I’ll Be Around

~ Recording by The Spinners

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.5I'll Be Around3:10The SpinnersSpinners
1.1I'll Be Around3:10The SpinnersThe Best of Spinners
14.7I'll Be Around3:13The SpinnersAtlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974
1.1I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersThe Best of Spinners
  • 1987-07-07 US
1.15I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAtlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 7: 1969-1974
8.15I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersAtlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974
  • 1991-10-15 US
1.6I'll Be Around3:10The SpinnersA One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology
  • 1991-11-05 US
1.6I'll Be Around3:10The SpinnersA One of a Kind Love Affair: The Anthology
1.7I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersRhythm & Blues: 1972
1.1I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersSounds of the Seventies: Seventies Top Forty
1.2I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersThe Very Best of Spinners
  • 1993-04-20 US
1.6I'll Be Around3:14The SpinnersDisco Inferno 2
2.26I'll Be Around3:10The SpinnersSoul Hits
6.18I’ll Be Around3:10The SpinnersThe R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm & Blues
1.5I'll Be Around3:13The SpinnersSpinners
  • 1995-03-28 US
1.2I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersThe Very Best of The Spinners
  • 1995-04-16 -
1.4I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersDead Presidents: Music From the Motion Picture
  • 1995-09-26 US
1.3I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersBillboard Hot Soul Hits: 1972
1.4I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersDead Presidents
1.4I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersDead Presidents
2.15I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersEighties Soul Weekender 2
  • 1996-01-01 GB
1.9I’ll Be Around3:10The SpinnersFerry Maat's Soulshow: 25th Anniversary Collection - The Seventies Part 1
1.7I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersSolid Gold Soul 1972
2.11I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersUltimate Soul Collection
1.1I'll Be Around3:13The SpinnersI'll Be Around
  • 1997-07-10 US
2.26I'll Be Around3:08The SpinnersCaiga Quien Caiga - 53 Clásicos originales del Soul
2.22I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersHave a Nice Decade: The ’70s Pop Culture Box
  • 1998-06-16 US
1.17I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersStarsky & Hutch Presents: 70's Funksouljazzdisco
  • 1998-09-07 GB
1.5I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersUltimate ’70s R&B Smashes!
2.18I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersThe Definitive Sound of Atlantic Soul
  • 1999-09-20 GB
1.1I'll Be Around3:14The SpinnersRoots of Rhythm: Stand By Me
1.1I'll Be Around3:14The SpinnersThe Best of Detroit Spinners
  • 2000-02-14 GB
1.8I'll Be Around3:13The SpinnersEntertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1972
  • 2000-06-06 US
1.8I’ll Be Around3:12The Spinners1970s #1 R&B Hits
1.2I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersSoul Train: The Dance Years 1972
1.15I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersStep Back & Boogie
3.8I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersCan You Dig It? The ’70s Soul Experience
  • 2001-10-16 US
1.15I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersJammin’ Oldies
2.12I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersDisco Inferno
2.8I’ll Be Around3:10The SpinnersPlatinum Soul Legends: 1960–1975
1.13I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersThe Chrome Collection
  • 2003-07-08 US
2.10I'll Be Around3:15The SpinnersThe Incredible Soul Collection
  • 2003-08-12 US
1.1I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersCrème de la Crème: Philly Soul Classics & Rarities
  • 2003-11-17 GB
1.8I’ll Be Around3:12The Spinners1970s #1 R&B Hits
1.4I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersRadio Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1.5I'll Be Around3:07The SpinnersBoogie Cops & Disco Pimps
  • 2004-04-26 GB
1.19I'll Be Around3:14The Spinners100 Hits Papa Was a Rolling Stone
3.19I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAtlantic Gold
  • 2005-01-18 GB
2.18I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersEdel & Starck 3
  • 2005-01-31 DE
1.1I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersRhino Hi-Five: The Spinners
4.6I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersDisco 54
2.2I’ll Be Around3:11The Spinners’70s Gold
  • 2006-01-10 US
1.2I'll Be Around3:12SpinnersThe Definitive Soul Collection
  • 2006-07-11 GB
2.1I’ll Be Around3:11The Spinners’70s Gold
1.15I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersAtlantic R&B 1947-1974, Vol. 8: 1970-1974
