| I Wanna Dance with You | ||||
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| Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt | ||||
| Released | March 1, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Treasure Isle Recorders, The Money Pit, The Garage Studio and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); Ocean Way Recording and The Grey Room (Hollywood, California). | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Richard Landis | |||
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I Wanna Dance with You is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt, released by RCA Records in 1988. The album produced four singles including the title track, a cover of Dion DiMucci's 1961 hit "The Wanderer", "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and "That's Why I Fell in Love with You". The first two singles both topped the country charts.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wanna Dance with You" | Eddie Rabbitt, Billy Joe Walker Jr. | 3:10 |
| 2. | "She's an Old Cadillac" | Rabbitt | 3:24 |
| 3. | "The Wanderer" | Ernie Maresca | 3:22 |
| 4. | "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" | Rabbitt, Reed Nielsen | 3:35 |
| 5. | "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" | Rabbitt, Walker, Even Stevens | 2:46 |
| 6. | "He's a Cheater" | Rabbitt, Nielsen | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Rhonda" | Rabbitt, Stevens | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Workin' Out" | Rabbitt, Stevens, Richard Landis | 3:50 |
| 9. | "I Don't Worry 'Bout You" | Rabbitt, Stevens, Randy McCormick | 4:23 |
Personnel
- Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitars
- Philip Aaberg – keyboards
- Jim Lang – keyboards
- Rhett Lawrence – keyboards
- Randy McCormack – keyboards
- Larry Williams – keyboards
- Larry Byrom – guitars
- George Doering – guitars
- Vince Gill – guitars
- Brent Rowan – guitars
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars
- David Hungate – bass
- James Stroud – drums
- Joel Peskin – saxophone solos
- Charles Calello – arrangements
- Alex Brown – backing vocals
- Marlena Jeter – backing vocals
- Jon Joyce – backing vocals
- Herb Pedersen – backing vocals
- Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals
- Sandy Simmons – backing vocals
Production
- Richard Landis – producer
- Csaba Pectoz – recording
- John David Parker – recording assistant
- Mike Poole – recording assistant
- Jim Dineen – overdub recording
- Clark Schleicher – overdub recording assistant
- Rick Riggeri – horn and string recording
- Ed Thacker – mixing at The Grey Room (Hollywood, California)
- Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
- Bill Brunt – art direction
- Mary Hamilton – art direction
- Lynn Goldsmith – photography
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 34 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1988 | "I Wanna Dance with You" | 1 | 1 |
| "The Wanderer" | 1 | 1 | |
| "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" | 7 | * | |
| 1989 | "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" | 66 | 65 |