I Wanna Dance with You

1988 studio album by Eddie Rabbitt

Studio album by

Eddie Rabbitt

Released

March 1, 1988

Studio

Treasure Isle Recorders, The Money Pit, The Garage Studio and Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); Ocean Way Recording and The Grey Room (Hollywood, California).

Genre

Country

Label

RCA Records

Producer

Richard Landis

Eddie Rabbitt chronology

Rabbitt Trax
(1986)

I Wanna Dance with You
(1988)

Jersey Boy
(1990)

Singles from I Wanna Dance with You

"I Wanna Dance with You"
Released: January 1988
"We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
Released: October 8, 1988
"That's Why I Fell in Love with You"
Released: May 13, 1989

I Wanna Dance with You is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt, released by RCA Records in 1988. The album produced four singles including the title track, a cover of Dion DiMucci's 1961 hit "The Wanderer", "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" and "That's Why I Fell in Love with You". The first two singles both topped the country charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wanna Dance with You"	Eddie Rabbitt, Billy Joe Walker Jr.	3:10
2.	"She's an Old Cadillac"	Rabbitt	3:24
3.	"The Wanderer"	Ernie Maresca	3:22
4.	"We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"	Rabbitt, Reed Nielsen	3:35
5.	"That's Why I Fell in Love with You"	Rabbitt, Walker, Even Stevens	2:46
6.	"He's a Cheater"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	4:11
7.	"Rhonda"	Rabbitt, Stevens	4:26
8.	"Workin' Out"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Richard Landis	3:50
9.	"I Don't Worry 'Bout You"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Randy McCormick	4:23

Personnel

Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, harmony vocals, guitars
Philip Aaberg – keyboards
Jim Lang – keyboards
Rhett Lawrence – keyboards
Randy McCormack – keyboards
Larry Williams – keyboards
Larry Byrom – guitars
George Doering – guitars
Vince Gill – guitars
Brent Rowan – guitars
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitars
David Hungate – bass
James Stroud – drums
Joel Peskin – saxophone solos
Charles Calello – arrangements
Alex Brown – backing vocals
Marlena Jeter – backing vocals
Jon Joyce – backing vocals
Herb Pedersen – backing vocals
Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals
Sandy Simmons – backing vocals

Production

Richard Landis – producer
Csaba Pectoz – recording
John David Parker – recording assistant
Mike Poole – recording assistant
Jim Dineen – overdub recording
Clark Schleicher – overdub recording assistant
Rick Riggeri – horn and string recording
Ed Thacker – mixing at The Grey Room (Hollywood, California)
Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Bill Brunt – art direction
Mary Hamilton – art direction
Lynn Goldsmith – photography

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	34

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1988	"I Wanna Dance with You"	1	1
	"The Wanderer"	1	1
	"We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"	7	*
1989	"That's Why I Fell in Love with You"	66	65