I’d Rather Be With You
~ Recording by Bootsy Collins
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:03 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | BS 2920 |
| 1.2 | I'd Rather Be With You | 5:03 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Body Slam! | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 0-29919, 9 29919-0 |
| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:00 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Stretchin’ Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WPCP-3678 |
| 1.5 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy | Bootsy Collins | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 26581-2 |
| 1.5 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy | Bootsy Collins | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7599 26581-2 |
| 1.5 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Back In The Day: The Best Of Bootsy (BMG Direct Edition) | Bootsy Collins | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 2-26581, 9 26581-2, D 105842 |
| 1.8 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72487, R2 72488, R2 72489 |
| 2.5 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | Blaxploitation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD43 |
| 1.8 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Street Jams: Back 2 the Old Skool, Part One | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 72487 |
| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:00 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Stretchin’ Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7599-26334-2 |
| 2.3 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | The Best of Blaxploitation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD109 |
| 1.18 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:56 | Bootsy Collins | Funkology: One Nation Under a Groove! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD033 |
| 1.3 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:00 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Glory B Da' Funk's on Me!: The Bootsy Collins Anthology | Bootsy Collins | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Archives | R2 74276 |
| 1.7 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:56 | Bootsy Collins | Baby Boy: Music From the Motion Picture (explicit) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) | 440 014 276-2 |
| 2.6 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy Collins | Harlem Sessions | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sessions (sublabel of Union Square Music) | SESHDCD203 |
| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy Collins | Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Bootsy Collins | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:00 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Stretchin’ Out In Bootsy's Rubber Band | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Album |
| Collectors’ Choice Music | CCM-845 |
| 22.6 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:55 | Bootsy Collins | Nova 1956-1980 : les racines de Nova | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Nova Records (French reissue production label, by Radio Nova) | 3128692 |
| 1.7 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:56 | Bootsy Collins | Baby Boy (music from the motion picture) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | |
| 1.4 | I’d Rather Be With You | 5:00 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Original Album Series | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8122798333 |
| 1.50 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | The Music of Grand Theft Auto V | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games | |
| 1.10 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | The Music of Grand Theft Auto V, Volume 3: The Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games | |
| 3.10 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:59 | Bootsy Collins | The Music of Grand Theft Auto V (limited edition CD collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Mass Appeal (Nas’s label), Rockstar Games | MSAP0014 |
| 1.15 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | Born and Raised in the 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.45 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | 70s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.45 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy Collins | 50 Greatest Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 4.12 | I’d Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy Collins | Greatest Ever Decade: 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label), Union Square Music | GTST4CDW16 |
| 1.49 | I’d Rather Be with You | 4:57 | Bootsy Collins | Funk & Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.22 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:56 | Bootsy Collins | Funky Basslines | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | [none] |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.13 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:58 | Bootsy’s Rubber Band | Classic Funk Songwriter Spotlight Series | Bootsy Collins | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Publishing Group | UMPG201 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.6 | I'd Rather Be With You | 4:55 | Bootsy Collins | Snoop Classics | Various Artists | Compilation |
| Nocturne | TN004 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Jim Vitti |
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| producer: | George Clinton (US funk musician) William Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) |
| horn arranger: | Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) Fred Wesley |
| arranger: | Bootsy (US funk musician & songwriter) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) |
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| sampled by: | Freak Like Me by Adina Howard Ratha Be Ya Nigga (explicit) by 2Pac (US rapper) feat. Richie Rich (415 member & Death Row rapper Richard Serrell) |
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| purchase for download: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1655225871 [info] |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/2eSJDvmUazqw2HpeRTCNQw [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/7379429 [info] |
| streaming page: | https://music.apple.com/gb/song/1655225871 [info] https://tidal.com/track/36405304 [info] |
| recording of: | I’d Rather Be With You |
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Related works
I’d Rather Be With You
| writer: | George Clinton (US funk musician) Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) Gary “Mudbone” Cooper |
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| is the basis for: | Freak Like Me (Adina Howard) |
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