I Only Want to Be with You

"I Only Want to Be with You"
Single by Dusty Springfield
Released	1963
Format	7"
Genre	Pop music
Length	2:37
Label	Philips Records
Writer(s)	Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde
Producer	Johnny Franz
Dusty Springfield singles chronology
— "I Only Want To Be With You" (1963) "Stay Awhile" (1964)

"I Only Want to Be with You" is a song by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the first solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz. It has since been recorded by many artists and has charted several times.

Background

Recorded while she was still a member of The Springfields, the song was released in November 1963, three weeks after The Springfields' final concert. The recording session took place at Olympic Studios Carton Street arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde and recorded by engineer Keith Grant. It was a popular success, reaching #4 UK, #12 US, #6 Australia, and #21 Canada. In the US, she was the second artist of the British Invasion after the Beatles to have a hit, entering the Billboard chart at #77 in the last week of January 1964 (The Beatles having "She Loves You" at #69 and "I Want to Hold Your Hand" at #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" or "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 in 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 #83 in the UK.

Samantha Fox version

"I Only Wanna Be With You"
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album I Wanna Have Some Fun
B-side	"Confession"
Released	1988
Format	Vinyl, 12", 7"; CD
Recorded	PWL, The Borough, London
Genre	Eurobeat, Synth pop
Length	2:45
Label	Jive records
Writer(s)	Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde
Producer	Stock Aitken Waterman
Samantha Fox singles chronology
"I Wanna Have Some Fun" (1988) "I Only Wanna Be With You" (1988) "(Hurt Me, Hurt Me) But the Pants Stay On" (1991)

In 1988, 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 Samantha, reaching number sixteen in the United Kingdom and number thirty-one in the United States. The music video does not have a plot, but scenes include Fox hunting through trash cans, dancing, fireworks, and the singer in bed with her bespectacled lover. ^[1]

Television shows Fox performed the song on include Top of the Pops in 1989 and "Viva el espectáculo" on TVE1 in 1990.^[2][3]

Charts

Tracklistings

UK 7" Vinyl(FOXY X11) Jive^[4]

1. "I Only Wanna Be With You" 2:45
2. "Confession" 4:40

US Maxi Single(1195-2-JDJ) Jive^[5]

1. "I Only Wanna Be With You (Single Edit)" 2:45
2. "I Only Wanna Be With You (Special Single Edit)" 3:19
3. "I Only Wanna Be With You (Extended Mix)" 4:56

UK 12" Vinyl(FOXY T 11) Jive^[6]

1. "I Only Wanna Be With You (Extended Mix)" 4:56
2. "I Only Wanna Be With You (Acapella Mix)" 3:17
3. "I Only Wanna Acid With You (Mix 1)" 6:20
4. "Confession" 4:40

Luis Miguel version

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] This version ranked at number 28 in the Hot Latin Tracks Year-End Chart of 1988.

Other covers

The song has been covered on numerous occasions.

• 1976: The Bay City Rollers -- UK #4, US #12, Australia #8
• 1979: The Tourists (featuring lead vocalist Annie Lennox) -- UK #4, US #83, Australia #6.
• 1982: Nicolette Larson -- US#53 (A/C#15)
• 1989: Samantha Fox -- UK #16, US #31, Australia #19.
• 1964: Les Surfs recorded both a French-language version (A Présent Tu Peux t'en Aller) and a Italian-language version (E adesso te ne puoi andar) in 1964, and also a Spanish-language version (Ahora Te Puedes Marchar) in 1966.
• 1975: Chelsia Chan recorded the song in 1975 for her debut album Dark Side Of Your Mind.
• 1999: Sir Elton John performed the song at a solo show at the Peoria Civic Center Arena, Illinois, the day of Dusty Springfield's death in 1999. He introduced the song saying Dusty, wherever you are, this one's for you, my love, with all my love.
• 1983: The Flirts did a cover of the song on their 1983 album Flirts.
• 2001: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes did a cover of the song on their 2001 album Blow in the Wind.
• 2002: Vonda Shepard covered the song for the Ally McBeal soundtrack (Songs from Ally McBeal, Sony 2002)
• Ash covered the song for a promotional tour CD titled Barbie 7'
• 2005: Volbeat covered the song on their 2005 album The Strength / The Sound / The Songs.
• 2007: Tina Arena recorded the song in 2007 for her album Songs of Love & Loss.
• Rasputina covered the song featuring guitarist Twiggy Ramirez.
• Tomoko Kawase covered the song (as Tommy February⁶) on her single L・O・V・E・L・Y ～夢見るLOVELY BOY～
• 1975: Rauli 'Badding' Somerjoki covered the song in Finnish under the title 'Jykevää on rakkaus', on his 1975 album 'Sydän lämpöä täys'. This was in turn later covered by the Finnish vocalist Ville Valo with group Agents.
• 1986: Southside Johnny & The Jukes on their 1986 album At Least We Got Shoes.
• 2005: Taiwanese band 7 Flowers covered the song in their 2005 album.
• 2008: Shelby Lynne included the song in her tribute album to Dusty, Just a Little Lovin', released on January 29, 2008
• Thai singer Maleewan also did a cover of this song on her album Me & Moment in time
• A cover by Twiggy on the soundtrack of Dead Man on Campus

Uses on television

• Was used in the opening for the TV series Arliss
• 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!"

References