I Wanna Be with You (Mandy Moore song)
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| Single by Mandy Moore | ||||
| from the album I Wanna Be with You and Center Stage: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Released | April 3, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Teen pop[1] | |||
| Length | 4:57 | |||
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| Producer | Keith Thomas | |||
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| "I Wanna Be with You" on YouTube | ||||
"I Wanna Be with You" is a song by American singer Mandy Moore. It was released on April 3, 2000, as the lead single from I Wanna Be with You, the 2000 reissue of Moore's debut album, So Real. It was also released as a single from the soundtrack to the 2000 film Center Stage.[2][3] The song received positive reviews from critics and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Moore's first and only top-30 single in the United States. The song also peaked at number 13 in Australia and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The music video for the song, directed by Nigel Dick, shows Moore singing the song to her love interest in a dance studio.
"I Wanna Be with You" is written in the key of E♭ major and is set in the time signature of common time. It is moderately paced with a tempo of 76 beats per minute. The song also follows the sequence of E♭maj7–A♭–E♭7–A♭maj7 as its chord progression. Mandy Moore's vocals in the song spans from the note of A♭3 to D♭5.[4] The version used in the 2000 film Center Stage has more poppy beats[5]
Reception
Chart performance
The single was released in April 2000 and soon became Moore's highest-charting song in the US, reaching number 24, becoming her only top-40 song in the nation. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked during its ninth week on the chart.[6] In Australia, the single reached number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent 19 weeks in the top 50.[7] It also peaked at number 21 in the United Kingdom, becoming her second and final single to chart there.[8]
Track listings
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Australian maxi-CD single[2]
European CD1[9]
European CD2[10]
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UK CD1[11]
UK CD2[12]
UK cassette single[13]
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Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from the I Wanna Be with You liner notes.[14]
- Writing – Shelly Peiken, Tiffany Arbuckle
- Writing, production, arrangement – Keith Thomas
- Lead vocals – Mandy Moore
- Backing vocals – Tiffany Arbuckle
- Bass guitar, acoustic guitar, drum programming, synthesizer – Keith Thomas
- Electric guitar – Jerry McPhershon, Kenny Greenberg
- Engineering assistant – Hadyn Buxton
- Engineering, mixing – Bill Whittington
- Production coordination, Pro Tools – Shaun Shankel
- Additional programming – Dan Muckala
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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