"I Only Want to Be with You" is a song written by

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and

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. The debut solo single released by British singer

Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), known professionally as Dusty Springfield, was an English singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano sound, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dram ...

under her long-time producer Johnny Franz, "I Only Want to Be with You" peaked at number 4 on the

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in January 1964. Three remakes of the song have been UK chart hits, the first two by the

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(1976) and The Tourists (1979) matching the number 4 peak of the Dusty Springfield original, while the 1989 remake by

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peaked at number 16. In the US on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, "I Only Want to Be with You" has been a

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hit 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. "I Only Want to Be with You" has also been recorded by a wide range of artists, several of whom sing the song with lyrics translated from the original English.

Versions

Of this song, more than a hundred versions have been made, in different languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, etc.).

Dusty Springfield version

Background

According 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. Ryder, who would later be a member of

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, had been a member of a vocal chorale, the Vernons Girls. Reportedly, she and Hawker had intended that she herself would record "I Only Want to Be With You". 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. 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 olo– 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. 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. Franz, and then Springfield, approved the song, which Springfield recorded in a 25 October 1963 session at

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, arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde, and recorded by engineer Keith Grant. Jean Ryder was included in the vocal chorale on the session. For unknown reasons, a version with Springfield's unadulterated vocals was rejected. The song was produced using the

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production method first conceived by

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, 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

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. 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. In the US, Dusty Springfield was the second artist of the

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, after the

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, to have a hit, entering the Billboard chart at number 77 in the last week of January 1964 (the Beatles having "

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" at number 69 and "

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" at number 3). 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. It set the production standard for Springfield's later hits, such as "Stay Awhile" and "Little by Little". Springfield also recorded the song with an almost identical arrangement in German, with the title "Auf dich nur wart' ich immerzu". The song was performed by Springfield on the first-ever edition of the BBC's ''

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'', on 1 January 1964. 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. Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" served as the theme song for the HBO

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" by the

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which was the series' theme in its inaugural 1996 season).

Charts

Certifications

Bay City Rollers version

Background

The

recorded "I Only Want to Be with You" for their 1976 album ''

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'' in June and July 1976 at Soundstage Studio in Toronto with producer

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. ''Dedication'' was the first Bay City Rollers recorded under the auspices of

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, and it was Arista president

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who suggested that the group remake "I Only Want to Be with You." Jimmy Ienner was chosen by Davis to produce the Bay City Rollers on the basis of Ienner's work with the

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. In the US "I Only Want to Be with You" was issued as advance single from ''Dedication'' in August 1976: that October the track reached a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 peak of number 12, besting the number 28 peak of the precedent Bay City Rollers' single " Rock and Roll Love Letter" while failing to match the Top Ten success the group had enjoyed in 1975–1976 with " Saturday Night" and in 1976 with " Money Honey". "I Only Want to Be with You" appeared to wrap up the group's burst of North American stardom as their next three US single releases were Top 40 shortfalls: however the group's fourth US single release subsequent to "I Only Want to Be With You": " You Made Me Believe in Magic", did afford the group a final Top Ten hit. Issued in the UK as a non-album single on 3 September 1976, "I Only Wanna Be with You" – so entitled – reached number 4 UK, affording the Bay City Rollers' a tenth and final Top Ten hit. It's noteworthy that the US and UK chart peaks of the Bay City Rollers' 1976 remake of "I Only Want to Be with You" exactly match the US and UK chart peaks achieved in 1964 by the Dusty Springfield original. However the Springfield original version had had a significantly stronger UK chart run holding at number 4 for 4 weeks – as opposed to the Bay City Rollers remake's one week chart peak – with the original's Top 50 tenure of 18 weeks being twice as long as the remake's. Conversely in the US the Bay City Rollers' remake had a ''Billboard'' Hot 100 tenure of 15 weeks while the Springfield original had maintained a Hot 100 presence for 10 weeks in total. (Comparisons between the chart impact of singles issued in distinct time periods should be considered imprecise, the methodology behind both the UK and US chart rankings having been frequently revised.) Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "I Only Want to Be with You" as the 14th most popular hit of 1976. It spent two weeks at number two on their survey of 6 November 1976.

