You and I (Rick James song) explained

You and I
Cover:	You_and_I_-_Rick_James.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Rick James
Album:	Come Get It!
B-Side:	Hollywood
Released:	March 26, 1978
Recorded:	1977
Genre:	Funk, R&B, disco
Length:	8:04 (Album version) 3:08 (Single edit)
Label:	Gordy
Producer:	Rick James & Art Stewart
Next Title:	Mary Jane
Next Year:	1978

"You and I" is the debut single by R&B/funk musician Rick James, released in 1978 from his debut album, Come Get It!. It spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B charts and reached number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] "You and I" also peaked at number three on the disco chart.^[2]

Personnel

• Rick James - vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
• Levi Ruffin, Jr. - keyboards
• Billy Nunn – keyboards
• Bobby Nunn – keyboards
• Freddie Rappilo – guitar
• Andy Rapillo – bass
• Richard Shaw – bass
• Lorenzo Shaw – drums
• Mike Caputy – drums
• Randy Jay Beckenstein (sax), Rick Bell (Trombone) and Mike Brecker – horns
• Flick (sax), Barry (trumpet), Steve Williams (trombone) - horns
• Levi and Jackie Ruffin, Bobby and Billy Nunn, Sascha Meeks, Richard Shaw, Vanessa Brooks Nunn, Joey Diggs, Anthony Ceasar, Roger Brown, Calvin Moore, Bennie McCullough - background vocals
• Art Stewart - co-producer

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 291.

2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 134.