I Wanna Be Where You Are

~ Recording by Michael Jackson

Annotation

CD of https://musicbrainz.org/release/90835a04-c878-4396-9881-a398f15bb741 has bogus ISRC H2EO17200551 . This implies the recording was in 1972.

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There
  • 1972-01-24 US
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are?:??Michael JacksonGot to Be There
  • 1972-01-24 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:54Michael JacksonO primeiro amor
  • 1972-04 BR
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are?:??Michael JacksonGot to Be There
3.2I Wanna Be Where You Are2:54Michael JacksonAnthology
1.6I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonThe Best of Michael Jackson
  • 1980-03 GB
1.3I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael Jackson18 Greatest Hits (BMG club edition)
1.3I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael Jackson18 Greatest Hits
1.3I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael Jackson18 Greatest Hits
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There / Ben
  • 1986-07 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonAnthology
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonAnthology
2.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59The Jackson 5Anthology
1.6I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonThe Best of Michael Jackson
  • 1989-03 US
2.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59The Jackson 5Anthology
  • 1990-10-25 US
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There (Germany)
  • 1993-10-19 DE
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonAnthology
  • 1993-11-01 JP
1.6I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonMotown Legends
  • 1993-11-29 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonAnthology
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are3:02Michael JacksonAnthology: The Best of Michael Jackson
  • 1995-03-21 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are3:02Michael JacksonAnthology: The Best of Michael Jackson
  • 1995-03 DE
2.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonSoulsation!
  • 1995-06-20 DE
  • 1995-07-11 US
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection: Jackson 5
  • 1996-01-01 XW
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
  • 1996-01-23 US
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are?:??Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are3:01Michael Jackson20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jackson 5
  • 1999-10-26 US
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael Jackson20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson
  • 2000-11-21 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2004-11-16 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2004-11-17 SE
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2004-12-15 JP
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection (Special Advance Copy)
1.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonColour Collection
  • 2007-02-26 GB
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are3:01Michael Jackson20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jackson 5
  • 2007-04-03 US
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are?:??Michael JacksonColour Collection
  • 2007-10 XE
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonLes 50 plus belles chansons
  • 2007-10 XE
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonGold: Michael Jackson
  • 2008-08-26 US
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael Jackson50 Best Songs: The Motown Years
  • 2008-09-01 GB
4.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonMotown: The Complete No. 1’s
  • 2008-12-05 US
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonMichael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years
  • 2008-12-17 JP
1.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonClassic
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonGold
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonMichael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonMichael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years
3.10I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonMichael Jackson & Jackson 5: The Motown Years
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonHello World: The Motown Solo Collection
  • 2009-06-30 US
1.5I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonGold
  • 2009-07-27 GB
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonThe Definitive Collection
  • 2009-08-25 US
1.3I Wanna Be Where You Are3:02Michael JacksonBest Selection
  • 2009-09-09 JP
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:02Michael JacksonHello World: The Motown Solo Collection
  • 2009-09-09 JP
1.3ボクはキミのマスコット3:02マイケル・ジャクソンベスト・セレクション
  • 2009-09-09 JP
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael Jackson2 for 1:Got to Be There + Forever, Michael
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonDear Michael: The Motown Collection
  • 2011-06-08 JP
2.7I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59The JacksonsThe Very Best of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonIcon
  • 2012-05-31 XE
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonIcon
69.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonThe Complete Motown Singles, Volume 12A: 1972
  • 2013-06-11 US
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonGot to Be There
  • 2015-07-17 US
4.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael JacksonMotown: The Complete No. 1’s
  • 2019-06-28 US
1.86I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonMotown: The Complete No. 1’s
1.9I Wanna Be Where You Are2:51Michael JacksonThe Definitive Collection (2020 MQA x UHQCD)
  • 2020-02-26 JP
1.3I Wanna Be Where You Are2:59Michael Jackson18 Greatest Hits
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:00Michael JacksonGot to Be There
1.2I Wanna Be Where You Are3:03Michael JacksonHello World - The Motown Solo Collection
1.15I Wanna Be Where You Are2:57Michael JacksonThe Ultimate Collection
(unknown)
1.11I Wanna Be Where You Are2:58Michael JacksonAnthology, Volume 2

Relationships

producer:Hal Davis
lead vocals:Michael Jackson
arranger:James Anthony Carmichael
sampled by:Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later) by Murs
recording of:I Wanna Be Where You Are

Related works

I Wanna Be Where You Are

lyricist:Leon Ware
composer:Arthur “T‐Boy” Ross
publisher:Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division (until 2021-06-30)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)