Puneet Varma (Editor)

I Wanna Wake Up with You

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1986 (1986)

Label
  
Revue Records, Creole

Producer(s)
  
Willie Lindo

Genre
  
Lovers rock, soft rock

Writer(s)
  
Ben Peters

"I Wanna Wake Up with You" is a 1986 song made popular by Boris Gardiner.

Written by legendary Nashville songwriter, Ben Peters and produced by Willie Lindo, veteran reggae artist Boris Gardiner took the song to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August 1986. It was released by Revue Records (REV 733) and Creole Records. The song has subsequently been covered by Christy Lane Johnny Rodriguez, John Holt and Engelbert Humperdinck. It was the third best-selling single of 1986 in the UK.

It also reached number 3 in South Africa, spending 18 weeks on the charts.

The music video for the song was filmed at various locations in London, including the Westbourne Park tube station.

References

I Wanna Wake Up with You Wikipedia