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The Tourists version

Background

In 1979, the song was also covered by The Tourists, a band which included

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on vocals – which served as the band's biggest hit. The song was used on a montage of stars when

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went off the air in December 1992.

Recording and reception

The song was "put down in twenty minutes at the end of the album sessions", with Lennox recording the vocals in one take. Lennox later said that "we were taken to the cleaners for doing that bloody song", as "the press absolutely slaughtered us". Dave Stewart said that "It was a bit out of proportion with 'I Only Want To Be With You' – the poppy side of it was really overplayed by everybody". Reviewing the song for

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, Daniela Soave included it the singles of the week, writing that the song "definitely grows on you" and that "Lennox has the same deep mellow tones that Dusty Springfield displayed when she sang the same song, but it is saved from being a carbon-cover version by the instrumentation... handclaps, vicious guitar, chugging bass, that sort of thing.

Chart performance

Nicolette Larson version

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remade "I Only Want to Be with You" for her album ''

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'' produced by

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and recorded October 1981 – January 1982 at

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. Released as a single in July 1982 – parallel with the album's release – Larson's version featured as

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"How Can We Go On", a track from Larson's 1981 album '' Radioland'' which had been an unsuccessful 1981

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release. Reviewing ''All Dressed Up and No Place to Go'', '' High Fidelity'' critic Steven X. Rea cited "

's 60s gem 'I Only Want to Be with You'" as one of several tracks which "Nicolette sings in an awkward warble, devoid of any emotional range": Larson's "I Only Want to Be with You" drew similarly dismissive reaction from Tom Long of the ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'', who rated the original 1963 hit a "swell oldie hat's aningratiating piece of fluff" and Larson's remake "awful lthoughdespite uninspired vocals and sheet musicianship tsounds good on the radio simply because the song itself sounds good and tickles forotten memory synapses", and also Bill Provick of the ''Ottawa Citizen'' who opined Larson gave "a rather lacklustre reading of normally effervescent pop-rock classic." Tim Gebhart of the ''Rapid City Journal'' was more positive: "Larson sversion remains true to the original but also contains her own special touch in the vocals." Despite becoming Larson's fourth single to rank on the

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chart in ''

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'' magazine – and her first Hot 100 entry since 1980 – "I Only Want to Be with You" would prove a

shortfall stalling at #53 in September 1983. Larson's label WB Records, electing not to issue a second single from ''All Dressed Up and No Place to Go'', were motivated by the underperformance of that album and its one single to end Larson's label tenure. Larson would have one subsequent major label affiliation, having two C&W-focused albums released by

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in 1985–86.

Samantha Fox version

In 1988, British singer

covered the song as "I Only Wanna Be with You" for her third studio album, '' I Wanna Have Some Fun'' (1988). Fox would recall the song as being the first song she ever learned to sing, the Dusty Springfield original version being among a stack of singles her mother handed down to Fox when she was aged ten. The decision to record the song was Fox's, and she was relieved when producers

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agreed to the idea, having worried they would only want to record their own compositions, for publishing reasons. Released as the follow-up single to the album's title cut, "I Only Wanna Be With You" was promoted with a music video which included scenes of Fox hunting through rubbish bins, dancing, fireworks, and the singer in bed with her bespectacled lover. Fox also promoted the song via televised performances, including those on ''

'' in 1989 and ''Viva el espectáculo'' on

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in 1990. "I Only Wanna Be with You" earned Fox her final global hit single to date. In the United States, where "I Wanna Have Some Fun" had been a Top Ten hit, "I Only Wanna Be with You" rose no higher than number 31 and would mark Fox's final ''Billboard'' Hot 100 appearance: in Fox's native UK her version outperformed her previous six single releases with a number-16 peak, but would also become Fox' final major hit bar her 1998 one-off comeback single " Santa Maria".

Critical reception

Robin Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper ''

'', was disappointed by such choice of Fox. As per him British singer made serious mistake after "sheer excellence of "

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". Reporter considered that decision to use "tired remake of old hit" will grant her the "first class ticket back to bimbo land".

