I Only Want to Be with You

"I Only Want to Be with You"
Side A of 1963 UK vinyl single
Single by Dusty Springfield
from the album Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You
B-side"Once Upon a Time"
Released8 November 1963
Recorded1963
StudioOlympic, London
Genre
Length2:37
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)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 written by Mike Hawker[2] 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.

"I Only Want to Be with You" has been recorded by a wide range of artists, and three remakes of the song were UK chart hits. The first two by the Bay City Rollers (1976) and The Tourists (1979) matched the number 4 peak of the Dusty Springfield original, while the 1989 remake by Samantha Fox peaked at number 16. The song has been a Top 40 hit in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 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. Many non-English versions have also been recorded by other artists.

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (14 April 2023). "The British Are Charting Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Mike Hawker – obituary". Telegraph. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.