I Only Want to Be with You
"I Only Want to Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Dusty Springfield | ||||
B-side | "Once Upon a Time" | |||
Released | 8 November 1963 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 1963, Olympic Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:37 | |||
Label | Philips | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde | |||
Producer(s) | Johnny Franz | |||
Dusty Springfield singles chronology | ||||
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"I Only Want to Be with You" is a rock and roll song by Mike Hawker[1] and Ivor Raymonde. The debut solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz, "I Only Want to Be with You" peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles chart in January 1964. Three remakes of the song have been UK chart hits, the first two by the Bay City Rollers (1976) and the Tourists (1979) matching the number 4 peak of the Dusty Springfield original, while the 1989 remake by Samantha Fox peaked at number 16. In the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "I Only Want to Be with You" has been a Top 40 hit three times, with both the Dusty Springfield original and the Bay City Rollers' remake peaking at number 12 while the Samantha Fox remake peaked at number 31. "I Only Want to Be with You" has also been recorded by a wide range of artists, several of whom sing the song with lyrics translated from the original English.
Dusty Springfield version
Background
According to Jean Ryder, the ex-wife of songwriter Mike Hawker, "I Only Want to Be With You" was written soon after she and Hawker married on 1 December 1961, being inspired by Hawker's intense romantic feelings for his new bride. Ryder had been a member of the the Vernons Girls vocal chorale - she would later be a member of the Breakaways - and reportedly she and Hawker planned that she herself would record "I Only Want to Be With You" although no formal arrangement for this eventuality had apparently been made by the autumn of 1963 when Hawker received a phone call from Philips a&r director Johnny Franz which Ryder paraphrases as "Look we need something which is going to put this girl into the charts, because everybody is knocking her, everybody is saying she'll never make it [solo] - have you got a song that's a guaranteed hit?" (Springfield had already recorded nine solo tracks none of which was deemed the right vehicle launch her solo career.) With Ryder's permission Hawker submitted "I Only Want to Be With You" to Franz, having made a demo featuring Ryder singing while keeping the beat by tapping on a biscuit tin lid: Franz and subsequently Springfield approved the song which Springfield recorded in a 25 October 1963 session at Olympic Studios, arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde, and recorded by engineer Keith Grant. Jean Ryder was included in the vocal chorale on the session. [2] [3] [4]
Released in November 1963, three weeks after the Springfields' final concert, "I Only Want to Be With You" was a global success, reaching number 4 UK, number 12 US, number 6 Australia, and number 21 Canada. In the US, Dusty Springfield was the second artist of the British Invasion, after the Beatles, to have a hit, entering the Billboard chart at number 77 in the last week of January 1964 (the Beatles having "She Loves You" at number 69 and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at number 3).
Raymonde's arrangement is unmistakable with its relentless "ticker-ticker" beat and cascading drum rolls, full-on choirs and "Tower of Power" horn section pitched against soaring rock strings. It set the production standard for Springfield's later hits, such as "Stay Awhile" and "Little by Little". Springfield also recorded the song with an almost identical arrangement in German, with the title "Auf dich nur wart' ich immerzu".
The song was performed by Springfield on the first ever edition of the BBC's Top of the Pops on 1 January 1964.
The song was re-released as a 7" & 12" single (see cover in infobox) in 1988 coinciding with its use in a soft-drink commercial, and peaked at number 83 in the UK.
Chart performance
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Bay City Rollers version
"I Only Want to Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
from the album Dedication | ||||
B-side | "Write a Letter" | |||
Released | August 1976 | |||
Format | Vinyl, 12", 7" | |||
Recorded |
June or July 1976 Soundstage Studio Toronto | |||
Genre | Bubblegum pop | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner | |||
Bay City Rollers singles US chronology | ||||
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"I Only Wanna Be With You" | ||||
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Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
B-side | "Rock N' Roller" | |||
Released | 3 September 1976 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded |
June or July 1976 Soundstage Studio Toronto | |||
Genre | bubblegum pop | |||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner | |||
Bay City Rollers singles UK chronology | ||||
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Background
The Bay City Rollers recorded "I Only Want to Be with You" for their 1976 album Dedication recorded in June and July 1976 at Soundstage Studio in Toronto with producer Jimmy Ienner. Dedication was the first Bay City Rollers recorded under the auspices of Arista Records, and it was Arista president Clive Davis who suggested that the group remake "I Only Want to Be with You." Jimmy Ienner was chosen by Davis to produce the Bay City Rollers on the basis of Ienner's work with the Raspberries.
