All I Ask of You

"All I Ask of You"
Single by Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman
from the album The Phantom of the Opera
B-side	"Phantom Overture Act II"
Released	1986 (1986)
Format	7 and 12" Vinyl
Genre	Musical theatre
Length	4:08
Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman singles chronology
"Unexpected Song" (1984) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Doretta's Dream" (1987)

"All I Ask of You" is a song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical version of The Phantom of the Opera.

It was released as a single on both 7 and 12 inch vinyl in 1986 by Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman^[1].

It was certified Silver in the UK.^[2]

Track listing

7 inch vinyl

1. "All I Ask of You" duet with Cliff Richard
2. "Phantom Overture Act II"

12 inch vinyl

1. "All I Ask of You" duet with Cliff Richard
2. "Only You" with Cliff Richard (from Starlight Express)
3. "Phantom Overture Act II"

The song occurs at the end of Act I of the musical. Christine Daaé, terrified of the Phantom after a stagehand is found murdered during an opera performance, flees to the roof of the Paris Opera House with her childhood friend, Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny. He promises to love her and keep her safe from the Phantom, who is listening in on the exchange without their knowledge. Heartbroken and furious at being spurned, he swears revenge against Raoul and causes the Opera's giant chandelier to crash to the floor.

Covers

• Barbra Streisand recorded the song on her 1988 album Till I Loved You
• The Shadows did an instrumental version on their 1989 album Steppin' to the Shadows.
• Elaine Paige performed a solo version of the track on her 2006 album, Essential Musicals.
• Julian Lloyd Webber recorded the song in a special arrangement for cello by its original orchestrator, David Cullen, on the 2001 album Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber.

References

v d e Cliff Richard Albums (UK) 1950s: Cliff (1959) Cliff Sings (1959) 1960s: Me and My Shadows (1960) Listen to Cliff! (1961) 21 Today (1961) The Young Ones (1961, soundtrack) 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds (1962) Summer Holiday (1963, soundtrack) When in Spain (1963) Wonderful Life (1964, soundtrack) Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp (1964, stage show album) Cliff Richard (1965) Love Is Forever (1965) When in Rome (1965) Kinda Latin Finders Keepers (1966, soundtrack) Cinderella (1967, soundtrack) Don't Stop Me Now (1967) Good News (1967, gospel) Cliff in Japan (1968, live) Two a Penny (1968, soundtrack) Established 1958 (1968) Sincerely Cliff (1969) 1970s: Tracks and Grooves (1970) All My Love (1970) About the Man (1970, gospel) His Land (1970, gospel) Cliff: Live at the Talk of the Town (1970, live) The 31st February Street (1974) Take Me High (1974, soundtrack) Help It Along (1974, gospel) I'm Nearly Famous (1976) Every Face Tells a Story (1977) Green Light (1978) Small Corners (1978, gospel) Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile (1979) Thank You Very Much (1979, live) 1980s: I'm No Hero (1980) Wired for Sound (1980) Now You See Me... Now You Don't (1982, gospel) Silver (1983) Dressed for the Occasion (1983, live) The Rock Collection (1984) Always Guaranteed (1987) Stronger (1989) 1990s: From a Distance: The Event (1990, live) Together with Cliff Richard (1991) The Album (1993) Songs from Heathcliff (1995, stage show album) Heathcliff Live (1996, stage show album, live) Real as I Wanna Be (1998) 2000s: Wanted (2001) Live at the ABC Kingston, 1962 (2002, live) Cliff at Christmas (2003) Something's Goin' On (2004) Cliff Richard - The World Tour (2004, live) Two's Company The Duets (2006) Love... The Album (2007, Part new songs, part compilation) Reunited – Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2009) 2010s: Bold as Brass (2010) Soulicious (2011) EPs (UK) Serious Charge Expresso Bongo Compilations (UK) Cliff's Hit Album (1963) More Hits by Cliff (1965) The Best of Cliff (1969) The Best of Cliff, Vol. 2 (1972) 40 Golden Greats (1977) Love Songs (1981) Walking in the Light (1984) Private Collection: 1979-1988 (1988) My Kinda Life (1992) The Hit List (1994) At the Movies 1959-1974 (1996) Yesterday, Today, Forever (1997, gospel) The Whole Story: His Greatest Hits (2000) Miss You Nights: The Ballads Collection (2004) The Platinum Collection (2005) And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music) (2008) The 50th Anniversary Album (2008) Filmography Serious Charge (1959) Expresso Bongo (1959) The Young Ones (Soundtrack album) (1961) Summer Holiday (Soundtrack album) (1963) Wonderful Life (Soundtrack album) (1964) Finders Keepers (1966) Two a Penny (1967) Take Me High (1973) Related articles Discography Concert tours The Shadows Book:Cliff Richard

v d e Cliff Richard singles discography 1950s "Move It" (1958) 1960s "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "I Love You"(1960) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "The Young Ones" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) 1970s "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979) 1980s "Suddenly" (1980) "True Love Ways" (1983) "Donna" (1984) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989) 1990s "Stronger Than That" (1990) "From a Distance" (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) (1994) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999) 2000s "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009) Book:Cliff Richard