You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song)

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"You and I"
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
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Frank J. Myers
Producer(s) David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
"I Don't Know Where to Start"
(1982)		 "You and I"
(1982)		 "You Can't Run from Love"
(1983)
Crystal Gayle chronology
"Livin' in These Troubled Times"
(1982)		 "You and I"
(1982)		 "'Til I Gain Control Again"
(1983)

"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 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 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
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 35
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1

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Sources

Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
December 4, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Redneck Girl"
by The Bellamy Brothers
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
December 18, 1982		 Succeeded by
"Sure Feels Like Love"
by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers


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  1. ↑ http://popcrush.com/glee-cast-you-i-mashup/
  2. ↑ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/11/glee-mashup-mania-listen-to-mash-off-songs-here.html
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