"I Wanna Wake Up with You" is a song written by Nashville songwriter

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. It was first recorded by American country music artist and actor

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and released in March 1980, and then by American country music singer

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in September that year, with both versions titled as "I Wanta Wake Up With You". In 1986, veteran

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artist

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covered this song as "I Want to Wake Up with You" (or sometimes titled as "I Wanna Wake Up with You"). Gardiner's version went to No. 1 on the

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for three weeks in August 1986. It was the third best-selling single of 1986 in the UK. It also reached number 1 in Australia. and number 3 in South Africa, spending 18 weeks on the charts. The

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for the song was filmed at various locations in

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, including

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, and

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. Gardiner is also seen riding in a taxi along the Westway. The song has subsequently been covered by

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, John Holt

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and Engelbert Humperdinck.

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