Venice Blue

Venice Blue is a studio album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in May 1965 by Capitol Records. This was his final LP for the label. The album was arranged and conducted by Richard Wess. The album featured a number of arrangements by Ernie Freeman, including two Darin compostions.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated July 10, 1965, and remained on the chart for four weeks, peaking at number 132.

The single from the album, "Venice Blue" bubbled under" Billboard's Hot 100, for its sole week that began in the issue dated April 23, 1965, and peaked at number 130. and number 94 on the Cashbox singles chart and stayed on the chart for three weeks.

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. It was released as one of two albums on one CD also by EMI in 2002, along with Darin's 1964 album, From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie.