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I Want to Walk You Home

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"I Want to Walk You Home"
Single by Fats Domino
B-side"I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day"
ReleasedJuly 1959 (1959-07)
Genre
Length2:02
LabelImperial
Songwriter(s)Fats Domino
Fats Domino singles chronology
"I'm Ready"
(1959)
"I Want to Walk You Home"
(1959)
"Be My Guest"
(1959)

"I Want to Walk You Home" is a July 1959 R&B/pop single by Fats Domino. The single would be the last of Domino's releases to hit number one on the R&B chart. "I Want to Walk You Home" stayed at the top spot for a single week and also peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

In 2007, the song was covered by Paul McCartney who sung it, and Allen Toussaint playing the piano, as their contribution to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard).

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 168.