"I Just Wanna Stop"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Brother to Brother
B-side"The Surest Things Can Change"
ReleasedAugust 1978
Recorded1978
GenreSoft rock, blue-eyed soul
Length3:37
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Ross Vannelli
Producer(s)Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"Love of My Life"
(1976)		 "I Just Wanna Stop"
(1978)		 "Wheels of Life"
(1979)

"I Just Wanna Stop" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Released as a single in August 1978, it remains his biggest hit single to date, reaching No. 1 in his native Canada[1] and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2] It appears on his sixth album, Brother to Brother. The recording was produced by Gino and his brothers, Joe and Ross Vannelli; the song was written by Ross. It received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Track listing

UK 7" single
A. "I Just Wanna Stop" - 3:37
B. "The Surest Things Can Change" - 4:35

Chart performance

Cover versions

  • R&B/jazz singer Angela Bofill recorded it as part of her 1988 Capitol release, Intuition.[10] This version peaked at No. 11 on the Soul chart.[11]
  • Funk musician Jimmy Castor covered the song released and featured as the closing track from Castor's 1979 album The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

References

  1. 1 2 "RPM 100 Singles". Library and Archives Canada. 30 December 1978. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "RPM Adult Oriented Playlist". Library and Archives Canada. 23 December 1978. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gino Vannelli – I Just Wanna Stop". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 12/16/78". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Top 200 Singles 1978". Library and Archives Canada. 30 December 1978. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  9. ↑ "1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10.
  10. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 69.
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