"I Wanna Be With You" or "I Wanna Be With U" is a song written by Lady Gaga in 2013. The first mention of the song came with a tweet on February 10, 2013 which included the lyric: "I would rather be poor and happy than rich and alone". The song was performed at the iTunes Festival and she explained that the song was written when The Born This Way Ball was canceled. While performing "Dope" at the final artRAVE in Paris, Lady Gaga performed a short version of "I Wanna Be With You".