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((Short description|Song written by Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer))
((for|the 1963 album by Tony Bennett|I Wanna Be Around...)) 
((more citations needed|date=August 2009))
((Infobox song
| name      = I Wanna Be Around
| cover     =
| alt       =
| type      =
| written   =
| published = 1962 by Commander Publications
| writer    = Sadie Vimmerstedt and [[Johnny Mercer]]
| composer  =
| lyricist  = 
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((Infobox song
| name       = I Wanna Be Around
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Tony Bennett]]
| album      = [[I Wanna Be Around...]]<ref>((Cite web|url=http://tonybennett.com/music-detail.php?id=8|title=I Wanna Be Around|website=Tonybennett.com|access-date=26 April 2021))</ref>
| 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]]
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Jazz music|Jazz]], [[traditional pop]]
| length     = 2:03
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = Sadie Vimmerstedt, [[Johnny Mercer]]<ref>((Allmusic|class=song|id=mt0011958177))</ref>
| producer   = Ernest Altschuler
| chronology = [[Tony Bennett]]
| prev_title = [[Candy Kisses (George Morgan song)|Candy Kisses]]
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = [[The Good Life (1962 song)|The Good Life]]
| next_year  = 1963
))
"'''I Wanna Be Around'''" is a [[Popular music|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]].

==Origins==
Vimmerstedt was a 52-year-old widow <ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.kokomo.ca/pop_standards/i_wanna_be_around.htm|title=I Wanna Be Around|website=Kokomo.ca|access-date=26 April 2021))</ref> and a beautician<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.ozsons.com/johnnymercerE.htm|title=JohnnyMercer|website=Ozsons.com|access-date=26 April 2021))</ref> in [[Youngstown, Ohio]], who sent Mercer an idea for the song in 1957, as well as giving Mercer the opening line ("I want to be around to pick up the pieces, when somebody breaks your heart"). She was inspired by [[Frank Sinatra]] divorcing his first wife in order to marry [[Ava Gardner]], only to then see Gardner leave Sinatra. Not knowing exactly where to send her letter to, Vimmerstedt simply addressed it to 'Johnny Mercer...Songwriter...New York, NY'. The post office forwarded it to [[ASCAP]], who in turn passed it along to Mercer, who was a member of the organization. Mercer wrote the song and agreed to share 1/3 of the royalties and credits with Vimmerstedt.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.johnnymercer.com/FAQ/I%20Wanna%20Be%20Around%20to%20pick%20up%20the%20pieces.htm |title=Story of the song's composition |access-date=2007-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121753/http://www.johnnymercer.com/FAQ/I%20Wanna%20Be%20Around%20to%20pick%20up%20the%20pieces.htm |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead ))</ref> The song was published in [[1962 in music|1962]].

==Notable cover versions==
*[[Tony Bennett]]'s 1963 recording was the first version of the song to reach the charts (number 14 [[Billboard Hot 100|pop]] during a 14-week stay in 1963,<ref>((cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |date=2004 |publisher=Billboard Books |location=New York |isbn=0-8230-7499-4 |page=58 |edition=8th))</ref> number 5 [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|easy listening]] in 1963). This was included on his 1963 album [[I Wanna Be Around...|of that name]] and has appeared in several films, including ''[[The Freshman (1990 film)|The Freshman]]'' (1990). Bennett later recorded a new version of the song in a duet with [[Bono]] which was included on his album ''[[Duets: An American Classic]]'' (2006).

Many other singers have covered the song including:
*[[Aretha Franklin]] - for her album ''[[Laughing on the Outside]]'' (1963)<ref>((cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/laughing-on-the-outside-mw0000845260#trackListing|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=November 1, 2023))</ref>
*[[The Beach Boys]] - for their unfinished ''[[Smile (Beach Boys album)|Smile]]'' album (1966), and later on ''[[Brian Wilson Presents Smile]]''
*[[Bobby Darin]] - included on his album ''[[Venice Blue]]'' (1965)
*[[Brenda Lee]] - ''[[..."Let Me Sing"]]'' (1963)
*[[Dinah Washington]] - for the album ''Dinah '63'' (1963)<ref>((cite web |title=allmusic.com |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dinah-63-mw0000317309 |website=allmusic.com |access-date=May 5, 2020))</ref>
*[[Eydie Gorme]] - ''Don't Go to Strangers'' (1966)<ref>((cite web |title=Allmusic.com |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-go-to-strangers-mw0000843229 |website=Allmusic.com |access-date=May 5, 2020))</ref>
*[[Frank Sinatra]] - ''[[It Might as Well Be Swing]]'' (1964)
*[[Julie London]] - ''[[The End of the World (Julie London album)|The End of the World]]'' (1963)
*[[Michael Buble]] - ''[[Nobody but Me (Michael Bublé album)|Nobody but Me]]'' (2016)
*[[Patti Page]] - ''[[Say Wonderful Things (album)|Say Wonderful Things]]'' (1963)
*[[Perry Como]] - ''[[The Songs I Love (album)|The Songs I Love]]'' (1963)
*[[Terri Gibbs]] for her 1981 album ''I'm a Lady'' from which it was released as a single to reach number 38 [[Hot Country Songs|C&W]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=I+Wanna+Be+Around+by+Terri+Gibbs&id=86921|title=I Wanna Be Around (song by Terri Gibbs) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=Musicvf.com|access-date=26 April 2021))</ref>
*[[Tony Hadley]] - "Passing Strangers" (2006)
*[[Térez Montcalm]] - “[[Voodoo (Térez Montcalm album) |Voodoo]]” (2007)

==References==
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((The Smile Sessions))

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[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Johnny Mercer]]
[[Category:Songs written by Johnny Mercer]]
[[Category:Tony Bennett songs]]
[[Category:1959 songs]]
[[Category:Patti Page songs]]
[[Category:1963 singles]]
[[Category:The Beach Boys songs]]
[[Category:Aretha Franklin songs]]
[[Category:Peggy Lee songs]]
[[Category:Frank Sinatra songs]]
[[Category:Terri Gibbs songs]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]

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