“Brother to Brother” won Gino, Ross and Joe the Juno for producer of the year and, with runaway sales of over 1,000,000 copies by 1979, cemented Gino’s international reputation as a pop sex symbol. He took I Just Wanna Stop on tour in 1979 including Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, New York City (where he played Carnegie Hall), Toronto and the brothers’ hometown, Montreal. The song’s popularity among Black audiences, Gino was also invited to perform it on the American television show “Soul Train.”

Since then, I Just Wanna Stop has enjoyed millions of radio plays, earning a BMI award and the No. 16 spot on RPM’s Top 100 CanCon Tracks 1964-1996. It appears on “Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music” and in the 2009 television documentary, “This Beat Goes On: Canadian Pop Music in the 1970s.” It is heard on the compilation CD “Behind Closed Doors: Seventies Swingers” and was even used on the TV show “The Sopranos.” In 2017, it appears on Universal Music Canada’s “Canada 150: A Celebration of Music.”

The song gained new life in a new arrangement on Gino’s 2009 CD, “Best and Beyond,” and also features on his “Stardust in the Sand” and “Live in LA.” He continues to perform it live.
Funk, electronic, and soul covers have been recorded. Gino advises their singers, “Think of moments when you felt a little hurt, when you had to leave somebody, leave something behind; when you’re wistfully thinking of something and feeling regret, and that’s gonna bring some real human passion to it.”

Ross Vannelli, born in Montreal in March 1956, is a successful songwriter and music producer with almost 300 songs to his credit. In addition to his Juno award, he holds an ASCAP Film and Television Music Award and a Grammy nomination. His Surrender to Me, from the motion picture “Tequila Sunrise,” earned a BMI award. Ross Vannelli’s music has been recorded by top artists including Kim Carnes; Céline Dion; Earth, Wind and Fire; Lara Fabian; and Kanye West.