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I Wanna Stay with You

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"I Wanna Stay with You"
Single by Gallagher & Lyle
from the album Breakaway
B-side"Fifteen Summers"
ReleasedApril 1976
GenrePop, Easy Listening
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle
Gallagher & Lyle singles chronology
"I Wanna Stay with You"
(1976)
"Heart on My Sleeve"
(1976)
Music video
Gallagher and Lyle - I Wanna Stay With You • TopPop on YouTube

"I Wanna Stay with You" is a song written and originally recorded by Scottish duo Gallagher & Lyle in 1976. It reached number six in the UK and number five in Ireland. The song was a modest hit in the United States and Canada.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1]
48
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 46
Canada RPM Top Singles 90
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 5
UK Singles Chart[3] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 49
US Billboard Easy Listening 27
US Cash Box Top 100 79

Year-end charts

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Chart (1976) Rank
UK[5] 76

Undercover cover

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"I Wanna Stay with You"
Single by Undercover
from the album Check Out the Groove
Released25 January 1993 (1993-01-25)[6]
Length3:36
LabelPWL
Songwriter(s)Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle
Producer(s)Steve Mac
Undercover singles chronology
"Never Let Her Slip Away"
(1992)
"I Wanna Stay with You"
(1993)
"The Way It Is"
(1993)

Scottish dance group Undercover recorded "I Wanna Stay with You" and included on their album Check Out the Groove. They released it as a single in January 1993, and it became a top-40 hit in parts of Europe.

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 14
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 66
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 43
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 28

References

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  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 120. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Wanna Stay with You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 22 May 1976. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ admin (19 May 2021). "Year-End Chart 1976 – UK". YourMusicCharts. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 January 1993. p. 21. Misprinted as the issue date, 23 January, on source.
  7. ^ "Undercover – I Wanna Stay with You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 8. 20 February 1993. p. 23.
  9. ^ "Undercover – I Wanna Stay with You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Undercover: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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