1.8I'll Be Around (Whenever You Want Me)3:11The SpinnersLet's Get It On: 70s R&B
1.2I'll Be Around3:12SpinnersThe Definitive Soul Collection
1.1I'll Be Around3:08The SpinnersThe Very Best Of
  • 2007-06-12 XW
5.3I'll Be Around3:12The Spinners100 Hits: Soul (Box Set)
  • 2007-10-15 GB
1.1I’ll Be Around3:14Detroit SpinnersThe Platinum Collection
1.16I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersLove Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
  • 2008-10-21 US
1.7I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersClassic Love Songs
5.6I’ll Be Around3:10The Spinners100 tubes Soul
  • 2009-03-23 FR
4.12I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersOnly In America: Atlantic Soul Classics
  • 2009-04-14 -
4.12I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersAtlantic Records: The Time Capsule
  • 2009-11-17 US
4.12I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAtlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics
4.12I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAtlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics
4.12I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAtlantic Gold: 100 Soul Classics
2.1I’ll Be Around3:14SpinnersSweet Soul of the ’70s: The Sound of Philadelphia
1.3I'll Be Around3:12The SpinnersThe Very Best of the Detroit Spinners
3.14I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersThat’s Soul: Respect
10.1I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersSweet Soul of the ’70s
  • 2011-02-15 US
4.5I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersLa Collection Georges Lang
  • 2011-04-11 FR
4.5I’ll Be Around3:08The SpinnersLa Collection Georges Lang
  • 2011-06-06 FR
1.11I’ll Be Around3:10The Detroit Spinners3/60: Disco Anthems
  • 2011-07-18 GB
3.18I’ll Be Around3:12The Spinners3/60: Soul Classics
  • 2011-07-18 GB
2.13I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersAll The… 70s
  • 2012-04-20 AU
1.1I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersSmooth Soul
1.49I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersCope
  • 2013-01-29 ES
7.2I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersSoul of the ’70s
1.5I'll Be Around3:10SpinnersSpinners
  • 2015-11-06 GB
2.4I’ll Be Around3:10The SpinnersHit z Road, Volume 2
  • 2016-11-18 FR
1.23I’ll Be Around3:08The SpinnersSoul: The Collection
1.2I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersThe Rubberband Man
  • 2018-05-05 -
1.5I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersThe Complete Albums 1973–1984
  • 2019-04-26 -
1.15I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersStand by Me: Ultimate Golden Anthems
  • 2019-06-28 GB
1.1I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersBig Little Lies (Music from Season 2 of the HBO Limited Series)
  • 2019-07-19 GB
1.1I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersBig Little Lies (Music from Season 2 of the HBO Limited Series)
1.4I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersSummer of the 70s: Rock & Pop Classics
1.24I’ll Be Around3:09The SpinnersSummer Hits of the 70’s
10.1I’ll Be Around3:14The SpinnersSweet Soul of the ’70s (2020 Version)
1.41I’ll Be Around3:08The SpinnersAbsolute 70’s
  • 2021-04-16 -
1.7I’ll Be Around3:08The SpinnersUltimate 70s Hits
1.5I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersSpinners
  • 2023-10-13 US
1.5I'll Be Around3:08The SpinnersSpinners
Promotion
1.17I’ll Be Around3:12The SpinnersThe Rhino Atlantic Remasters Collection
2.1I’ll Be Around3:13The SpinnersRhino’s Famous Sweet 16 Sampler
1.16I’ll Be Around3:11The SpinnersRhino: Masters of the Old School (3rd Quarter 1996 Urban Sampler)
2.14I'll Be Around3:11The SpinnersBlack History in Music Sampler 1999
Bootleg
1.18I’ll Be Around3:14The Detroit SpinnersBiky’s Dance the Night Away, Part 42
  • 2011-03-24 NL

Relationships

recording engineer:Joe Tarsia
producer:Thom Bell
bass:Ron Baker (in 1973)
drums (drum set):Earl Young (in 1973)
percussion [vibraphone, marimba]:Vince Montana (in 1973)
piano:Thom Bell (in 1973)
background vocals:Yvette Benson (in 1973)
Carla Benton (in 1973)
Barbara Ingram (in 1973)
baritone vocals:Henry Fambrough (in 1973)
bass vocals:Pervis Jackson (in 1973)
tenor vocals:Billy Henderson (in 1973)
Bobbie Smith (in 1973)
Philippé Wynne (in 1973)
conductor:Thom Bell (in 1973)
remixer:Joe Tarsia
arranger:Thom Bell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation
recorded at:Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1973)
mixed at:Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
has remixes:I’ll Be Around
sampled by:휘파람 by CB Mass
recording of:I’ll Be Around (in 1973)

Related works

I’ll Be Around

composer:Thom Bell
Phil Hurtt
publisher:Mighty Three Music Ld.
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
referred to in medleys:Classic Grooves (order: 5)
later versions:Soudain il ne reste qu’une chanson
마음속의 불씨를 삭히며 (outro)