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"'''I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love'''" is a song co-written by [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]] and [[Carole Bayer Sager]]. It was first released by Sager on her 1977 [[Carole Bayer Sager (album)|debut album]], and it was also released as a single, charting at No. 98 in Australia. The song was further popularized by [[Rita Coolidge]] in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1978)
!Peak<br> position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=28}}</ref>
|align="center"|98
|}

==Rita Coolidge version==
"I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" was a [[Comeback (publicity)|comeback]] single for Rita Coolidge in 1979.  Of her four previous singles between 1978 and 1979, two had not charted, while two had been in the top 20 on the Adult Contemporary charts, though not in the top 10. In contrast, the Coolidge version of the "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" reached number 3 on the U.S. [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart, as well as charting highly elsewhere.  It has been described as one of Coolidge's "most triumphant performances",<ref>Joe Viglione, [http://www.allmusic.com/album/satisfied-r4518/review Review of ''Satisfied'']; www.allmusic.com.</ref> and was included on Coolidge's ''[[Satisfied (Rita Coolidge album)|Satisfied]]'' album ([[A&M Records|A&M]], 1979).

===Chart performance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1979-80)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=64}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=192}}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|}

==Popular culture==
*In the United Kingdom, the song was used in a [[Public Information Film]] warning about the dangers of [[drunk driving]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUUQKwzVGI YouTube video]</ref>

==References==
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{{Rita Coolidge}}
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[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:1978 singles]]
[[Category:1979 singles]]
[[Category:Rita Coolidge songs]]
[[Category:A&M Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Peter Allen (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Carole Bayer Sager]]