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"Come on Over (All I Want Is You)"
Single by Christina Aguilera
From the album Christina Aguilera
Single Released	2000
Single Format	CD Single Cassette Single
Genre	Pop
Song Length	3:10
Record Label	RCA
Writers	Johan Aberg Paul Rein Christina Aguilera Ron Fair C. Blackmon R. Cham E. Dawkins Shelly Peiken Guy Roche
Producer	Ron Fair Celebrity Status
Certification	Gold
Chart Positions	#1 US (4 weeks) #9 AUS #8 UK #14 CAN
Christina Aguilera single chronology
"I Turn to You" (2000)	"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (2000)	"Pero Me Acuerdo De Tí" (2000)

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" is the fourth and final single from Christina Aguilera's debut album, Christina Aguilera. Released in 2000, the single peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, becoming Aguilera's 3rd #1 single. The single also peaked at #8 in the UK and #9 in Australia. The single is most known for being the transition single of Aguilera's career. For the first time ever, she was allowed to write on a single and be given more creative control especially with the song's sexual lyrics and music video. As the single was a transition single, the song stood on a fine line between her younger demographic and the older demographic she yearned to please, and although she was given some creative control, she was not given full power yet.

The song

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" was written by Paul Rein, Johan Aberg, Celebrity Status (C. Blackmon, R. Cham, E. Dawkins), Guy Roche, Shelly Peiken, Ron Fair, and Christina Aguilera, herself. The song is most significant for the fact that it was the first single released that had co-writing credits from Aguilera. The single was produced by Ron Fair and Celebrity Status. In this bouncy rhythmic summer pop anthem, Aguilera eyes a propesctive boyfriend and declares her intentions stating, "All I Want Is You". Although he pretends that he will keep her guessing all night, he knows she is not just talking about his sexuality, causing her to coo, "Come On over, come on over baby.. Come on over, come on over baby".

Like "What a Girl Wants", "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" was released not in its original album version, but in a new remixed and re-recorded version. The original album version of the song (which had been known simply as "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" was seen as unsuitable for single release, as it was felt that the song lacked major chord progressions, had childish lyrics, and was generally uninspired. As the single had been originally produced and written by Paul Rein and Johan Aberg, the pair were given first dibs to change the song. However, their efforts were fruitless and Aguilera and her mentor, Ron Fair, turned to the producing team known only as Celebrity Status.

With Celebrity Status and Ron Fair producing, "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" was transformed into "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" with a more pop oriented, but almost hip-hop flavored production (as opposed to the original piano rich production), new and more sexual lyrics, a chord progression for the song's b-section, a bridge (the song originally did not really have a bridge), a "rap" from Aguilera, a new mid-song dance breakdown, and new powerful vocals (since the original version had been recorded, Aguilera's vocal strength had increased considerably). (The song also features slight new elements from Guy Roche and Shelly Peiken).

As the original album version of the song does not really have a bridge, the song had previously been performed live with an interlude that sampled the disco song, "Got To Be Real". However, when the original songwriters of the song were contacted for permission to sample the song for the studio version of the new version of this song, clearance was denied. With their original plans foiled, Aguilera instead helped write the song's controversial and slightly sexual rap section in which she asks, "Don't ya wanna be the one tonight? We can do exactly what you like. Don't ya wanna be just you and me? We can do what comes naturally".

The song's racy rap (and also a section in the 2nd verse in which Aguilera talks about sexuality and a guy's hands on her body) caused the song to be banned on Radio Disney (like "Genie in a Bottle"). The original version of the song ("Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" ) was allowed to be played though.

Chart success

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" ended becoming another #1 hit for Aguilera on both the Billboard Hot 100 (for four weeks) and Hot 100 Singles Sales (for a solid six weeks); the strong sales would eventually earn the track a gold certification. The song was also a return to form on the Hot 100 Airplay, peaking within the top five, after the somewhat undermining radio play Aguilera's previous single "I Turn to You" received. The single was also a huge latin music success.

Internationally, the song went top ten in the UK and top twenty in Canada.

Charts

US Charts

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" debuted at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100
"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100
"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" was ranked at #38 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Charts (2000)

"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" was Aguilera's 3rd #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100
"Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" was Aguilera's 4th #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
"Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)" was Aguilera's 1st #1 single on the Hot Latin Tracks
"Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú)" was Aguilera's 1st #1 single on the Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay

International Charts