In the US "I Only Want to Be with You" was issued as advance single from Dedication in August 1976: that October the track reached a Billboard Hot 100 peak of number 12, besting the number 28 peak of the precedent Bay City Rollers' single "Rock and Roll Love Letter" while failing to match the Top Ten success the group had enjoyed in 1975 with "Saturday Night" and "Money Honey". "I Only Want to Be with You" appeared to wrap up the group's burst of North American stardom as their next three US single releases were Top 40 shortfalls: however the group's fourth US single release subsequent to "I Only Want to Be With You": "You Made Me Believe in Magic", did afford the group a final Top Ten hit.
Issued in the UK as a non-album single on 3 September 1976, "I Only Wanna Be with You" - so entitled - reached number 4 UK, affording the Bay City Rollers' a tenth and final Top Ten hit.
It's noteworthy that the US and UK chart peaks of the Bay City Rollers' 1976 remake of "I Only Want to Be with You" exactly match the US and UK chart peaks achieved in 1964 by the Dusty Springfield original. However the Springfield original version had had a significantly stronger UK chart run holding at number 4 for 4 weeks - as opposed to the Bay City Rollers remake's one week chart peak - with the original's Top 50 tenure of 18 weeks being twice as long as the remake's. Conversely in the US the Bay City Rollers' remake had a Billboard Hot 100 tenure of 15 weeks while the Springfield original had maintained a Hot 100 presence for 10 weeks in total.[6] (Comparisons between the chart impact of singles issued in distinct time periods should be considered imprecise, the methodology behind both the UK and US chart rankings having been frequently revised.)
Chart performance
Weekly singles chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Australia | 8 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 17 |
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) | 14 |
Canadian Singles Chart | 3 |
Dutch Singles Chart | 9 |
German Singles Chart | 9 |
Irish Singles Chart[7] | 2 |
Italian Singles Chart[8] | 5 |
New Zealand Singles Chart | 12 |
UK | 4 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 12 |
US Cash Box Top 100[9] | 8 |
Year-end chart (1976) | Position |
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Australia [10] | 58 |
Canada [11] | 82 |
New Zealand [12] | 49 |
UK [13] | 61 |
US Billboard [14] | 102 |
The Tourists version
"I Only Wanna Be with You" | ||||
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Single by The Tourists | ||||
from the album Reality Effect | ||||
Released | November 1979 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Logo | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde | |||
Tourists singles chronology | ||||
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Background
In 1979, the song was also covered by The Tourists, a band which included Annie Lennox on vocals. This was the band's first and biggest hit. The song was used on a montage of stars when Thames Television went off the air in 1992.
Chart performance
Weekly singles Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Australian ARIA Charts | 6 |
Canadian Singles Chart | 50 |
Irish Singles Chart | 13 |
UK Singles Chart | 4 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 83 |
Samantha Fox version
"I Only Wanna Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Samantha Fox | ||||
from the album I Wanna Have Some Fun | ||||
B-side | "Confession" | |||
Released | January 1989 | |||
Format | Vinyl, 12", 7"; CD | |||
Recorded | PWL, The Borough, London | |||
Genre | Eurobeat, synthpop | |||
Length | 2:45 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde | |||
Producer(s) | Stock Aitken Waterman | |||
Samantha Fox singles chronology | ||||
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Background
In 1988, Samantha Fox covered the song as "I Only Wanna Be with You" for her album I Wanna Have Some Fun. It was released as the second single in the United States and Europe from her third studio album I Wanna Have Some Fun (1988). The song was another hit for Fox, reaching number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 31 in the United States. The music video includes scenes of Fox hunting through trash cans, dancing, fireworks, and the singer in bed with her bespectacled lover.[15]
Television shows Fox performed the song on include Top of the Pops in 1989 and Viva el espectáculo on TVE1 in 1990.[16][17]
Chart performance
Weekly singles Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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Australian ARIA Charts | 19 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 19 |
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 1 |
Dutch Singles Chart | 13 |
French Singles Chart | 9 |
German Singles Chart | 25 |
Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
New Zealand Singles Chart | 28 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 24 |
UK Singles Chart | 16 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 31 |
Canadian Singles Chart | 12 |
Track listings
- UK 7" Vinyl(FOXY X11) Jive[18]
- "I Only Wanna Be With You" 2:45
- "Confession" 4:40
- US Maxi Single(1195-2-JDJ) Jive[19]
- "I Only Wanna Be with You (Single Edit)" 2:45
