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"To Be with You"
#1 weeks: 3
weeks: 1992-02-29, 1992-03-07, 1992-03-14
genre: acoustic rock
artist: Mr. Big
album: Lean into It
writers: Eric Martin, David Grahame
producers: Kevin Elson
label:
formats: Cassette, CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
lengths: 3:27

"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 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. Paul 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".

While in Paul's apartment at Yucca Street in L.A., Eric and Paul were laying out their compositions. Eric had this 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; and true enough, these songs remained throughout the course of their career as a group and as solo artists.

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

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

Andrew Spencer has also made dance remixes of the song in late 2007, early 2008. The pop-punk band Allister has also made a cover of the song.