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 with 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
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	7
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	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.
↑ "Eddie Rabbitt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Eddie Rabbitt.
↑ "Eddie Rabbitt – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Eddie Rabbitt.
↑ "Eddie Rabbitt – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Eddie Rabbitt.

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

Notable 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" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind" "It's Lonely Out Tonite" "American Boy"

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Crystal Gayle singles

1970s

1974	"Wrong Road Again"

1975	"Somebody Loves You"

1976	"I'll Get Over You" "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)"

1977	"I'll Do It All Over Again" "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

1978	"Ready for the Times to Get Better" "Talking in Your Sleep" "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For"

1979	"When I Dream" "Your Kisses Will" "Half the Way" "Your Old Cold Shoulder"

1980s

1980	"It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" "The Blue Side" "If You Ever Change Your Mind"

1981	"Take It Easy" "Too Many Lovers" "The Woman in Me"

1982	"You Never Gave Up on Me" "Livin' in These Troubled Times" "'Til I Gain Control Again" You and I" (with Eddie Rabbitt)

1983	"Everything I Own" "Our Love Is on the Faultline" "Baby, What About You" "The Sound of Goodbye"

1984	"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Turning Away" "Me Against the Night"

1985	"Nobody Wants to Be Alone" "A Long and Lasting Love" "Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)" (with Gary Morris)

1986	"Cry" "Straight to the Heart" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

1987	"Another World" (with Gary Morris) "Nobody Should Have to Love This Way" "Only Love Can Save Me Now" "O Holy Night"

1988	"Nobody's Angel"

1990s

1990	"Never Ending Song of Love"

1999	"Two Sleepy People" (with Willie Nelson)

2000s

2003	"Hallelujah I Love Him So"

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