I Only Want to Be with You

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"I Only Want To Be With You" is a song by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the first solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield. Recorded while she was still a member of The Springfields, the song was released in November 1963, three weeks after The Springfields' final concert. It was a popular success, reaching #4 in the British charts, and #12 in the US charts, and was one of the first pre-Beatles hits of the British Invasion of 1964.

[edit] Covers

• The Bay City Rollers went to No. 4 on the U.K. charts (and No. 12 on the American Billboard Hot 100) with their version of this song in 1976.
• The Tourists (featuring lead vocalist Annie Lennox) later covered the song in 1979, and took it to #4 UK and #83 US.
• Nicolette Larson covered this song on her 1982 album All Dressed Up & No Place to Go.
• Luis Miguel recorded a Spanish-language version of the song in 1987, called Ahora te puedes marchar (Now you can leave).
• Samantha Fox covered the song in 1989 and is to date the most popular cover of the song, becoming a huge hit in the UK (#16), the US (#31), Australia (#19) and the Middle East.
• Sir Elton John performed the song at a solo show at the Civic Center Arena, Illinois, the day of Dusty Springfield's death in 1999. He introduced the song saying Dusty, wherever you are, this one's for you, my love, with all my love.
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes did a cover of the song on their 2001 album Blow in the Wind.
• Vonda Shepard covered the song for the Ally McBeal soundtrack (Songs from Ally McBeal, Sony 2002)
• Ash covered the song for a promotional tour CD titled Barbie 7'
• Volbeat covered the song on their 2005 album The Strength / The Sound / The Songs.
• Rasputina covered the song featuring guitarist Twiggy Ramirez.
• Tina Arena covered the song on her 2007 album Songs of Love & Loss.
• Tomoko Kawase covered the song (as Tommy february⁶) on her single L・O・V・E・L・Y ～夢見るLOVELY BOY～
• Rauli 'Badding' Somerjoki covered the song in Finnish under the title 'Jykevää on rakkaus', on his 1975 album 'Sydän lämpöä täys'. This was in turn later covered by the Finnish vocalist Ville Valo with group Agents.
• Taiwanese band 7 Flowers covered the song in their 2005 album.

[edit] Thames Television goodbye broadcast

The Tourists' version of the song reappeared on December 31, 1992-1 January 1993 when Thames Television left broadcasting forever in the United Kingdom from ITV before Carlton Television began broadcasting. The retrospective program had that song with clips. There was no dialogue and sound, just the song. And in the ending of the broadcast, lines appeared and an announcer narrated the lines: "Thames: A Talent for Television...".

[edit] Other uses

• Was used in the opening for the TV series Arliss.
• A cover by Twiggy and Twiggy (possible the one mentioned above) is on the soundtrack of Dead Man on Campus
• The song was used in the British soap opera EastEnders when the character Sam Mitchell dug up the body of Den Watts.