"You and I" | ||||
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Single by Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle | ||||
from the album Radio Romance | ||||
B-side | "All My Life, All My Love" | |||
Released | October 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | Country pop[1] | |||
Length | 4:00 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Frank J. Myers | |||
Producer(s) | David Malloy | |||
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology | ||||
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Crystal Gayle singles chronology | ||||
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"You and I" is a duet recorded by American country music artists Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle. It was written by Frank J. Myers, produced by David Malloy, and released in October 1982 as the first single from Rabbitt's eighth studio album Radio Romance (1982). "You and I" became a major country pop crossover hit for both artists.
7" single[2]
Chart (1982–1983) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 88 |
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[8] | 81 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 7 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] | 2 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[12] | 6 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 35 |
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
Year-end chart (1983) | Rank |
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US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[13] | 12 |
The song was used for the 1984 wedding of Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner on the American soap opera All My Children.[14][15]
The US musical television series Glee covered this song in a mash-up with the Lady Gaga's same titled song in the third season episode "Mash Off" (2011).[16] American sitcom 30 Rock covered the song when Jenna (Jane Krakowski) practised and sang it with contestant Brock (Tyler Merna) on the Live Results Show of America's Kidz Got Singing at the end of the sixth season episode, "Hey, Baby, What's Wrong, Part 2" (2012).