Being with You (1981) Songwriting Credits — Smokey Robinson

Authorship Breakdown 4 / 8 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Every track is scored by writing credit — whether Smokey Robinson carries a lyricist or composer credit.

50%

4 trackswritten by Smokey Robinson 4 tracksoutside writers

Smokey Robinson's roles on this album

Share of the 8 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist50%

Composer50%

Producer100%

Performer0%

By the Numbers

8

Tracks

5

Lyricists

2

Producers

1981

Released

Being with You is the fifth solo studio album by Smokey Robinson, released in February 1981 on Tamla/Motown and produced by Smokey Robinson and George Tobin. The album was Robinson's greatest commercial success as a solo artist, driven by the title track, a lush, tender ballad that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his first pop chart-topper in fifteen years. The song's warm arrangement and Robinson's still-extraordinary falsetto demonstrated that his voice remained one of pop music's most distinctive and beloved instruments well into the 1980s. The album reached the top five on the Billboard 200 and demonstrated that Robinson's artistry transcended the era-specific concerns of contemporary R&B. Being with You is a late-career triumph that introduced Smokey Robinson to an entirely new generation of listeners while reminding older fans why they had loved him for two decades.

Track Listing & Credits 8 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers

#	Title	Lyricist(s)	Composer(s)	Producer(s)
1	Being with You	Smokey Robinson	Smokey Robinson	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
2	Food For Thought	Smokey Robinson	Smokey Robinson	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
3	If You Wanna Make Love (Come 'Round Here)	Smokey Robinson	Smokey Robinson	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
4	Who's Sad	Gary GoetzmanMike Piccirillo	Gary GoetzmanMike Piccirillo	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
5	Can't Fight Love	Gary GoetzmanMike Piccirillo	Gary GoetzmanMike Piccirillo	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
6	You Are Forever	Smokey Robinson	Smokey Robinson	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
7	As You Do	Peter Kingsbery	Peter Kingsbery	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin
8	I Hear The Children Singing	Forest Hairston	Forest Hairston	Smokey RobinsonGeorge Tobin