I Wanna Stay with You

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"I Wanna Stay with You"
I Wanna Stay with You - Gallagher & Lyle.jpg
Single by Gallagher & Lyle
from the album Breakaway
B-side "Fifteen Summers"
ReleasedApril 1976
Genre Pop, Easy Listening
Label A&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.

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1]
48
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary46
Canada RPM Top Singles90
Ireland (IRMA) [2] 5
UK Singles Chart [3] 6
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 49
US Billboard Easy Listening 27
US Cash Box Top 10079

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
UK [5] 76

Undercover cover

"I Wanna Stay with You"
I Wanna Stay with You - Undercover.jpg
Single by Undercover
from the album Check Out the Groove
Released25 January 1993 (1993-01-25) [6]
Length3:36
Label PWL
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

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

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