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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name name = I'd Rather
| Covercover = I'd = Rather.jpg
| Coveralt size = =
| Border type = single
| Captionartist = [[Luther = Vandross]]
| Artist album = [[Luther Vandross (album)|Luther Vandross]]
| released = {{start date|2002|4|16|mf=y}}
| Album = [[Luther Vandross (album)|Luther Vandross]]
| A-side recorded =
| B-side studio =
| Misc venue = ▼
| Released = April 2002<br>(U.S., Europe)
| Format genre = CD single, 12"[[Contemporary VinylR&B|R&B]], Digital[[Soul music|soul]]
| Recorded length = 20014:51
| label = [[J Records|J]]
| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]]
| Length writer = 4:51[[Shep Crawford]]
| Label producer = [[JShep Records]]Crawford
| prev_title = [[Can Heaven Wait]]
| Writer = Shep Crawford
| prev_year = 2001
| Producer = Shep Crawford
| Next single next_title = "[[Dance with My Father (song)|Dance with My Father]]" <br />(2003)▼
| Audio sample? =
| Certificationnext_year = 2003
| Last single = "[[Take You Out]]" <br />(2001)
| This single = '''"I'd Rather"''' <br />(2002)
▲| Next single = "[[Dance with My Father (song)|Dance with My Father]]" <br />(2003)
▲| Misc =
}}
 
"'''I'd Rather'''" is a song by American recording R&B/soul artistsinger [[Luther Vandross]]. TheIt songwritten isand fromproduced by [[Shep Crawford]] and recorded by Vandross for [[Luther Vandross (album)|his eponymous album]] (2001). The song was released inas 2001the album's third and final single. "I'd Rather" wasbecame a top twenty hit on ''Billboard's'{{'}}s Top [[Adult Contemporary,]] chart and reached the top forty on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] charts.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlinkauthor-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=598}}</ref> It also topped the US [[Adult R&B Songs]] chart, the second single from ''Luther Vandross'' to do so.<ref name="Billboardadultrandbsongs"/>
 
==Credits and personnel==
==Remix Versions==
Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''Luther Vandross''.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Luther Vandross|others=Luther Vandross|year=2001|publisher=J Records|type=booklet}}</ref>
"I'd Rather (Mike Rizzo Global Mix)" - 3:36
 
{{div col}}
Remix produced by [[Mike Rizzo]]
* [[Tawatha Agee]] – backing vocalist
 
* [[Shep Crawford]] – instruments, producer, writer
"I'd Rather" remix appears on ''[[The_Ultimate_Luther_Vandross#Special collector's edition bonus disc|The Ultimate Luther Vandross]]'' collector's edition bonus disc released in 2006.
* Paulette McWilliams – backing vocalist
* Cindy Mizelle – backing vocalist
* Kevin Owens – backing vocalist
* The Professa – [[guitar]]
* [[Fonzi Thornton]] – contractor
* Clinta Turner – backing vocalist
* [[Category:Luther Vandross songs]] – vocals▼
* Brenda White-King – backing vocalist
{{div col end}}
 
==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{| class="wikitable"▼
{{col-2}}
!align="left"|Chart (2002)▼
 
!align="center"|Peak<br>position<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/308632/luther-vandross/chart Luther Vandross - Singles Chart history].Billboard.com</ref>
===Weekly charts===
▲{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
▲!align="left"| Chart (2002)
! Peak<br>position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|83|artist=Luther Vandross|access-date=August 30, 2018|rowheader=true}}
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
|align="center"|83
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardadultrandbsongs|1|artist=Luther Vandross|access-date=August 30, 2018|rowheader=true|refname="Billboardadultrandbsongs"}}
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|align="center"|40
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|40|artist=Luther Vandross|access-date=August 30, 2018|rowheader=true}}
|align="center"|US ''Billbaord'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]]
|align="center"|17
|}
{{col-2}}
 
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2002)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref>
| 87
|}
{{col-end}}
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.luthervandross.com www.luthervandross.com]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/luther-vandross-mw0000588326 Allmusic - Luther Vandross album]
 
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[[Category:2002 songs]]▼
 
▲[[Category:Luther Vandross songs]]
▲[[Category:20022001 songs]]
[[Category:2002 singles]]
[[Category:RhythmLuther andVandross blues balladssongs]]
[[Category:Contemporary R&B ballads]]
[[Category:Songs written by Shep Crawford]]
[[Category:J Records singles]]
[[Category:Soul ballads]]
 
 
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