 Peter Allen recorded his own version of "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love", included on his "I Could Have Been a Sailor" album (A&M, 1979), as did Carole Bayer Sager on her eponymous 1977 album.Other artists who have recorded the song include, Melanie, Dusty Springfield, Ann Peebles and Carmen McRae.In the United Kingdom the song was used in a Public Information Film warning about the dangers of drink driving.