Thursday, 14 October 2010

I Wanna Be Where You Are

An homage to the song penned by Leon Ware and T-Boy Ross, originally performed by Michael Jackson, and retroactively refreshed by the likes of Willie Hutch, José Feliciano (en español), Ware himself on Marvin Gaye's I Want You and on his own 1976 release, Musical Massage. A masterpiece incidentally - go buy!


I Wanna Be Where You Are
Michael Jackson
from Got To Be There (1972)





I Wanna Be Where You Are
Willie Hutch
from Fully Exposed (1973)





I Wanna Be Where You Are
Marvin Gaye
from I Want You (1976)





I Wanna Be There
Leon Ware
from Musical Massage (1976)





Ahora Si Quiero Amar
José Feliciano
from Escenas De Amor (1982)

2 comments:

  1. Nice! Looking forward to hearing all these versions. It's a terrific song. Thanks.

    There's also a really good reggae version by a Chicago-based artist named Tony "Big Red" Aiken. Probably really hard to find--I used to have a 45 of it--but worth grabbing if you ever come across it.

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  2. Thanks Brett - Never heard of the reggae version you mention but float me a link if you come across one ~

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