![]() The Bay City Rollers recorded "I Only Want to Be with You" for their 1976 album Dedication in June and July 1976 at Soundstage Studio in Toronto with producer Jimmy Ienner. ![]() "Rock N' Roller" (Europe/International)īay City Rollers singles US singles chronology.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.īay City Rollers version "I Only Wanna Be with You" Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" served as the theme song for the HBO sitcom Arliss, from 1997 to 2002 (replacing " I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" by the Four Tops which was the series' theme in its inaugural 1996 season). Springfield's version was re-released in 1988, coinciding with its use in a soft-drink commercial, as a 7" & 12" single (see cover in infobox), peaking at number 83 in the UK. The song was performed by Springfield on the first-ever edition of the BBC's Top of the Pops, on 1 January 1964. Springfield also recorded the song with an almost identical arrangement in German, with the title "Auf dich nur wart' ich immerzu". It set the production standard for Springfield's later hits, such as "Stay Awhile" and "Little by Little". Raymonde's arrangement is unmistakable, with its relentless "ticker-ticker" beat and cascading drum rolls, full-on choirs and "Tower of Power" horn section pitched against soaring rock strings. In the US, Dusty Springfield was the second artist of the British Invasion, after the Beatles, to have a hit, entering the Billboard chart at number 77 in the last week of January 1964 (the Beatles having " She Loves You" at number 69 and " I Want to Hold Your Hand" at number 3). Released in November 1963, three weeks after the Springfields' final concert, "I Only Want to Be With You" was a global success, reaching number 4 UK, number 12 US, number 6 Australia, and number 21 Canada. The song was produced using the Wall of Sound production method first conceived by Phil Spector, while the various instrumental features in the arrangement such as backup singers, double-tracked vocals, and a horn section were inspired by groups such as the Shirelles. For unknown reasons, a version with Springfield's unadulterated vocals was rejected. Jean Ryder was included in the vocal chorale on the session. Franz, and then Springfield, approved the song, which Springfield recorded in a 25 October 1963 session at Olympic Studios, arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde, and recorded by engineer Keith Grant. With Ryder's permission, Hawker submitted "I Only Want to Be With You" to Franz, having made a demo featuring Ryder singing while keeping the beat by tapping on a biscuit tin lid. Ryder paraphrases Franz as saying "Look we need something which is going to put this girl into the charts, because everybody is knocking her, everybody is saying she'll never make it – have you got a song that's a guaranteed hit?" Springfield had already recorded nine solo tracks, none of which was deemed the right vehicle to launch her solo career. ![]() However, no formal arrangement for this eventuality had apparently been made by the autumn of 1963, when Hawker received a phone call from Philips A&R director Johnny Franz. Reportedly, she and Hawker had intended that she herself would record "I Only Want to Be With You". Ryder, who would later be a member of The Breakaways, had been a member of vocal chorale The Vernons Girls. Dusty Springfield version Background Īccording to Jean Ryder, the ex-wife of songwriter Mike Hawker, "I Only Want to Be With You" was written soon after she and Hawker married on 1 December 1961, being inspired by Hawker's intense romantic feelings for his new bride. Of this song, more than a hundred versions have been made, in different languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, etc.). Many non-English versions have also been recorded by other artists. 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. 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. "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 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" is a song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. From the album Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You ![]()
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