"All I See" is a song recorded by Australian

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for her tenth studio album, '' X'' (2007). The song was written by Jonas Jeberg, Mich Hedin Hansen, Edwin "Lil' Eddie" Serrano and produced by Jeberg and Cutfather. It was released digitally as a lead single in North America on 11 March 2008. The song was released to American

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on 15 April 2008. A version featuring

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Mims was released to

and included as a

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on the American edition of ''X''. On 22 November 2008, the song was also released as the fifth single from, X in Australia. Musically, the song is an R&B song. The song contains an interpolation from Gap Band's "

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Release

To promote the single and the album in the

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, Minogue appeared on several television programmes. On 31 March 2008, she appeared on the ''

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'' show for an interview with

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. On 1 April, Minogue performed "All I See" live on ''

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.'' On 7 April 2008, Minogue appeared and performed "All I See" on ''

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''. The single was particularly released in the US and in

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to boost Minogue's image in the States, as it appeared she had a low profile, but the song only managed to peak at number 3 in the US dance charts.

Music video

The promotional

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for "All I See" was directed by William Baker, Minogue's

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. It was filmed in three hours while Minogue was on break from KylieX2008 tour rehearsals.Minogue, Kylie
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, it features Minogue in various outfits (mainly a dominatrix) and dancer Marco da Silva dancing in front of a white background. The video premiered on Minogue's

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on 18 April 2008.

Critical response

"All I See" received generally mixed reviews from most music critics. Sal Cinquemani from

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gave it an extended review. He said:

Minogue has churned out three singles from her album ''X'' since its international release last year, but it's another song, "All I See," that will be the record's official first single in the U.S. It's one of only three tracks that don't seem to fit the otherwise consistent Euro-disco mash-up of the singer's 10th studio album (the belated Ray of Light rip-off "No More Rain" and the Fergie/Gwen-meets-the-Pussycat-Dolls-meets-"
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" monstrosity that is "Nu-Di-Ty" are the other offenders), but that's exactly why it's a perfect fit for this country. In his review of ''X'', Slant critic Dave Hughes compared "All I See" to
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's 1997 " Together Again," and while the breathy vocals are totally Janet, the rest of the song is a virtual carbon copy of
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's market-pandering " Love Like This," then surely they can find space for "All I See." Although a remix featuring MIMS will be serviced to radio stations soon, there's still no video in sight, so if the song fails, Minogue's American fans can blame her record label, which hasn't figured out how to market the superstar in the U.S. since "
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Live performances

Minogue performed "All I See" and "

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" live on the results show 1 April 2008 of the American program ''

''. She also performed the song on ''

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'', and ''

'', and at selected shows of the KylieX2008 concert tour.

Track listings

; US CD1 # "All I See (feat. Mims)" – 3:51 # "All I See (Album Version)" – 3:04 ; US CD2 # "All I See (Album Version)" – 3:04 # "All I See (Extended Version)" – 7:11 # "All I See (Instrumental)" – 7:09

Remixes

;

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Mixes * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper House Vocal)" – 7:50 * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper House Dub)" – 7:42 * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Proper Radio Edit)" – 3:15 * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Vocal)" – 7:31 * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Dub)" – 7:48 * "All I See (Mark Picchiotti Funk Radio Edit)" – 3:32

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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