Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You is the first album of the singer Dusty Springfield to be released in the USA. It was issued on the Philips Records label in 1964 and includes Springfield's hit singles "I Only Want To Be With You", "Stay Awhile" and "Wishin' and Hopin. Springfield's British debut album "A Girl Called Dusty" was released in April 1964. The US debut, issued some three months later, was technically a compilation of tracks from "A Girl Called Dusty", her first two UK singles, and other Springfield recordings.
Wishin' and Hopin' she performed was "Wishin' and Hopin with the vocal accompaniment of Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Springfield's recording was featured in the film, "A Home at the End of the World" (2004). "Wishin' and Hopin was also featured in "", the second episode of "". Springfield recorded foreign language versions of "Wishin' and Hopin in July 1964: in Italian as "Stupido Stupido" – which was a combination of lyrics in Italian and English, the latter being newly written rather than taken from the original song – and in German as "Warten Und Hoffen". "Wishin' and Hopin was also a hit