Track listings

*7-inch single :A. "I Only Wanna Be with You" – 2:45 :B. "Confession" – 4:40 *12-inch single :A1. "I Only Wanna Be with You" (Extended Mix) – 4:56 :A2. "I Only Wanna Be with You" (Acapella Mix) – 3:17 :B1. "I Only Wanna Acid with You" (Mix 1) – 6:20 :B2. "Confession" – 4:40 *European CD single #"I Only Wanna Be with You" – 2:45 #" Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" – 3:42 #"I Only Wanna Be with You" (Extended Version) – 4:56 #"Confession" – 4:40 *Japanese mini CD single #"I Only Wanna Be with You" #"The Best Is Yet to Come"

Charts

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Luis Miguel version

Background

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singer

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recorded a version of the song, titled "Ahora te puedes marchar" ("Now you can leave") which was released as the first single from his Grammy-nominated album ''

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'' (1987), the first album recorded by the singer under the WEA record label. It was produced by

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and adapted by Luis Gómez Escolar. This single became very successful, peaking at number-one in the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Tracks chart for three non-consecutive weeks in 1987, being the first chart topper for the singer on the chart. At the time, Luis Miguel was the youngest to score a number-one hit on the Hot Latin Tracks at the age of 17, ironically replacing the then 44-year-old veteran

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at the summit. In 2005, Luis Miguel included this song on his compilation album '' Grandes Éxitos''. This version ranked at number 28 in the

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. The song was translated into Portuguese as "Agora Você Pode Ir" for the Brazilian edition of the album. A version by Spanish pop singer Lita Torrelló, adapted by Julian Mario Suarez Gomez and released in 1964 also shares the same title. The lyrics are considerably different from the original song, telling the story of a man rejecting a woman interested in reforming a relationship, counter to themes of unconditional love shown in Dusty Springfield's original.

Music videos

Two music videos were shot. The first one was shot with

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, while the second one was shot dancing in a bridge. The second one was included in Grandes Éxitos Videos.

Chart performance

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Other versions

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as "Jag Vill Vara Nära Dig" Swedish * Donna Lynn on her eponymous album Capitol LP 2085 * Lita Torelló ( es) as "Ahora te puedes marchar" Spanish * Silvana Velasco ( es) Spanish * Lucecita as "Un lugar para los dos" Spanish 1965

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as "Sólo quiero estar contigo" Spanish on his album ''Éxitos internacionales'' *

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( es) on his album ''Más corazón que nunca''
1966

as "Ahora te puedes marchar" Spanish
1967

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as "Chytila jsem na pasece motýlka" Czech
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'' Japanese 1982

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as "Radio好知己" Cantonese
1989

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on his album ''

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1992

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on her album ''Se kesäni mun'' as "Haluun olla luonas sun" Finnish *

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as "Hvis Bare Jeg Får Bli Hos Deg" Norwegian 1993 Beatriz Rico on her album ''Baila sin parar'' as "Ahora te puedes marchar" Spanish
1994

Bridgette Wilson Bridgette Leann Wilson Sampras (born September 25, 1973) is a former American actress, singer, model, and Miss Teen USA award winner. Wilson began her career as an actress after being crowned Miss Teen USA in 1990, playing the character of L ...

on her same-titled album Japanese
1997

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covered the song for a promotional tour 1998

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on the soundtrack of '' Dead Man on Campus'' * Annette Klingenberg on her album ''Weep No More'' 1999 Argema ( cs) on their album ''Milion Snů'' as "Žába"Czech *

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

performed the song in concert at the Peoria (IL) Civic Center Arena after learning of Dusty Springfield's death on 2 March 1999. John introduced the song saying "Dusty, wherever you are, this one's for you, my love, with all my love." *

Ville Valo Ville Hermanni Valo (; born 22 November 1976) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the gothic rock band HIM. Born and raised in Helsinki to a Hungarian mother and Finnish father, Valo began hi ...

with the Agents on the Agents' album ''Laulava Sydän'' as " Jykevää on rakkaus" Finnish 2000

René Froger René Froger (born 5 November 1960 in Amsterdam), is a Dutch singer. Froger was born, and spent his first years in the Jordaan, a neighbourhood in Amsterdam. His father, Bolle Jan, had a café where Froger started performing. He started hi ...

on his album ''The Passion Tracks''
2001

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (often shortened to just Me First or the Gimmes) are a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in San Francisco in 1995. The band's lineup consists of Spike Slawson, Fat Mike, Joey Cape, and Dave Raun. Ch ...

on their album ''

Blow in the Wind ''Blow in the Wind'' is the third album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001, on the Fat Wreck Chords independent record label. ''Blow in the Wind'' features several tracks which are led off with musical mash-ups of, or homages t ...

