All of This

2003 song by Blink 182 featuring Robert Smith

"All of This" is a song by American rock band Blink 182 from the band's fifth studio album, Blink 182 (2003). The song is a collaboration with musician Robert Smith, frontman of the English rock band The Cure. Lyrically, the song is inspired by a story from producer Jerry Finn's adolescence, in which he was humiliated by a girl he had fallen in love with. The song was frequently cited as a highlight on the album and received positive reviews. "All of This" was briefly considered to be the album's fifth single, but the idea was shelved when the band broke up in 2005.

"All of This," as well as the song it segues from, "Easy Target," were based on a story from producer Jerry Finn's middle school years. Finn was in love with a female classmate, Holly, who invited him over, only to have her and her friend drench him with a hose; humiliated, he rode home on his bicycle. The song was musically inspired by The Cure song "The Love Cats" (as was "I Miss You"), Smith, for his part, was bemused as to how he would fit into Blink 182's sound: "I'd heard a couple of singles," he later told Blender, "but I couldn't really see how I could sing on anything or write any words. But the demos for the album that eventually came out were fantastic. I think they suffer in a way that we [The Cure] suffered in that people weren't allowing them to become something else. If another band put that new CD out as their first album, people would go crazy." As for their legitimacy, Smith gave the band advice: "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." During the session that produced "All of This," Hoppus went out of his way to purchase a Fender six string bass, the same model employed on The Cure song "Push". Smith, who recorded his parts in England, took a significant amount of time recording the song, to the point that the band was unsure of whether or not his contribution would make the record. "We were literally hours from having to turn [the masters] in to the factory when it showed up," said DeLonge.

The song is composed in the key of A major and is set in time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 112 beats per minute. The vocal range spans from A3 to C#5. "All of This" is a gothic tinged pop song that uses strings and guitar effects to create a moody atmosphere.

Entertainment Weekly Leah Greenblatt called the song a "haunting paean to lost love," and Nick Catucci of The Village Voice referred to it as a "shuffling, string gilded slow burner," while opining that Smith "has more presence than both of Blink's singers combined." A. D. Amorosi of The Philadelphia Inquirer cited "All of This" as an example of the band delve into new wave. Trevor Kelley of Alternative Press considered it evocative of the Cure's Seventeen Seconds. The band had discussions as to whether issue "All of This" as the fifth single from Blink 182, but plans were dropped following the band's declaration of an 'indefinite hiatus' in February 2005. In response to the idea of "All of This" becoming a possible single, DeLonge joked "We would love it because it's a bad ass song, and The Cure's Robert Smith sings on it, and that makes us cooler than everybody else."