I Want It All - Promotional Video

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Queen returned after a two and a half year sabbatical with a new album, 'The Miracle' and a new single, 'I Want It All', in the summer of 1989. The single marked a change in Queen's approach to the business aspect of their career. After years of disagreements over whose track would be released as the next a-side (and therefore get a larger percentage of the royalties), the band had taken the initiative to credit all songs on the new album and its subsequent singles to 'Queen' - splitting the royalities equally. This approach gave them a stronger sense of unity - which was reflected in the inmaginative artwork for the album and all of its singles.
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[[Image:iwantitallvid.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Screenshot from the video]]
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'I Want It All' was a sizeable hit, reaching number three in the UK and number one in several other territories. Its video was designed to maintain that Queen were still a functioning unit as well as a functioning live band, which by this time, was sadly not the case. To this end, David Mallet concocted a basic performance video complete with sixteen Super Trouper spotlights and twelve Dino light stands which were fifty foot high and usually used to light fooball stadiums.
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Queen returned after a two and a half year sabbatical with a new album, '[[The Miracle]]' and a new single, '[[I Want It All]]', in the summer of 1989. The single marked a change in Queen's approach to the business aspect of their career. After years of disagreements over whose track would be released as the next a-side (and therefore get a larger percentage of the royalties), the band had taken the initiative to credit all songs on the new album and its subsequent singles to ''Queen'' - splitting the royalities equally. This approach gave them a stronger sense of unity - which was reflected in the inmaginative artwork for the album and all of its singles.
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The promo, shot in Cinemascope, was first released on home video as part of 'The Miracle EP'. It was then featured on 'Greatest Flix 2' and 'Classic Queen' in 1991, and is now included on the 'Greatest Video Hits 2' dvd.
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'[[I Want It All]]' was a sizeable hit, reaching number three in the UK and number one in several other territories. Its video was designed to maintain that Queen were still a functioning unit as well as a functioning live band, which by this time, was sadly not the case. To this end, [[David Mallet]] concocted a basic performance video complete with sixteen Super Trouper spotlights and twelve Dino light stands which were fifty foot high and usually used to light fooball stadiums.
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The promo, shot in Cinemascope, was first released on home video as part of '[[The Miracle EP]]'. It was then featured on '[[Greatest Flix 2]]' and '[[Classic Queen]]' in 1991, and is now available on the '[[Greatest Video Hits 2]]' dvd.
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==Credits==
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| '''Version'''
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| '''Name'''
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| '''Artist'''
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| '''Recorded'''
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| '''Format'''
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| '''Length'''
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| '''Director'''
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| Standard Version
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| I Want It All
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| Queen
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| February 1986
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| Video
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| 4.02
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| David Mallet
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| Unknown
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==Availability==
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* Standard Version - [[The Miracle EP]] VHS, [[Greatest Flix II]] VHS, [[Box Of Flix]] VHS, [[Classic Queen]] VHS, [[Greatest Video Hits 2]] DVD

Revision as of 14:47, 14 May 2007

Screenshot from the video

Queen returned after a two and a half year sabbatical with a new album, 'The Miracle' and a new single, 'I Want It All', in the summer of 1989. The single marked a change in Queen's approach to the business aspect of their career. After years of disagreements over whose track would be released as the next a-side (and therefore get a larger percentage of the royalties), the band had taken the initiative to credit all songs on the new album and its subsequent singles to Queen - splitting the royalities equally. This approach gave them a stronger sense of unity - which was reflected in the inmaginative artwork for the album and all of its singles.

'I Want It All' was a sizeable hit, reaching number three in the UK and number one in several other territories. Its video was designed to maintain that Queen were still a functioning unit as well as a functioning live band, which by this time, was sadly not the case. To this end, David Mallet concocted a basic performance video complete with sixteen Super Trouper spotlights and twelve Dino light stands which were fifty foot high and usually used to light fooball stadiums.

The promo, shot in Cinemascope, was first released on home video as part of 'The Miracle EP'. It was then featured on 'Greatest Flix 2' and 'Classic Queen' in 1991, and is now available on the 'Greatest Video Hits 2' dvd.

Credits

Version Name Artist Recorded Format Length Director Filming Location
Standard Version I Want It All Queen February 1986 Video 4.02 David Mallet Unknown

Availability

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