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I Just Wanna Stop - Wikipedia I Just Wanna Stop Jump to : navigation , search <Th_colspan="2"> `` I Just Wanna Stop '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Gino Vannelli <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Brother to Brother B - side `` The Surest Things Can Change '' Released September 1978 Format 7 '' Genre Soft rock , blue - eyed soul Length 3 : 34 Label A&M Songwriter ( s ) Ross Vannelli Producer ( s ) Gino Vannelli , Joe Vannelli , Ross Vannelli <Th_colspan="2"> Gino Vannelli singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Love of My Life '' ( 1976 ) `` I Just Wanna Stop '' ( 1978 ) `` Wheels of Life '' ( 1979 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` Love of My Life '' ( 1976 ) `` I Just Wanna Stop '' ( 1978 ) `` Wheels of Life '' ( 1979 ) `` I Just Wanna Stop '' is a song by Canadian singer / songwriter Gino Vannelli . Released as a single in 1978 , the song is his biggest hit single to date , reaching number one in his native Canada and number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . It appears on his sixth album , Brother to Brother . The song was produced by the three brothers Gino , Joe and Ross Vannelli , and written by Ross . Contents ( hide ) 1 Track listing 2 Cover versions 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly singles charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 References Track listing ( edit ) UK 7 '' single A. `` I Just Wanna Stop '' - 3 : 34 B . `` The Surest Things Can Change '' - 4 : 35 Cover versions ( edit ) R&B / jazz singer Angela Bofill covered the song for her 1988 Capitol release , Intuition . This version peaked at # 11 on the soul chart . In 2013 , Brazilian singer Maurício Manieri 's version of the song featured on the Rede Record TV series Pecado Mortal . Chart performance ( edit ) Weekly singles charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1978 -- 79 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Soul Singles 12 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1978 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 37 U.S. Cash Box 50 References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` Item : 114 - Library and Archives Canada '' . Bac-lac.gc.ca . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13 . Jump up ^ `` Gino Vannelli - Chart history '' . Billboard . Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 26 . Jump up ^ Whitburn , Joel ( 2004 ) . Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004 . Record Research . p. 69 . Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada '' . Bac-lac.gc.ca . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13 . Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Item : 110 - Library and Archives Canada '' . Bac-lac.gc.ca . Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13 . Jump up ^ `` Archived copy '' . Archived from the original on 2014 - 10 - 29 . Retrieved 2014 - 10 - 29 . This 1970s rock song - related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Just_Wanna_Stop&oldid=837605513 '' Categories : 1978 singles Gino Vannelli songs RPM Top Singles number - one singles 1978 songs A&M Records singles Soul ballads Angela Bofill songs 1970s rock song stubs Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2016 Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 April 2018 , at 21 : 45 . About Wikipedia