2003Released
4:40

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Like the album's second single, "I Miss You," this was musically inspired by The Cure's 1983 single "The Love Cats." But this time, blink-182 took things a step further when they enlisted the English rock band's frontman to sing on the track. Blink bassist Mark Hoppus explained: "We are all huge fans of the Cure. Having Robert Smith collaborate on a track is a total dream come true for us. We recorded this song in a rather unconventional manner. Travis recorded the kick and snare together, then went back and overdubbed the high hat, then overdubbed the ride cymbal, then overdubbed the ribbon crasher. Tom went in and recorded the acoustic guitars and the electrics. I went in and recorded the bass, using a new discovery for this album, which is a 1973 Fender Bass VI. It is exactly like a guitar, in that it has six strings but is tuned an octave lower. It wasn't amplified. We plugged it directly into the board. Then Roger came in and added keyboards. Tom sang the lead first two lines for the chorus, and then we sent the track to Robert over in England. He recorded his vocals there, and sent the track back to us. We added drum fills and harmonies and added Mellotron. The song was recorded in four different studios in two different continents and is one of the best on the record."

The plan to make this song the album's fifth single was thwarted by the band's four-year hiatus. The music video would have been directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who said, "I love this song. Almost did a video for this. It would have been about vampires."

According to blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge, the band wasn't convinced that Smith would give them a chance based on their repertoire of irreverent pop-punk tunes laden with crass humor. "Who knew what his perception was of our band in the past?" he told Billboard. But Smith put their minds at ease with his response. DeLonge continued, "But what he said was, 'Nobody knows what kind of songs you are going to write in the future and nobody knows the full potential of any band. I really like the music you sent me,' and he wanted to do it. And it was just amazing.'"

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Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of All Of This.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
118BPM

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Geffen
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