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Wanna Be with You
1981 single by Earth, Wind & Fire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Overview
"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]
Critical reception
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]
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Covers
Wanna Be with You was covered by the jazz group Urban Knights on their 1995 album Urban Knights I.[8]
Personnel
- Writing - Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn
- Producer - Maurice White
- Assistant producer - Larry Dunn, Verdine White
- Programmer - Larry Dunn
- Arranger - Jerry Hey
Engineers[9]
- Assistant engineer - Tom Perry
- Mixing engineer - Mick Guzauski, Tom Perry
- Recording engineer - Ken Fowler, Mick Guzauski, Ron Pendragon
Chart positions
References
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