"To Be Around You" is the eighth track from Mariah Carey's sophomore album "Emotions." It was written by Mariah, Robert Clivillés, and David Cole and was released on September 17, 1991 through Columbia Records.[1]
Composition[]
Author Chris Nickson describes "To Be Around You" as far more 'staccato' than "So Blessed." In his Rolling Stone review, Rob Tannenbaum accused David Cole of using “pumping house keyboards,” but not too much of that had really been in evidence on Emotions’ faster tracks, and certainly not here. He did, however, also remark that some material appeared to “recycle the chords of Cheryl Lynn’s ‘Got to Be Real.’” While this song paid tribute to Lynn’s in its overall feel and arrangement, there were no real recycling and rewriting involved. With the spoken voices at the end, this track had an uplifting party sense, a sense of wellbeing that the words (about an attentive lover) conjured up.[2]
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Lyrics[]
Hypnotizes me
Sets my soul at ease
Every time you're near me
I'm in heaven baby
I don't know how you do it
Never felt like this before
I don't wanna lose it
Give me all your love
(More and more and more)
Something that you do
Mesmerizes me
Sets my body free
Every time you touch me
I'm in heaven baby
I don't know how you do it
Never felt so sweet before
I don't wanna lose it
Give me all your love
(More and more and more)
I just wanna be around you
Tell me are you feeling the same
Oh, baby
I just wanna be around you
Every minute of the day
Oh, I'm never gonna let you go
Oh, no
Baby, baby baby baby
Every time you smile
It captivates my mind
And it lifts me to the sky
Anytime you touch me, yeah
I'm in heaven babe, hey
(Oh, oh, oh)
I don't now how you do it
Never felt so sweet before
Oh, I don't wanna lose it
Give me all your love
Alright
Oh, I just wanna be around you
Tell me are you feeling the same
Oh, baby
I just wanna be around you
Every minute of the day
Oh, I'm never gonna let you go
I just want
To be the only one you live for, baby
I just want
To give you all my love
(More and more and more)
Yeah
I just wanna, wanna give it to ya,
Gotta give ya, my love
I just wanna, wanna to give it to ya,
I gotta give ya, my love
I just wanna, wanna give it to ya
Gotta give it up
I just wanna, wanna give it to ya
Gotta give it up
Oh, I just want
To be the only one you live for, baby
Oh, I just want
To give you all my love
(More and more and more)
Baby, baby, baby baby baby
Are you feeling the same?
Oh darlin'
Oh, ooh, evey minute of the day
Oh, I'm never gonna let ya go
No, no
Never, never, never, never, stay
Oh, no, I
I just wanna be near you
Every minute of the day
Oh, I'm
References[]
| Emotions | |
|---|---|
| September 17, 1991 • 46:58 • Columbia Records | |
| Songs | |
| Released | Emotions • And You Don't Remember • Can't Let Go • Make It Happen • If It's Over • You're So Cold • So Blessed • To Be Around You • Till the End of Time • The Wind |
| Scrapped | Can You Hear Me |
| Artists | |
| Mariah Carey | |