Peak
29
Weeks
8
Score
820
Chart Year
1966
Reg Presley says of this in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "I wrote that song while I was still a bricklayer. We recorded it at the same time as Wild Thing and either of them could have been released first. I liked the way The Beach Boys were going 'Ba-ba-ba-Barbara Ann' and it was lovely to do something like that in With A Girl Like You. We nearly had a trumpet playing it, but it sounded better when we sang it." Though many people think "Wild Thing" was The Troggs' sole chart topper in the UK, in fact this now less well-known song made its way to the very top while "Wild Thing" stalled at #2. In the US however "Wild Thing" topped the charts while this only made #29. This appears in the film Shine in a scene set in London in which David Helfgott has a night out on the town. >> This song was used in the film Flirting in which it was played by the students at a boys' school as a way of welcoming students from a girls' school (who included characters played by Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Thandie Newton) to a dance. >>
I want to spend my life with a girl like you Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba And do all the things that you want me to Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba 'Till that time has come that we might live as one Can I dance with you Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba I can tell by the way you dress that you're so refined Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba And by the way you talk that you're just my kind Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba Girl why should it be that you don't notice me Can I dance with you Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba Baby baby, is there no chance I can take you for the last dance All night long, yeah, I've been waiting Now there'll be no hesitating So before this dance has reached the end Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba To you across the floor my love I'll send Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba I just hope and pray that I'll find a way to say Can I dance with you Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba bah ba ba ba ba
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 6, 1966 | 75 | 51 |
| 2 | Aug 13, 1966 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Aug 20, 1966 | 47 | 79 |
| 4 | Aug 27, 1966 | 42 | 84 |
| 5 | Sep 3, 1966 | 32 | 94 |
| 6 | Sep 10, 1966 | 29 | 97 |
| 7 | Sep 17, 1966 | 45 | 81 |
| 8 | Sep 24, 1966 | 50 | 76 |