I Wanna Be Where You Are
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| "I Wanna Be Where You Are" | ||
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| Single by Michael Jackson | ||
| from the album Got to Be There | ||
| Released | 1972 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Length | 3:16 | |
| Label | Motown | |
| Writer(s) | Leon Ware Arthur "T-Boy" Ross |
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| Producer(s) | Hal Davis | |
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| Michael Jackson singles chronology | ||
| "Rockin' Robin" (1972) |
"I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1972) |
"Aint No Sunshine" (1972) |
"I Wanna Be Where You Are" is a song written by Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross for Michael Jackson, who took the song to number sixteen on the U.S. pop singles chart and number two on the U.S. black singles chart in 1972. His third straight Top 40 pop hit during his early solo career in Motown, it was also the first collaboration between Ware and Ross, the younger brother of Motown/pop legend Diana Ross. This song would be one of Jackson's most covered songs sung by everyone from Marvin Gaye to Willie Hutch, from Jason Weaver to The Fugees. Ware and Ross would be famous together for penning the classic Marvin Gaye single, "I Want You" several years afterwards. Even though this single would be Michael's first single not to touch the top twenty of the charts it is one of his most sampled and favorited from his solo-motown career.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
- Hollers by Leon Ware and Arthur Ross
- Instrumentation by assorted Los Angeles musicians
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