"All at Once" is a song by American singer

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from her self-titled debut album and was released as a single in several European countries as well as in

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in 1985–1986. It was not released as a single in

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, but did receive steady radio airplay on Pop and R&B/soul stations there. It is a ballad about a love who leaves without warning and the heartbreak that is felt afterwards. It is written by

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and

Jeffrey Osborne Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970. Biography Earl ...

Music videos

Arista released a promotional music video exclusive to Germany and Japan. Another video was released for some European countries. It features Houston singing the song onstage.

Chart performance

It became the first hit for Whitney Houston in the Netherlands in April 1985, and also a Top 5 hit on Italy and Belgium singles chart.

Live performances

Whitney performed the song on Dutch TV's ''PopsJops'' show, German TV's ''Peter's Popshow'' in 1985, and Japan TV Show ''Night's Hit Studio'' in 1986. The following year, Houston performed the song at the 1987

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as well as Italy's

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. In this latter competition an encore of the song was requested, and Houston is the first and, so far, only singer to get it. Whitney also performed the song in Japan and Europe during her

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in 1986.

Track listing and formats

*Europe 12" Vinyl Maxi-Single **A1 "All at Once" — 4:26 **B1 "Thinking About You" — 4:53 **B2 "Someone for Me" — 7:23 *Jamaica 7" Vinyl Maxi-Single **A1 "All at Once" — 4:28 **B1 "Greatest Love of All" — 4:55 *Italy 12" Vinyl, Promo **A "All at Once" — 4:26 **B "Hold Me" — 6:00 *Japan 7" Vinyl, Single **A "All at Once" — 5:56 **B "Greatest Love of All" — 6:16 *Germany 7" Vinyl **"All at Once" — 4:06 **"Thinking About You" — 4:44 *South Africa 7" Vinyl Single #"All at Once" #"Thinking About You"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* Whitney Houston songs 1980s ballads 1985 singles 1986 singles Arista Records singles 1984 songs Contemporary R&B ballads Pop ballads Songs written by Michael Masser Songs written by Jeffrey Osborne Songs about heartache {{1980s-pop-song-stub