I Just Wanna Stop Explained

I Just Wanna Stop
Cover:	I_Just_Wanna_Stop_-_Gino_Vannelli.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Gino Vannelli
Album:	Brother to Brother
B-Side:	The Surest Things Can Change
Released:	August 1978
Recorded:	1978
Genre:	Soft rock^[1] pop^[2]
Length:	3:37
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Prev Title:	Love of My Life
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Wheels of Life
Next Year:	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^[3] and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[4] 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

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978–1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	59
Canada (RPM Top Singles)	1
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)^[6]	5
	4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
US Billboard Soul Singles	12
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles^[8]	37
U.S. Cash Box^[9]	50
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[10]	75

Cover versions

R&B/jazz singer Angela Bofill recorded it as part of her 1988 Capitol release, Intuition.^[11] This version peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.^[12]

Notes and References

Web site: I Just Wanna Stop. Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Book: Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. July 17, 2000. The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop. 46. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0-312-19821-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95.
Web site: RPM 100 Singles . Library and Archives Canada. 30 December 1978. 17 December 2023.
Web site: Gino Vannelli - Chart history . Billboard . 2014-03-26.
Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
Web site: RPM Adult Oriented Playlist. Library and Archives Canada . 23 December 1978. 17 December 2023.
Web site: Cash Box Top 100 12/16/78. Cashbox Magazine. 23 April 2021. 4 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004090031/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19781216.html. dead.
Web site: Top 200 Singles 1978 . Library and Archives Canada. 30 December 1978 . 17 December 2023.
Web site: Top 100 Year End Charts: 1978 . . 2014-10-29 . 2012-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027052253/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html . dead .
December 22, 1979 . 1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles . TIA-10 . Billboard . 91 . 51 .
Web site: www.allmusic.com. allmusic.com. August 2, 2022.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 69.