Dusty Springfield I Only Wanna Be With You, Colorized ( Stereo)

, 4 UK Singles Chart, 6 Australian Charts, 7 New Zealand Charts, 12 US Billboard Hot 100, 14 US Cash Box Top 100. . This was Dusty Springfield s first single as a solo artist she was previously a member of The Springfields with her brother Tom. That group had five Top 10 hits in the UK and one in the US ( Silver Threads and Golden Needles ) before Dusty s departure. I Only Want to Be With You launched Dusty s Hall of Fame career, and became the first hit by a British artist since The Beatles started their run. Springfield was 24 when the song was released. This was written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde, who also wrote Springfield s song Stay Hawker also wrote Walking Back to Happiness for Helen Shapiro. This song is about a girl who has finally found the guy of her dreams or at least she thinks so. It s very much a teenage crush song in the same vein as many of the girl group songs Springfield loved. When she came t br, br,