# Sheryl Crow Never Intended To Record What Became Her First Big Hit

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sheryl-crow-never-intended-to-record-what-became-her-first-big-hit/
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T18:57:10+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/sheryl-crow-never-intended-to-record-what-became-her-first-big-hit/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- Crow did not expect “All I Wanna Do” to be recorded.
- It became her first No. 1 and Top 10 hit.
- The song drew on a poem and late-night Los Angeles life.

## Summary

Sheryl Crow has said she never intended to record “All I Wanna Do”, the song that became her first major hit. Written during informal studio jam sessions, it was initially considered a throwaway and was not expected to make her debut album, yet it became a defining early success in her career.

The song was released as a single in 1994 from *Tuesday Night Music Club*. Crow co-wrote it with David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert, drawing inspiration from Wyn Cooper’s 1987 poem “Fun”; it became her first US No. 1 and Top 10 single and won her first two Grammy Awards. Crow later said she came to appreciate how the song took her around the world, despite once disliking performing it.

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