I Just Wanna Stop

"I Just Wanna Stop"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Brother to Brother
B-side"The Surest Things Can Change"
ReleasedAugust 1978
Recorded1978
Genre
Length3:37
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Ross Vannelli
Producer(s)Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"Love of My Life"
(1976)
"I Just Wanna Stop"
(1978)
"Wheels of Life"
(1979)
Live video
"I Just Wanna Stop" (from Live in LA, 2015) Video on YouTube

"I Just Wanna Stop" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Released as a single in August 1978, it remains his biggest hit single to date, reaching No. 1 in his native Canada[3] and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[4] It appears on his sixth album, Brother to Brother. The recording was produced by Gino and his brothers, Joe and Ross Vannelli; the song was written by Ross. It received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

  1. ^ "I Just Wanna Stop". Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Singles". Library and Archives Canada. 30 December 1978. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.