I Just Wanna Stop

"I Just Wanna Stop"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Brother to Brother
B-side "The Surest Things Can Change"
Released September 1978
Format 7"
Genre Soft rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 3:34
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Ross Vannelli
Producer(s) Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"Love of My Life"
(1976)		 "I Just Wanna Stop"
(1978)		 "Wheels of Life"
(1979)

"I Just Wanna Stop" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Released as a single in 1978, the song is his biggest hit single to date, reaching number one in his native Canada[1] and number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2] It appears on his sixth album, Brother to Brother. The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe and Ross Vannelli, and written by Ross.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978-79) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [1] 1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [3] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 4
U.S. Billboard Soul Singles 12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles [5] 37
U.S. Cash Box [6] 50

Track listing

UK 7" single
A. "I Just Wanna Stop" - 3:34
B. "The Surest Things Can Change" - 4:35

Cover versions

References

  1. 1 2 "Item: 114 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Item: 110 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 69.


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