- "I Only Wanna Be with You (Special Single Edit)" 3:19
- "I Only Wanna Be with You (Extended Mix)" 4:56
- UK 12" Vinyl(FOXY T 11) Jive[20]
- "I Only Wanna Be with You (Extended Mix)" 4:56
- "I Only Wanna Be with You (Acapella Mix)" 3:17
- "I Only Wanna Acid with You (Mix 1)" 6:20
- "Confession" 4:40
Luis Miguel version
"Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" | ||||
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Single by Luis Miguel | ||||
from the album Soy Como Quiero Ser | ||||
B-side | "Sunny" | |||
Released | 1987 | |||
Format | Airplay, Promo single | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Latin | |||
Length | 3:11 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Writer(s) | Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde, Luis Gómez Escolar | |||
Producer(s) | Juan Carlos Calderón | |||
Luis Miguel singles chronology | ||||
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Background
Mexican singer Luis Miguel recorded a cover version of the song, titled "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" (Now You Can Leave) which was released as the first single from his Grammy-nominated album Soy Como Quiero Ser, the first album recorded by the singer under the WEA record label. It was produced by Juan Carlos Calderón and adapted by Luis Gomez Escolar.[21] This single became very successful, peaking at number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for three non-consecutive weeks in 1987, being the first chart topper for the singer on the chart.[22] At the time, Luis Miguel was the youngest to score a number-one hit on the Hot Latin Tracks at the age of 17, ironically replacing veteran Julio Iglesias at the summit. In 2005, Luis Miguel included this song on his compilation album Grandes Éxitos.[23] This version ranked at number 28 in the Hot Latin Tracks Year-End Chart of 1988.
Music videos
Two music videos were shot. The first one was shot with Angélica Rivera, while the second one was shot dancing in a bridge. The second one was included in Grandes Exitos Videos.
Chart performance
Weekly singles Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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United States Billboard Hot Latin Tracks | 1 |
Preceded by "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Julio Iglesias |
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single (Luis Miguel version) (first run) August 22, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Julio Iglesias |
Preceded by "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Julio Iglesias |
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single (Luis Miguel version) (second run) September 12, 1987 |
Succeeded by "La Bamba" by Los Lobos |
Preceded by "La Bamba" by Los Lobos |
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks number-one single (Luis Miguel version) (third run) November 7, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Que No Se Rompa la Noche" by Julio Iglesias |
Other versions
1964 Les Surfs as "A Présent Tu Peux t'en Aller'" French also recorded
- Les Surfs as "E adesso te ne puoi andar" #2 (Italy)
- Lill-Babs as "Jag Vill Vara Nära Dig" Swedish
- Donna Lynn on her eponymous album Capitol LP 2085
- Lita Torelló (es) as "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" Spanish also recorded by
- Silvana Velasco (es)
1965 Enrique Guzman on his album Éxitos internacionalesas "Solo quiero estar
- contigo" Spanish also recorded by Juan Ramón (es) on his album Más corazón que nunca
1966 Les Surfs as "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" Spanish
1967 Helena Vondráčková as "Chytila jsem na pasece motýlka" Czech
1969 Elin as "Det har jeg altid ønsket mig" Danish
- Agneta Zelán as "Jag Ville Vara Nära Dig" Swedish
1975 Chelsia Chan on her debut album Dark Side Of Your Mind
- Rauli 'Badding' Somerjoki on his album Sydän lämpöä täys as
- "Jykevää on rakkaus" Finnish
1976 Howard Carpendale as "Ab Heute Weht Ein Neuer Wind" (German)
- James Fung as "天賜良緣" Cantonese
1982 Barbara Dickson on her album Here We Go...Barbara Dickson Live on Tour
- in medley with "Dancing in the Street"/ "He's a Rebel"/ "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
- Nicolette Larson #53 U.S., (A/C#15)
- parent album All Dressed Up & No Place to Go
1983 The Flirts on their album Flirts
- Tony Hatch & His Orchestra on his album Quiet Nights
1986 Southside Johnny & The Jukes on their album At Least We Got Shoes
1989 Danny Chan on his album Yat sang ho kau
- as "流浪者/ lau long tze" Cantonese
1991 Maywood on their Walking Back to Happiness album
1992 Paula Koivuniemi on her album Se kesäni mun as "Haluun
- olla luonas sun" Finnish
- Wenche Myhre as "Hvis Bare Jeg Får Bli Hos Deg" Norwegian
1993 Beatriz Rico (es) on her album Baila Sin Parar as "Ahora Te Puedes
- Marchar" Spanish
1997 Ash covered the song for a promotional tour[24]
1998 Annette Klingenberg (da) on her album Weep No More
- Twiggy & Twiggy (Rasputina & Twiggy Ramirez) on the soundtrack
1999 Argema (cs) on their album Milion Snů as "Žába"Czech
- Elton John performed the song in concert at the Peoria (IL) Civic Center Arena after learning of Dusty Springfield's death on March 2, 1999. John introduced the song saying "Dusty, wherever you are, this one's for you, my love, with all my love."
