I Want You Around

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"I Want You Around"
Snoh Aalegra- I Want You Around.jpg
Single by Snoh Aalegra
from the album Ugh, Those Feels Again
Released18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)
Genre R&B
Length3:32 (original or remix)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Snoh Nowrozi
  • Marcus James
  • Andrew Joseph Gradwohl
  • Milton Eugene Lilly
  • Philip Anthony Coleman
  • Robert Watson
Producer(s)
  • Cam O'bi
  • Dee Lilly
[1]
Snoh Aalegra singles chronology
"Out of Your Way"
(2018)
"I Want You Around"
(2019)
"You"
(2019)

"I Want You Around" (stylized as I want you around) is a song by Swedish-Iranian singer and songwriter Snoh Aalegra, released as the second single from her second studio album Ugh, Those Feels Again (2019). The song was written by Aalegra and Marcus James and it was produced by Cam O'bi and Rob Holladay. It was released on 18 February 2019. On November 1, 2019, a remix of "I Want You Around" featuring American singer and rapper 6lack was released to mixed reviews from critics. [2]

Contents

"I Want You Around" reached number 1 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart. [3]

Music video

The music video for "I Want You Around" was directed by Alexander Black and aided by I.P.W. The music video shows Aalegra with rapper, A$AP Twelvyy spending time in a romantic day together and wrapped up in each other's arms and sharing moments at home and on the road. [4]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Silver200,000
United States (RIAA) [6] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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