I Wanna Get Next to You
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"I Wanna Get Next to You" | |
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B-side | "Sunrise / Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" |
I Wanna Get Next to You is a Grammy Award-nominated R&B/Soul written and produced by Motown songwriter Norman Whitfield, and most famously sung by American R&B music group Rose Royce.
The song talks about how a narrator pleads love for a beautiful woman, e:xcept that the young woman is unkind, and does not understand his affection for her.
The song debuted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1977, becoming the group's first R&B single to chart on the Top 10, and at #1 on the R&B charts.