You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song)

"You and I" is a song written by Frank J. Myers, and recorded by American country music artists Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle as a duet. It was released in October 1982 as the first single from the album Radio Romance. "You and I" became a major country pop crossover hit for both artists.

US television show Glee covered this song in a mash-up with the Lady Gaga's same titled song in episode "Mash Off."^[1]^[2]

Reception

In 2005, the song ranked number 7 on CMT's 100 Greatest Duets in Country Music. Gayle performed the duet Raul Malo of The Mavericks since Rabbitt had died of lung cancer in 1998.
"You and I" went to number 1 on the Country chart for one week.^[3]
On the Billboard Hot 100, the song spent 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 7,^[4] and making it the 12th biggest song of the year.^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	7
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	35
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	1

References

↑ http://popcrush.com/glee-cast-you-i-mashup/
↑ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/11/glee-mashup-mania-listen-to-mash-off-songs-here.html
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 279.
↑ "The Hot 100: Week of February 19, 1983". Billboard.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Longbored Surfer: Top 100 Hits for 1983". Longboredsurfer.com. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

Sources

Preceded by "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" by Janie Fricke	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 4, 1982	Succeeded by "Redneck Girl" by The Bellamy Brothers
Preceded by "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" by Janie Fricke	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 18, 1982	Succeeded by "Sure Feels Like Love" by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers

Eddie Rabbitt

Studio albums	Eddie Rabbitt Rocky Mountain Music Rabbitt Variations Loveline Horizon Step by Step Radio Romance The Best Year of My Life Rabbitt Trax I Wanna Dance with You Jersey Boy Ten Rounds Beatin' the Odds Songs from Rabbittland

Top 10 singles	"Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" "Rocky Mountain Music" "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" "I Can't Help Myself" "We Can't Go On Living Like This" "Hearts on Fire" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "I Just Want to Love You" "Every Which Way But Loose" "Suspicions" "Pour Me Another Tequila" "Gone Too Far" "Drivin' My Life Away" "I Love a Rainy Night" "Step by Step" "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" "I Don't Know Where to Start" "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle) "You Can't Run from Love" "You Put the Beat in My Heart" "Nothing Like Falling in Love" "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" "The Best Year of My Life" "Warning Sign" "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" "A World Without Love" "Repetitive Regret" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton) "Gotta Have You" "I Wanna Dance with You" "The Wanderer" "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind"

Other songs	"Kentucky Rain" "Pure Love" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "American Boy"

Related articles	Discography Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records RCA Records Capitol Records

Book:Eddie Rabbitt

Crystal Gayle

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Crystal Gayle Somebody Loves You Crystal We Must Believe in Magic When I Dream We Should Be Together Miss the Mississippi These Days Hollywood, Tennessee True Love Cage the Songbird Nobody Wants to Be Alone What If We Fall in Love (with Gary Morris) Straight to the Heart Nobody's Angel Ain't Gonna Worry Three Good Reasons Best Always Someday Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael In My Arms All My Tomorrows

Compilation albums	I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Classic Crystal Favorites Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits

Specialty albums	One from the Heart (with Tom Waits) A Crystal Christmas

Video albums	Crystal Gayle in Concert Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle

Notable singles	"Wrong Road Again" "Somebody Loves You" "I'll Get Over You" "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" "I'll Do It All Over Again" "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" "Ready for the Times to Get Better" "Talking in Your Sleep" "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" "When I Dream" "Half the Way" "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" "The Blue Side" "If You Ever Change Your Mind" "Too Many Lovers" "The Woman in Me" "You Never Gave Up on Me" "Livin' in These Troubled Times" "'Til I Gain Control Again" "Our Love Is on the Faultline" "Baby, What About You" "The Sound of Goodbye" "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Turning Away" "Me Against the Night" "Nobody Wants to Be Alone" "A Long and Lasting Love" "Cry" "Straight to the Heart" "Only Love Can Save Me Now" "Nobody's Angel"

Collaboration singles	"Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)" (with Gary Morris) "Another World" (with Gary Morris)

Other singles	"You and I" (with Eddie Rabbitt)

Related articles	United Artists Records Columbia Records Elektra Records Warner Bros. Records Loretta Lynn Peggy Sue

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