I Want to Walk You Home

"I Want to Walk You Home"
Single by Fats Domino
B-side"I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day"
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)
GenreNew Orleans R&B[1]
Length2:02
LabelImperial
Songwriter(s)Fats Domino
Fats Domino singles chronology
"I'm Ready"
(1959)
"I Want to Walk You Home"
(1959)
"Be My Guest"
(1959)

"I Want to Walk You Home" is a July 1959 pop-style R&B song written and recorded by Fats Domino. Released by Imperial Records as a single, it was the last of Domino's releases to reach number one on the R&B chart. "I Want to Walk You Home" stayed at the top spot for a single week and also peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

  1. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 270. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 168.