I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)

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"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"
Single by Michael McDonald
from the album If That's What It Takes
B-side	"Losin' End"
Released	August 1982
Recorded	Warner Bros. Recording Studio (North Hollywood, California)
Genre	Quiet storm[1] R&B[2]
Length	3:39
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Michael McDonald Ed Sanford Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller
Producer(s)	Ted Templeman Lenny Waronker
Michael McDonald singles chronology
"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" (1982) "I Gotta Try" (1982)

"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" (also known as "I Keep Forgettin'") is a 1982 song by American singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, from his debut album If That's What It Takes (1982). It was written by McDonald and Ed Sanford. Released as a single, it peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Singles charts, #7 R&B and #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Similarity to Chuck Jackson's 1962 song "I Keep Forgettin'", composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, resulted in Leiber and Stoller also being given a songwriting credit for the song.