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"To Be with You"
Single by Mr. Big
from the album Lean into It
B-side "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind"
Released November 25, 1991
Format Cassette, CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Recorded 1991 Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA
Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Acoustic rock
Length 3:27
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Eric Martin
David Grahame
Producer Kevin Elson

"To Be with You" is a song by the American hard rock band Mr. Big. It appears on the album Lean into It. The song charted in 20 plus countries, many of them at number one, such as on the United States Billboard Hot 100. It also reached a peak of number three in the UK.

"To Be With You" is about a man who has his eye on a woman who has recently experienced a broken heart from a previous relationship.

The song was written and composed by Eric Martin during his teen years. Raoul contributed to its melodic arrangements later on. Writing credit is also given to David Grahame, a songwriter working for the label at the time (though exactly what contributions each of the three men made to the song is unclear).

In his solo career, Mr. Big guitarist Paul Gilbert performed the song live using the riff from the Van Halen song "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love".

Contents

[edit] History

While in Paul's apartment at Yucca Street in L.A., Eric and Paul were laying out their compositions. Eric had a ballad called "To Be With You". Paul had his psychedelic rock song called "Green Tinted Sixties Mind". Both felt the two songs were strong enough to be included in their upcoming album, despite it being purely rock;[1] and true enough, these songs remained throughout the course of their career as a group and as solo artists.

[edit] Cover versions

Irish pop group Westlife performed the song during the acoustic session of their 2003 Greatest Hits Tour, and it was subsequently included on their Turnaround album later that year.

Australian male vocal group Human Nature included a cover of the song in their 2004 Walk the Tightrope studio album. Their interpretation was somewhat more pop/R&B than the original.

Old Man Gloom performed an acoustic cover of the song titled under the guise of "Gratuitous Bonus Track Made By Sensible Musicians Doing Questionable Things" on their 2003 EP Christmas Eve I and II + 6.

Andrew Spencer has also made dance remixes of the song in late 2007, early 2008. The pop-punk band Allister and Japanese "bilingual melodic punk band" Nicotine have also recorded covers of the song.

The song is also featured in the first act of Rock of Ages.

[edit] Formats and track listings

7" single
  1. "To Be with You" (LP Version) (3:27)
  2. "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" (LP Version) (3:30)
12" maxi
  1. "To Be with You"
  2. "A Little Too Loose" (Live)
  3. "The Drill Song (Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy)" (Live)
  4. "Alive And Kickin'" (Live)
CD maxi
  1. "To Be with You" (3:27)
  2. "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind" (3:30)
  3. "Alive And Kickin'" (5:28)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 1
Dutch Top 40[3] 1
French Singles Chart[2] 10
German Singles Chart[4] 1
Irish Singles Chart[5] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 1
UK Singles Chart[6] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[7] 19

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (1992) Position
Australian Singles Chart[8] 4
Austrian Singles Chart[9] 5
Dutch Top 40[3] 7
Swiss Singles Chart[10] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 12

[edit] End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 90

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified[13]
Germany[14] Gold 1992 250,000
Netherlands[15] Gold 1992 40,000
U.S.[16] Gold February 12, 1992 500,000

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
February 29, 1992- March 14, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams
Preceded by
"Stockholm" by Orup		 Swedish Singles Chart number one single
April 1, 1992 - April 29, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Stay" by Shakespears Sister
Preceded by
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by Elton John and George Michael		 Eurochart Hot 100 number one single
April 4, 1992 - May 9, 1992 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Rhythm is a Dancer" by Snap!
Preceded by
"Human Touch" by Bruce Springsteen		 Norwegian number one single
15/1992 - 22/1992		 Succeeded by
"Das Boot" by U96
Preceded by
"Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers		 Dutch Top 40 number one single
April 25, 1992 - May 16, 1992 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Please Don't Go" by Double You
Preceded by
"Das Boot" by U96		 Swiss number one single
May 3, 1992- June 14, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Jump" by Kris Kross
Preceded by
"Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers		 Australia (ARIA) number one single
May 16, 1992 - 5 June 1992		 Succeeded by
"One In A Million" by Euphoria
Preceded by
"Das Boot" by U96		 Austrian number one single
May 17, 1992 - May 24, 1992		 Succeeded by
"Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.rocksquad.net/eric_martin_interview.htm
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "To Be With You", in various singles charts Australian-charts.com (Retrieved December 15, 2007)
  3. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201992.pdf. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  5. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  6. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  7. ^ a b c Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  8. ^ "1992 Australian Singles Chart". aria. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1992.htm. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  9. ^ "1992 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. http://www.austriancharts.at/1992_single.asp. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  10. ^ "1992 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1992. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  11. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  12. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
  13. ^ "Certification for every country in the world" (pdf). IFPI. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  14. ^ AT LEAST ONE OF artist or title MUST BE PROVIDED for GERMAN CERTIFICATION.
  15. ^ "Dutch certifications, database". Nvpi. http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
  16. ^ "U.S. certifications". Riaa. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 


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