''
2002

Vonda Shepard Vonda Shepard (born July 7, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, music director and actress. She appeared as a regular in the television show '' Ally McBeal'', as a resident performer in the bar where the show's characters drank, danced and c ...

on her album '' Songs from Ally McBeal''
2003 on her 2003 album ''Me & Moment in Time''
2004 Tommy February⁶ on her single " Lovely (Yumemiru Lovely Boy)"
2005

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

ese female group

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on their eponymous album *

Volbeat Volbeat are a Danish rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock and roll, heavy metal, and rockabilly. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, guitarist Rob Caggiano, drummer Jon ...

on their 2005 debut album ''

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'' * Susan Wong on her album ''These Foolish Things'' 2007

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

on her album ''

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'' * The Shakers (Uruguayan band) as "Sólo quiero estar contigo" Spanish: :bonus track on re-issue of band's 1965 album ''Los Shakers'' 2008

Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne (born Shelby Lynn Moorer, October 22, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter and the older sister of singer-songwriter Allison Moorer. The success of her pop rock album '' I Am Shelby Lynne'' (1999) led to her winning the Grammy ...

on her Dusty Springfield

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'' Just a Little Lovin'''
2009

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as "I Only Wanna Be With You" on her album '' Wake Up'' * Barbee ( hu) as "Ámor nyila" Hungarian 2011

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: recorded 2008 for canceled multi-artist Dusty Springfield tribute album: track first released on album '' Reworked'', a multi-artist fundraiser for

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featuring songs used in

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ad campaigns
2013

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on her album ''Universo''
2018

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as "Ahora te puedes marchar" Spanish on their ''One More Time'' EP
2019 Emma Bunton on her album ''

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'' as a duet with

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2019 LYRA 2021 Birdy released a cover as a digital single on 1 December 2021, produced by David Kosten.

Uses on television

* The song was used in the opening for the TV series '' Arli$$''. * The Tourists' version of the song was played along with TV clips on final week of broadcasting of

in December 1992 before

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took over. * The song was used in the

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'' when the character Sam Mitchell dug up the body of

Den Watts Dennis "Den" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by actor Leslie Grantham. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den". Den was the original landlord of The Queen Victoria public house fr ...

. * The song was used by

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's TV2 to promote their programming from 1997 to mid-2000, with the chorus changing its words to "You only want to be with 2". * The song was also used as soundtrack in

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"Tilempora" (TV Storm) on

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in 2004. * The song was used by

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to promote its programming between 1989 and 1991, while the network's slogan was "CBC and You". * The song featured in a

television ad highlighting how the company had been selling electronic equipment for a substantial number of years. * The song was used in a swimwear advert for

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in 2014. The ad featured Jamelia, who also sang the song, with the chorus changed to "I only want to be with Boux". * A television ad campaign for

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which launched in February 2016 features Hope Russell-Winter singing "I Only Want to Be With You". * The song was also featured in an episode of ''

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'' when Fez and Donna were having scenes where they pretended to be dating. *

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (often shortened to just Me First or the Gimmes) are a punk rock supergroup and cover band that formed in San Francisco in 1995. The band's lineup consists of Spike Slawson, Fat Mike, Joey Cape, and Dave Raun. Ch ...

' version of the song was used in an episode of Shameless (USA). * The song was used in season 5, episode 2 of Ray Donovan as Ray and Abby are driving around on their anniversary. * Janine sings the song to her baby in the hospital in season 2, episode 8 of ''

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''. * A cover version of the song, played by a

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, serves as the theme tune to '' Kate & Koji''.

References

External links

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