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I Wanna Be Around by Aretha Franklin | SongLyricsOf

I Wanna Be Around

by Aretha Franklin

Album: Laughing on the Outside
Released: 1963
Length: 2:26

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"I Wanna Be Around" is a popular song credited to Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer. In the lyrics, the singer declares that he "wants to be around" when the woman who spurned him inevitably gets her heart broken.

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Written by: Johnny Mercer, Sadie VimmerstedtMusicBrainz
Produced by: Robert MerseyMusicBrainz
First released: 1963-08-12MusicBrainz

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