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"I Wanna Be Around" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1962 by Commander Publications |
Songwriter(s) | Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer |
"I Wanna Be Around" | ||||
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Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
from the album I Wanna Be Around...[1] | ||||
B-side | "I Will Live My Life for You" | |||
Released | November 16, 1962 | |||
Recorded | October 19, 1962 | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:03 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sadie Vimmerstedt, Johnny Mercer[2] | |||
Producer(s) | Ernest Altschuler | |||
Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wanna Be Around" is a popular song. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken. The song is credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer.