All I Want Is Everything (Victorious song)
| "All I Want Is Everything" | |
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| Song by Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice | |
| from the album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show | |
| Released | August 2, 2011 |
| Length | 3:02 |
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| "All I Want Is Everything" on YouTube | |
"All I Want Is Everything" is a song by the Victorious cast featuring American actress and singer Victoria Justice. The song first appeared on a one-hour Victorious special titled "Locked Up!" on July 30, 2011. The track was then officially released on Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show, the show's debut soundtrack album on August 2, 2011. It was written by Toby Gad and Lindy Robbins.
The track references Madonna and Michael Jackson and centers on the theme of aspiring to achieve fame. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart. An accompanying music video was released in September 2011 and was later added to the official Victorious YouTube channel on September 21, 2012. The visual portrays Justice and the Victorious cast trying to help her impress her crush.
Background and release
[edit]"All I Want Is Everything" first appeared on the Nickelodeon television sitcom Victorious in a one-hour special titled "Locked Up!" on July 30, 2011. The episode features Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) as she wins a free vacation for herself and her friends in a fictional country called Yerba. The trip quickly goes wrong when Tori accidentally strikes the Yerbanian chancellor in the eye with her shoe, resulting in her and her friends being put in jail.[1] The song was officially released as the fifth track on the show's debut soundtrack album Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show on August 2, 2011.[2][3]
Music and lyrics
[edit]Justice provides the lead vocals and is credited as an associated performer, with background vocals contributed by the fellow Victorious castmates Ariana Grande, Elizabeth Gillies, and Leon Thomas III. The song was written by Toby Gad and Lindy Robbins, with Gad also serving as producer, recording engineer, and associated performer. He additionally handled programming, guitar, bass, and keyboards. Greg Wells also contributed as a producer, associated performer, mixing engineer, and provided programming and keyboards. Michael Corcoran contributed as a producer and the was mastered by Brian Gardner.[4]
Bob Hoose and Steven Isaac for Plugged In stated that "All I Want Is Everything" is about "driving, scratch-and-claw cry for stardom": "Too much is not enough/I'm sick of settling for in between/ … We'll sleep when we're dead/'Cause halfway kinda sucks."[5] The lyrics reference pop icons like Madonna and Michael Jackson.[6]
Reception and live performances
[edit]Mark Wedel, writing for Kalamazoo Gazette, described "All I Want Is Everything" as "demanding".[7] The staff of MTV stated that Justice "looks like she is one determined young woman".[8] Writing for WatchMojo, Joey Turner labeled "All I Want Is Everything" as a "peppy dance number".[9] Mike Hess for Celebuzz opined that the song has "hype and intrigue" for fans of the show.[10] William Ruhlmann for AllMusic expressed his dislike of the song for mentioning Madonna and Jackson, opining that it "gives away the antecedents".[6] Commercially, "All I Want Is Everything" charted at number two on the Billboard Kid Digital Song Sales chart in the United States.[11]
Justice performed "All I Want Is Everything" live at the Pacific Amphitheatre in California in August 2012.[12] Justice also performed the song live at the 2012 Allegan County Fair.[7] In January 2020, fellow Victorious castmates Grande and Matt Bennett posted a clip of themselves singing "All I Want Is Everything" on social media while staying at Disneyland.[13][14][15]
Music videos
[edit]A music video for "All I Want Is Everything" was first released in September 2011.[10][16] It was later uploaded to the official Victorious YouTube channel on September 20, 2012.[17] The music video shows Justice, along with the Victorious cast, attempting to help her impress her crush, Dean Stanland. It features Justice singing while jumping on her bed, using social media, recording herself performing the song, and trying on various outfits as she poses to impress her crush.[10][16][8] The video ends on a cliffhanger.[10][16] The staff of Cambio.com described the video as "cute" and compared its style to the American teen sitcom Lizzie McGuire.[16]
A flash mob music video for "All I Want Is Everything" was uploaded to the Victorious YouTube account on September 25, 2012.[18] It serves as a conclusion to the cliffhanger of the previous video, showing Justice and Stanland getting together. It also features Justice and the rest of the Victorious cast performing a choreographed dance in front of Stanland and a crowd of fans.[10]
Credits and personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from Tidal.[4]
- Victoria Justice – vocals, associated performer
- Ariana Grande – background vocals
- Elizabeth Gillies – background vocals
- Leon Thomas III – background vocals
- Toby Gad – writer, producer, associated performer, recording engineer, programming, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Greg Wells – producer, associated performer, mixing engineer, programming, keyboard
- Lindy Robbins – writer
- Brian Gardner – mastering engineer
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Kid Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[11] | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ Ross, Robyn (July 29, 2011). "Video: Ariana Grande Gets Locked Up on Victorious". TV Guide. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ "Victorious (Music from the Hit TV Show) [feat. Victoria Justice] - Album on Apple Music". iTunes Store (US). Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ "Victorious (Music from the Hit TV Show) [feat. Victoria Justice] - Album on Spotify". Spotify (US). Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Credits / Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show / Various artists". Tidal. August 2, 2011. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Hoose, Bob; Issac, Steven. "Victorious: Music From the Hit TV Show". Plugged In. Archived from the original on February 13, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Victoria Justice/Victorious Cast Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b Wedel, Mark (September 15, 2012). "Victoria Justice gets screams of approval at the Allegan County Fair (review with photo gallery)". Kalamazoo Gazette. Archived from the original on February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ a b "New Video: 'Victorious' Cast Featuring Victoria Justice, 'All I Want Is Everything'". MTV. September 6, 2011. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Turner, Joey. "Top 10 Best Songs from Victorious". WatchMojo. Archived from the original on February 24, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Hess, Mike (October 3, 2011). "'Victorious' Flash Mob: Go Behind the Scenes! (Video)". Celebuzz. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Victoria Justice Chart History (US Kid Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ McAlpin, Autumn (August 3, 2012). "Victoria Justice thrills kids of all ages at Pacific". The Orange County Register. Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
- ^ Grant, Stacey (January 28, 2020). "Ariana Grande and Matt Bennett Rocked Out to Victorious Songs Together". Seventeen. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Stivale, Shelby (January 29, 2020). "Blast From The Past: Ariana Grande & Matt Bennett Sing 'Victorious' Songs, And We're So Here For It". J-14. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Spence, Sade (January 29, 2020). "These Videos Of Ariana & Matt Bennett Singing 'Victorious' Songs Will Give You Feels". Elite Daily. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Victoria Justice Goes For Her Crush In "All I Want Is Everything" Music Video". Cambio.com. September 2, 2011. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Victorious Cast - All I Want Is Everything (Video) ft. Victoria Justice". YouTube. September 21, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
- ^ "Victorious Cast - All I Want Is Everything - Flash Mob (Video) ft. Victoria Justice". YouTube. September 25, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2025.