Venice Blue is a studio album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in May 1965 by Capitol Records.

[3] Venice Blue was released in the United Kingdom as I Wanna Be Around with a slightly altered cover using the same photo.

A compilation CD was released by Capitol’s parent company EMI in 1999 including You’re the Reason I’m Living and I Wanna Be Around.

[4] In his AllMusic review, critic JT Griffith wrote "Venice Blue is not a dramatic departure for Bobby Darin, but a solid collection nonetheless.

"[5] Billboard notes "Darin sings and swings his heart out and proves there are furture standards being written"[7] [8]