person. So you like a few on the comments here and elsewhere understand this about this song.
Hadn't heard this for years until watching contagion & was blown away by the use of the track at a poignant moment in the film. Great use of great music in a great film that is scarily prophetic.
The Edge is phenomenal,,his talent is mind blowing,,,I also Love the Strings in this song. It never ceases to kill me, Bono’s voice at the end when he’s screaming, gosh, I just LOVE ALL OF IT. Yes that guitar solo is wicked as hell.
All I want is a beautiful girl to smile at me. One of U2's most beautiful songs, isn't it? Just wonderful! If you have ever loved then this song begs your soul !!!!master piece
I close my eyes....and just fly back to 1989....😢 The guitar solo of the egde is one of the most incredible things i've ever heard... this always makes me think of Reality Bites. I guess it's a generational thing :)
Yes, I must admit Contagion brought me here, but this always was one of my absolute favorite U2 songs...in order of importance here 1) Edge's super simplistic but amazingly affecting guitar chords; 2) Bono's impassioned voice as he conducts perhaps his 3) best lyrical content ever. I wasn't a real fan of Rattle and Hum, to me it was purely a sell-out album with this song the only pure original worth anything on it, but this WAS worth the price of admission...simply genius.
Had this song stuck in my head when I was 16...with my first love. Now I have it all over again for another man...someone I met when I was 18/19, my best college friend...and now he's single and I am too (finally left both of our abusive relationships), and all I want is him. Too bad he's in North Carolina and I'm up in New England, lol. But...it just makes it that much sweeter. I love him..and I always have, but now I really love him...I need him. I ache for him...I long for him...and I can't wait until this pandemic is over. It's fate. How else do you explain both of us getting out of our relationships for me to message him after a few weeks being home and him leaving his relationship...For us to explain how we've felt over the years? How we both messed up and I should have stayed down there? How else do you explain it? Someone you haven't seen for 12-13 years and you've kept in touch with (well my ex fiance made me change my number and delete my facebook) but I've got it all back (I started a new profile) and I"m back .. forever. I know I'm rambling, but just to let someone here know..true love will ALWAYS find its way back to you...no matter how long it takes or how far they are. We're both now 31 and we can't wait to get our lives started...again, just as it was.
Casey, loved the ramblings of your loving heart!! I found true love after searching for it and going through broken hearts and broken relationships for 39 years. We've been together for 20 years now after finding each other in, of all places, a mental health facility, and we've been crazy about each other ever since. I'm so happy for you guys because true love is really very hard to find, just remember to hold onto the only person you truly love with everything you've got, especially when the going might get tough. Wish you all the best!!
Stay with the demons you have drowned, Stay with the spirit I have found..... Love the dualism here. We can't serve two masters, although we give it our best attempt.
I'm 30 years old, finally developing myself in the professional level, and i finally had my first dates at 29 with a crush i had for many years. But she had diferent plans for herself and she got mad because i told some of my friends that i had a few dates with her. She took it the wrong way. But still... My best friend Is leaving town in a few weeks in order to have a better life, but what struck me the most Is that i'm going thorugh unrequitted love again. I screwed UP by thinking that i could get it solved. Something that i thought i already had it figured out, but didn't. I didn't wanted it to end. Hope i make it right next time. But in order to grow up, we need these experiences. This, and estranged by GNR, speaks to me in so many ways.
Our experiences makes us who we are. We make mistakes along the way, learn from them as best as you can. But be sure not to beat yourself up, everyone errs, move always forward and always try your best. There's no shame in wearing your heart on your sleeve. If someone abuses that or takes advantage of that then its shame on them. Do your best to protect your self but never give up on finding love ever....
Man, U2 influenced a huge part of my preteens and teens. Sneaking out to see them in LA, Anaheim and San Diego for the same tours, lol. GOOD TIMES and memories I’ll cherish forever.
From Algeria reminds me of the summer of 1997 when pop album came out the best summer ive ever had U2 own all of my childhood the biggest band of all time
I LOVE the story of the video and the lyrics of this song, I dedicated this song to my wife Aileen Aguilar, she's all I want in this world and in HEAVEN
This was the song my husband and I danced to for our first dance as Husband and Wife.......So many people came up to us after our first dance and said they were kicking themselves for not thinking of having this song as their first dance as husband and wife at their wedding.
Grief is love that has no where to go. My bubba past away a year ago today. He was 11. I miss him everyday and i know ill see him in the next life. We arw all GoDs creations. Jesus said he would go before us and prepare our own "heaven" My loved ones are there. Waiting for me. Prayers go out for for time of sorrow
