This is the second-to-last song on Bauhaus' 1982 album, The Sky’s Gone Out, which is the last album they released before their 1983 split.
It has been covered by many artists, notably MGMT and John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers’s former guitarist.
The music video for this song features scenes...
[Verse 1]
All we ever wanted was everything
All we ever got was cold
Get up, eat jelly
Sandwich bars, and barbed wire
Squash every week into a day
[Interlude]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
The sound of the drum is calling
The sound of the drum has called
Flash of youth shoot out of darkness
Factorytown
[Interlude]
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
Oh, to be the cream
Oh, to be the cream
Oh, to be the cream
Oh, to be the cream
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything was written by Kevin Haskins & David J & Daniel Ash & Peter Murphy.
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything was produced by Bauhaus.
Bauhaus released All We Ever Wanted Was Everything on Tue Oct 19 1982.