"Wanna Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Raise! | ||||
B-side | "*Kalimba Tree Instrumental (US)
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Released | December 1981 | |||
Recorded | May 1981 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 3:55 (single version) 4:36 (album version) | |||
Label | ARC/ Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn | |||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Wanna Be with You" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in December 1981 by ARC/ Columbia Records. [1] The single rose to No. 15 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 7 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles chart and No. 40 on the RPM Canadian Pop Singles Chart. [2] [3] [4]
"Wanna Be with You" was produced by Maurice White and composed by White with Wayne Vaughn. The single's US b-side was an instrumental of an interlude called Kalimba Tree with its UK b-side being a song called My Love. Wanna Be With You, Kalimba Tree and My Love came from EWF's 1981 studio album Raise!. [1]
Don Palmer of Musician proclaimed that "Wanna Be with You" is a relaxed shuffle bump boogie based around a ten note piano vamp. The handclaps provide a solid back beat while the horns and altered vocal yelps exclaim the obvious". [5] Tim de Lisle of Smash Hits called Wanna Be with You "a pleasant surprise, an excellent melody given a fresh jazzy treatment. [6]
"Wanna Be with You" won a Grammy Award in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. [7]
Wanna Be with You was covered by the jazz group Urban Knights on their 1995 album Urban Knights I. [8]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 15 |
U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles | 17 [10] |
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles | 7 [3] |
RPM Canadian Top Singles Chart | 40 [4] |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 51 |
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"Wanna Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Raise! | ||||
B-side | "*Kalimba Tree Instrumental (US)
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Released | December 1981 | |||
Recorded | May 1981 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 3:55 (single version) 4:36 (album version) | |||
Label | ARC/ Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn | |||
Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Wanna Be with You" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in December 1981 by ARC/ Columbia Records. [1] The single rose to No. 15 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, No. 7 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles chart and No. 40 on the RPM Canadian Pop Singles Chart. [2] [3] [4]
"Wanna Be with You" was produced by Maurice White and composed by White with Wayne Vaughn. The single's US b-side was an instrumental of an interlude called Kalimba Tree with its UK b-side being a song called My Love. Wanna Be With You, Kalimba Tree and My Love came from EWF's 1981 studio album Raise!. [1]
Don Palmer of Musician proclaimed that "Wanna Be with You" is a relaxed shuffle bump boogie based around a ten note piano vamp. The handclaps provide a solid back beat while the horns and altered vocal yelps exclaim the obvious". [5] Tim de Lisle of Smash Hits called Wanna Be with You "a pleasant surprise, an excellent melody given a fresh jazzy treatment. [6]
"Wanna Be with You" won a Grammy Award in the category of Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. [7]
Wanna Be with You was covered by the jazz group Urban Knights on their 1995 album Urban Knights I. [8]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 15 |
U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles | 17 [10] |
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles | 7 [3] |
RPM Canadian Top Singles Chart | 40 [4] |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 51 |
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