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You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song)

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Released
  
October 1982

Genre
  
Country pop

Label
  
Elektra

Recorded
  
1982

Length
  
4:00

B-side
  
"All My Life, All My Love"

"You and I" is a song written by Frank J. Myers, and recorded by American country music artists Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle as a duet. It was released in October 1982 as the first single from the album Radio Romance. "You and I" became a major country pop crossover hit for both artists.

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US television show Glee covered this song in a mash-up with the Lady Gaga's same titled song in episode "Mash Off."

Reception

  • In 2005, the song ranked number 7 on CMT's 100 Greatest Duets in Country Music. Gayle performed the duet with Raul Malo of The Mavericks since Rabbitt had died of lung cancer in 1998.
  • "You and I" went to number 1 on the Country chart for one week.
  • On the Billboard Hot 100, the song spent 23 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 7, and making it the 12th biggest song of the year.

    • The song was used for the wedding of the Greg Nelson and Jenny Gardner characters on the American soap opera All My Children.

    References

    You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle song) Wikipedia
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