I Wanna Be Around... is a 1963 album by singer Tony Bennett.

5[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated March 16, 1963, and remained on the chart for in a total of 63 weeks, peaking at 2[5] The album was released on compact disc by Columbia Records in 1995 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Bennett's breakthrough studio album from June 1962, I Left My Heart in San Francisco.

[6] On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.

[7] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said "there were also some excellent arrangements, including a percussion-and-flute reading of "Let's Face the Music and Dance" that echoed the Beat of My Heart album and a nod to the South American trend with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Quiet Nights (Corcovado).

"[2] Billboard gave the album a positive reviews, saying "He sings 'em all with the great heart ad warmth"[8] Variety gave a positive reviews, saying "Bennett gives each song substance with his dramtic balladerring help occasion by The Ralph Sharon Trio and always by the orch and arranging supplied by Mark Manning"[9] Bonus tracks on CD reissue (all taken from the album "This Is All I Ask"): Recorded March 16, 1962 (#5), October 19, 1962 (#2–4, 6–9), December 19, 1962 (#1, 10–11), April 22, 1963 (#12, 17), April 24, 1963 (#14–15), April 26, 1963 (#13, 16, 18)