I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
~ Recording by Michael McDonald
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | I Keep Forgettin' | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | I Keep Forgettin' | Michael McDonald | Single |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 7-29933 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 9 23703-1 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-149 |
| 1.5 | I Keep Forgettin' | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Sweet Freedom | Michael McDonald | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 241 049-2 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 23703-2 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 923 703-2 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:43 | Michael McDonald | Body Talk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCD4554/R138-18, OPCD4554R138-18 |
| 2.1 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Forever ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | A2-25069 |
| 1.8 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | Sounds of the Eighties: 1982 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music | A-25258, R988-05 |
| 2.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | Very Best of the 80’s, Volume 5 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-33292-2 |
| 1.15 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:43 | Michael McDonald | Only Rock ’n’ Roll 1980-1984 #1 Radio Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JCI | 3170 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Body Talk: Moonlit Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R834-03 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Body Talk: Moonlit Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R836-03 |
| 1.7 | I Keep Forgettin' | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | California Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest | |
| 2.4 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Body + Soul: Slow Caress | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2786, R794-13 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Time 100, Volume 2: The Music of Our Lives 1980–1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | WTVD 38066 |
| 2.1 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Singers and Songwriters: 1980-1982 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2788, R812-07 |
| 1.5 | I Keep Forgettin' (Everytime You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Voice of Michael McDonald | Michael McDonald | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-73530-2 |
| 1.1 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Easy Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin' (Everytime You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Easy Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | OPCD-1974 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Very Best of Michael McDonald | Michael McDonald | Album + Compilation |
| R2 76649 | |
| 1.10 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Body + Soul: Smooth + Silky | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R794-23 |
| 1.14 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Body Talk: Magic Moments | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL BYC/09 |
| 1.16 | I Keep Forgetting (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Me gusta conducir | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Spain | |
| 2.11 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Melodies: The Best of AOR | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (Germany) | WPCR-11640, WPCR-11641 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Best of Lite FM | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Records | 50565 |
| 3.9 | I Keep Forgetting’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | The Ultimate All Time Classic Tearjerkers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music UK (formerly Warner Records Ltd., a branch of WEA International), Warner Strategic Marketing | WSMCD192 |
| 1.4 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Classic Soul Ballads: Nite and Day | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 19981-2, OPCD-8556 |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Ultimate Collection | Michael McDonald | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73167 |
| 2.15 | I Keep Forgettin' | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Body & Soul: Sweet Embrace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL BAS/10 |
| 1.10 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Classic Soft Rock: California Dreamin' | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | Our Definition of Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Diesel Music AB | RÖDC-4 |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | Sex and Soul | Moog-ly | Album + Compilation |
| Wagram Music (imprint/distributor) | WAG 329 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | 23703 |
| 1.41 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) (remastered) | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | My Perfect List: 60 titres annees 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music France | |
| 2.19 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Absolute Soft Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | EVACD 4125 |
| 1.1 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Easy ’80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 25719-D |
| 3.6 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | La Collection Georges Lang | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| WEA France | |
| 3.6 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | La Collection Georges Lang | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.21 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:33 | The Doobie Brothers | Live at The Greek Theater | The Doobie Brothers | Album + Live |
| Eagle Records (division of Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd.), Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited (not for release label use!) | |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | LateNightTales Presents Music for Pleasure (unmixed + dj-mix) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + DJ-mix | LateNightTales, Night Time Stories Ltd. (holding company - file NO releases here!) | ||
| 1.34 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) (2012 remaster) | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Take On Me: 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music UK (formerly Warner Records Ltd., a branch of WEA International) | |
| 2.14 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 5310547135 |
| 1.2 | Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Yacht Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5352091 |
| 1.5 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:39 | Michael McDonald | AOR Breaks: Original Classics As Sampled By Hip Hop's Finest | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Festival Records (Australian) | FEST601032 |
| 1.17 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:43 | Michael McDonald | American Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295972011 |
| 1.17 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | American Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.46 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 1.4 | I Keep Forgetting | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Cuts | Michael McDonald | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | I Keep Forgetting | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | Discobaar A Moeder: Swaffelrock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 537.866-6 |
| 1.41 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) (remastered) | 3:38 | Michael McDonald | Smooth Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 1.45 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Greatest Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label) | ||
| 3.5 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Greatest Eighties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.36 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.41 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 2.10 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:37 | Michael McDonald | West Coast Sound California Georges Lang | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Marketing (France) | 9029551847 |
| 1.54 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 100 Greatest Shower Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.34 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Classics 80s Pop 80s Bangers 80s Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | American Soft Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 2.15 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Ultimate Singalong: The Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Union Square Music | ULTIM5CDW11 |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Soft Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.24 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever.. | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.45 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80 Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.38 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.21 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Take On Me: 80s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.84 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Top 100 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.1 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Absolute Yacht Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | X5 Music Group | ||
| 7.10 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | The Best of Soft Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 33491-D |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | What’s Love Got to Do With It: 80s Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.11 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80’s Pop Heroes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.32 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Romantic Moments | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.3 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Radio Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.4 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80s Top Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.13 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | All Time Radio Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.5 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Good Mood | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.24 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 100 Greatest Soft Rock Anthems Ever.. | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:37 | Michael McDonald | NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | B0032019-02 |
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:37 | Michael McDonald | NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Relax and Unwind: Chilled Pop Throwback Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.32 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Smooth Rock: Yacht Rock, Easy Listening and Rock Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.8 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | She’s Gone: 100 Yacht Rock Supreme | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.15 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80's Radio Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.55 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 100 Greatest 80s: Ultimate 80s Throwback Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.53 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 80er Pop Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.34 | I Keep Forgettin (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | 100 Greatest Driving Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X5 Music Group | |
| 1.13 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Classic Soft Rock: California Dreamin' | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 8.10 | I Keep Forgettin' | 3:41 | Michael McDonald | Electric 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.2 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:44 | Michael McDonald | If That's What It Takes | Michael McDonald | Album | Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 23703-2 | |
| 1.21 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:32 | The Doobie Brothers | Live at the Greek Theater 1982 | The Doobie Brothers | Album + Live |
| earMUSIC Classics | |
| 2.2 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Rock & Romance Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary) | |
| 1.10 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | The Power of Love: Hearts on Fire | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Time–Life Music | TL629/32 | |
| 1.1 | I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) | 3:43 | Michael McDonald | Ultimate Love Songs Collection: Love Is... You! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
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| 1.6 | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) | 3:42 | Michael McDonald | Cosmopolitan, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sandstone Music, Warner Special Products | D2-33047-2, OPCD-1615 |
| 1.15 | I Keep Forgettin’ | 3:40 | Michael McDonald | Les incontournables des années 80, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| producer: | Ted Templeman Lenny Waronker |
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| bass guitar: | Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| clavinet: | Greg Phillinganes |
| drums (drum set): | Jeff Porcaro |
| guitar: | Steve Lukather |
| Rhodes piano, synthesizer and lead vocals: | Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer) |
| background vocals: | Maureen McDonald (backing vocalist, sister of Michael McDonald) |
| sampled by: | not in love anymore by b a k m a h n Regulate (explicit) by Warren G feat. Nate Dogg |
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| recording of: | I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near) |
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Related works
I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)
| writer: | Jerry Leiber Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer) Ed Sanford Mike Stoller |
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| version of: | I Keep Forgettin’ |
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| is the basis for: | Kiss Is Spittin’ Not in Love Regulate Regulate (Jammin’ remix) |