Sheriff – When I'm With You Lyrics - Genius

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When I’m With You Lyrics

“When I’m With You” was written by Sherrif’s keyboardist Arnold Lanni after meeting & falling in love with Valeri Brown. The song first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983, peaking at #61. Due to the… Read More I never needed loveLike I need youAnd I never lived for nobodyBut I live for youOooh, babeLost in love is whatI feel when I'm with youMaybe it's the way you touch meWith the warmth of a sunMaybe it's the way you smileI come all undoneOooh, babeLost in love is whatI feel when I'm with youBaby, ooh, I get chillsWhen I'm with you, ohOh, baby, my world stands stillWhen I'm with youWhen I'm with youI never cared for nobodyLike I care for youAnd I never wantedTo share the things I want to share with youYou might also likeOooh, babeLost in love is whatI feel when I'm with youBaby, oohI get chillsWhen I'm with you, oh...Oh, baby, my world stands stillWhen I'm with youWhen I'm with youWhoa, oh, oh.....Baby, oohI get chillsWhen I'm with you, oh...Oh, baby, my world stands stillWhen I'm with youWhen I'm with youWhen I'm with youEmbedCancel

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“When I’m With You” was written by Sherrif’s keyboardist Arnold Lanni after meeting & falling in love with Valeri Brown.

The song first charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983, peaking at #61. Due to the low performance of the song, Sheriff later disbanded in 1985.

In 1988, Brian Phillips (a program director at KDWB in Minneapolis) began playing the song and other national radio stations followed suit as well and because of it, Capitol Records re-released the song as a single.

The re-release of “When I’m With You” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary for a week in February of 1989.

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Arnold Lanni wrote the song after meeting & falling in love with Valeri Brown:

I sat down, put my coffee on the piano, tinkled some ivories, and four minutes later 80 percent of the song was written. On Valentine’s Day I played the song for Valeri and said, “I don’t have anything, this is all I can give you right now. It’s yours. Valeri loved the song; two years later she married me.

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