I Wanna Be with You (Raspberries song)

"I Wanna Be with You"
Single by Raspberries
from the album Fresh
B-side "Goin' Nowhere Tonight"
Released November 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Jangle pop[1]
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Eric Carmen
Producer(s) Jimmy Ienner
Raspberries singles chronology
"Go All the Way"
(1972)		 "I Wanna Be with You"
(1972)		 "Let's Pretend"
(1973)

"Go All the Way"
(1972)		 "I Wanna Be with You"
(1972)		 "Let's Pretend"
(1973)

"I Wanna Be with You" is a hit single by Raspberries, released in November 1972. It was written by band leader Eric Carmen, who also provided the lead vocals. It was their first single release from their second LP, Fresh.[2] It became their second greatest US hit.

The song reached the Top 40 on three principal US charts, including number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[3] number 10 on Cash Box,[4] and number 7 on Record World. It was also a number 17 hit in Canada.

Television performance

"I Wanna Be with You" was performed on The Midnight Special television program (season 1, episode 15) on May 4, 1973.[5] The show was hosted by Johnny Nash.[6]

Later uses

"I Wanna Be with You" was included on the Raspberries Pop Art Live CD set from their reunion concert recording, November 26, 2004, at the House of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, released August 18, 2017.[7]

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ LaBate, Steve (December 18, 2009). "Jangle Bell Rock: A Chronological (Non-Holiday) Anthology… from The Beatles and Byrds to R.E.M. and Beyond". Paste. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Raspberries-Fresh/master/185928
  3. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 20, 1973
  5. ↑ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/raspberries/1973/the-midnight-special-burbank-ca-33cc5491.html
  6. ↑ http://www.tv.com/shows/the-midnight-special/host-johnny-nash-205410/
  7. ↑ http://www.thatdevilmusic.com/2017/06/cd-preview-raspberries-pop-art-live.html
  8. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 20, 1973
  9. ↑ Bac-lac.gc.ca
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  11. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1973
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