- Ville Valo with the Agents on the Agents' album Laulava Sydän as "Jykevää on rakkaus" Finnish
2001 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on their album Blow in the Wind
2002 Vonda Shepard on her album Songs from Ally McBeal
2003 Maleewan Jemina (th) on her 2003 album Me & Moment in Time
2004 Tommy February6 on her single L・O・V・E・L・Y ~夢見るLOVELY BOY~
2005 Taiwanese female group 7 Flowers on their eponymous album
- Volbeat on their 2005 debut album The Strength / The Sound / The Songs
- Susan Wong on her album These Foolish Things
2007 Tina Arena on her album Songs of Love & Loss
- The Shakers (Uruguayan band) as "Solo quiero estar contigo" Spanish:
- bonus track on re-issue of band's 1965 album Los Shakers
2008 Shelby Lynne on her Dusty Springfield tribute album Just a Little Lovin'
2009 Jessica Andersson as "I Only Wanna Be With You" on her album Wake Up
- Barbee (hu) as "Ámor nyila" Hungarian
2011 Amy Macdonald: recorded 2008 for canceled multi-artist Dusty Springfield
- tribute album: track first released on album Reworked, a multi-artist fundraiser for Save the Children featuring songs used in John Lewis ad campaigns
2013 Lodovica Comello (it/es) as "I Only Want To Be With You" on her album
- Universo
Uses on television
- Was used in the opening for the TV series Arli$$
- The Tourists' version of the song was played along with TV clips on 31 December 1992 - 1 January 1993 when Thames Television finished broadcasting before Carlton Television took over
- The song was used in the British soap opera EastEnders when the character Sam Mitchell dug up the body of Den Watts
- The song was used by TVNZ to promote TV2 changing the words to "I only want to be with 2!"
- The song was also used as soundtrack in Greek Comedy TV series "Tilempora" (TV Storm) on Mega Channel in 2004.
- The song featured in a John Lewis television ad highlighting how the company had been selling electronic equipment for a substantial number of years.
- The song was used in a swimwear advert for Boux Avenue in 2014. The ad featured Jamelia, who also sang the song, with the chorus changed to "I only want to be with Boux".
- A television ad campaign for Dogs Trust which launched in February 2016 features Hope Russell-Winter singing "I Only Want to Be With You".
References
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10944014/Mike-Hawker-obituary.html
- ↑ Bartlett, Karen (2015). Dusty: an intimate portrait of a musical legend. London: The Robson Press. ISBN 9781849548762.
- ↑ Howes, Paul (2007). The Complete Dusty Springfield. London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-0857681409.
- ↑ https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/659117/Revealed-Secret-Dusty-Springfield-hit
- ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1964.shtml
- ↑ Whitman, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research. p. 294. ISBN 9780898201550.
- ↑ http://www.irishcharts.ie
- ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ab.htm
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19761023.html
- ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
- ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/
- ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3865
- ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1976.shtml
- ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1976wye.htm
- ↑ Video on YouTube
- ↑ "Viva el espectáculo" Episode #1.15 (TV episode 1990) - IMDb
- ↑ "Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You (TOTP '89)". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ↑ "Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ↑ "Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ↑ "Samantha Fox - I Only Wanna Be With You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ↑ "Soy Como Quiero Ser". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ↑ "Luis Miguel - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ↑ "Grandes Éxitos - Luis Miguel". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ↑ "Ash 7" info". Eil.com. 2004-11-18. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
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