I'll Be Around

About I'll Be Around

"I'll Be Around" is a song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK). The song was co-written by Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt and produced by Bell. The lyrics of the song have the narrator (Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith), pledging his devotion and love to a lover that has just left him for another while at the same time holding out hope that she or he will return to him ("There's always a chance, a tiny spark will remain/And sparks turn into flames/And love can burn once again. .

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About this song

Credited to

The Spinners

Album

The Very Best of the Spinners · Track 1 of 15 · Opens the album

Released

June 12, 2007

Duration

3:08

Ranking

#3 most played The Spinners track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

340,560 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: The Very Best of the Spinners