I Only Want to Be with You

1963 original song written and composed by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde; first recorded by Dusty Springfield
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5978695
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I Only Want to Be with You

Summary

I Only Want to Be with You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Only Want to Be with You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's composer is recorded as Mike Hawker[4].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's composer is recorded as Ivor Raymonde[5].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's genre is pop music[6].
  • I Only Want to Be with You was performed by Dusty Springfield[7].
  • Among the performers on I Only Want to Be with You was Bay City Rollers[8].
  • I Only Want to Be with You was performed by The Tourists[9].
  • I Only Want to Be with You was performed by Nicolette Larson[10].
  • I Only Want to Be with You was performed by Samantha Fox[11].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • I Only Want to Be with You was released on 1963[13].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's lyricist is recorded as Mike Hawker[14].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's lyricist is recorded as Ivor Raymonde[15].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Only Want to Be with You'}[16].
  • I Only Want to Be with You's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 69ed5127-a7c3-3548-b667-88a79b12dbc6[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Dusty Springfield[7], Bay City Rollers[8], The Tourists[9], Nicolette Larson[10], and Samantha Fox[11].

Publication

I Only Want to Be with You was published on 1963[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is pop music[6].

Why It Matters

I Only Want to Be with You ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,151 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Luisalvaz · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Derivative work Q120208568
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4969]]: [[Q120208568]]"
  2. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Dusty Springfield, Bay City Rollers, The Tourists +2
    Form of creative work song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0104344639, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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