Being with You (song)

"Being with You" is a 1981 song recorded by American singer Smokey Robinson and is the title-track from his Gold-certified album with the same name. The song spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart during the Spring of 1981 and reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, his highest charting solo hit on the Billboard pop charts.

Now let me tell ya about a coincidental relationship between Smokey at #2 and Kim Carnes who's at #1 again this week. Kim's last hit was "More Love", her remake of an old Smokey Robinson hit. Well Smokey liked Kim's version so much that he wrote her another song, but when Smokey's producer heard the demo, he told Smokey, you oughta record it yourself, and that's the song we heard in the #2 position. And how ironic it is that Smokey's recording of the song he'd written for Kim Carnes has been kept out of the #1 spot by a Kim Carnes hit for 3 weeks running. - Casey Kasem, American Top 40

It hit No. 1 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. The track was also a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in June 1981, becoming Robinson's second UK No. 1 single and his first as a solo artist.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia	14
Canada Top Singles	5
Canadian Adult Contemporary	5
France	2
New Zealand	1
UK	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Position
Australia	95
Canada	16
UK	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13
U.S. Cash Box	19

References

Preceded by "Don't Stop the Music" by Yarbrough and Peoples	Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single March 29, 1981 - May 2, 1981	Succeeded by "Sukiyaki" by A Taste of Honey
Preceded by "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants	UK Singles Chart number-one single June 7, 1981 - June 20, 1981	Succeeded by "One Day in Your Life" by Michael Jackson

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics