Be with You (Atomic Kitten song)

"Be with You"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Feels So Good
B-side "For Once in My Life"
Released November 25, 2002
Format CD single
Recorded Motor Museum Studios
Genre Pop
Length 3:38 (Be With You)
3:07 (The Last Goodbye)
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) Jeff Lynne, Bjorklund, Hermansen, Lind, Akosua-Therese Poku, Hallgeir Rustan, S.E., Mikkel
Producer StarGate
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)"
(2002)		 "Be with You" / "The Last Goodbye"
(2002)		 "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt"
(2003)

"Be with You" is a song from girl group Atomic Kitten's second studio album, Feels So Good. The song was a big hit in Australia, peaking at #10 and #15 in New Zealand. "Be With You" samples Electric Light Orchestra's song "Last Train to London", using both tune and the lyrics from the chorus, "I really want tonight to last forever. I really want to be with you." The single became Atomic Kitten's fifth best selling single in the United Kingdom, with sales of 182,695, peaking at #2 on the UK Singles Chart in December 2002.[1]

Contents

Track listing

UK CD1

  1. "The Last Goodbye"
  2. "Be With You" (Radio Edit)
  3. "Be With You" (Milky 7" Edit)
  4. "The Last Goodbye" (Video)

UK CD2

  1. "Be With You" (Radio Edit)
  2. "The Last Goodbye"
  3. "For Once In My Life"
  4. "Be With You" (Video)

UK Cassette

  1. "Be With You" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Be With You" (Extended Mix)
  3. "The Last Goodbye" (Soda Club Radio Edit)

Chart performance

The single was a worldwide success, reaching the top 40 in every country where it was released. The single peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart on its first week of release. It stayed on the chart for 12 weeks, and managed to sell 182,695 copies in the UK alone. It is Atomic Kitten's fifth-best-selling single in the UK, after "Whole Again", "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", and "Eternal Flame". The single also was a top 10 hit in The Republic of Ireland, and like the UK, was their fourth-best-selling single there. In New Zealand, the single went straight in at 11, just missing the top 10. Atomic Kitten never promoted their singles in New Zealand, yet went on to have three number ones, four top tens, and 8 top twenties. In other words, all of their singles released in New Zealand peaked in the top 20, with the exception of "Right Now", which only managed to peak at 40. The song was a top 20 hit in The Netherlands and Austria, again, a success, considering they never promoted it over there. Although their lowest charting hit in Denmark, it still managed to peak at 20. Denmark is the only country for every one of Atomic Kitten's singles to reach the top 20. In Germany and Switzerland, the single was a top 30 hit, and in Belgium and Sweden the single was a top 40 hit.

The original version of Be With You was actually by Liverpool based writers, Bionic (Greg Wilson, Tracey Carmen and Martin Foster). In 1999, Martin Foster had the idea and sampled up the instrumental strings and chorus segments to create a sketch of a disco track with the notion of making a club track that could be a hit for seeing in the new millennium. Carmen and Wilson heard the potential in the sketch and collaborated with Foster to take the idea further. The verse lyrics were actually penned by Greg Wilson and, in fact, a third verse was written and never used. Bionic had signed a production deal with Innocent Records and began auditioning a number of female singers to front the single, however it was soon decided that the song would be an ideal disco track for Atomic Kitten and the label had demos mixed by other production teams. In 2002, Innocent Records released two 12" promos featuring remixes of the original Bionic track. Mixes on the discs were by Olav Basovski and MaUVe.

Charts

Chart (2002–03) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[3] 34
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 29
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5] 11
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 18
France (SNEP)[7] 82
Germany (Media Control AG)[8] 36
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[9] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[10]
Double A-side "The Last Goodbye/Be with You"		 5
Italy (FIMI)[11] 32
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 27
New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] 15
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 43
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 39
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[16]
Double A-side "The Last Goodbye/Be with You"		 2

MAX cover version

"Be With You"
Single by MAX
from the album Jewel of Jewels
Released June 30, 2004
Format CD Single
Genre Eurobeat
Length 14:59
Label Avex Trax
Producer Gee & Satoshi Hidaka (GTS)
MAX singles chronology
"Love Screw"
(2003)		 "Be with You"
(2004)		 "Nirai Kanai"
(2005)

"Be with You" is MAX's 27th single and their last on the main avex trax label before the group was moved to the Vision Factory associated avex subsidiary, Sonic Groove. It is a Japanese cover of Atomic Kitten's "Be With You." The song was used as the image song for FamilyMart Dream Match.

Track List

# Title Songwriters Time
1. "Be With You" Keiko Yamamoto, Jeff Lynne 4:10
2. "Don't Lose Yourself" DJ Pine, Yasushi Sasamoto 3:21
3. "Be With You (Instrumental)" Jeff Lynne 4:10
4. "Don't Lose Yourself (Instrumental)" Yasushi Sasamoto 3:20

Personnel and production

Be with You

Don't Lose Yourself

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
June 30, 2004 Oricon Weekly Singles Chart 34[17] 5.104 2 weeks[18]

References

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  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Atomic Kitten – Be with You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Atomic Kitten – Be with You" (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
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  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Atomic Kitten – Be with You" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Atomic Kitten > Chartverfolgung > Single" (in German). Media Control Charts. Phononet GmbH. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Atomic+Kitten/1579/single. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
  9. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Hit Parade Italia – Indice per Interprete: A" (in Italian). Italian Singles Chart. FIMI. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/aa.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 13, 2003" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Atomic Kitten – If You Come to Me". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Atomic Kitten – If You Come to Me". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  15. ^ "Atomic Kitten – If You Come to Me – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  17. ^ "MAX Oricon Music". http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/548223/1/. 
  18. ^ "MAX Oricon Music". http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/548223/1/. 
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Studio albums
Maximum (1996) · Maximum II (1997) · Maximum Groove (1998) · Emotional History (2001) · Jewel of Jewels (2006)
Compilations
Maximum Collection (1999) · Precious Collection 1995–2002 (2002)
Remix albums
Super Eurobeat presents Hyper Euromax (2000) · Maximum Trance (2002) · New Edition: Maximum Hits (2008)
Music Videos
Maximum Clips (1997) · Maximum Clips II (1999) · Precious Clip Collection 1995-2002 (2002) · MAX Best Clips (2002)
Concert tours
J-Pop Gig Tour '97 (1997) · MAX Live Contact 1998 ~Max Up Your Life~ (1998) · MAX Live Contact 1999 ~Sunny Holiday~ (1999) · MAX Live Contact 2000 ~No boundly~ (2000) · MAX Live Contact 2001 ~Bitter 4 Sweet~ (2001) · MAX Presents Live Contact 2009 "New Edition" (2009)
Singles
Koi Suru Velfarre Dance: Saturday Night (1995) · Kiss Me Kiss Me, Baby (1995) · Tora Tora Tora (1996) · Seventies (1996) · Get My Love! (1996) · Give Me a Shake (1997) · Love Is Dreaming (1997) · Shinin'on-Shinin'love (19997) · Hikari no Veil (1998) · Ride on Time (1998) · Grace of My Heart (1998) · Love impact (1999) · Ano Natsu Eto (1999) · Ginga no Chikai (1999) · Isshoni... (1999) · Never Gonna Stop It (2000) · Magic (2000) · Barairo no Hibi (2000) · Always Love (2001) · Perfect Love (2001) · Moonlight (2001) · Feel So Right (2001) · Spring Rain (2002) · Eternal White (2002) · Festa (2003) · Love Screw (2003) · Be With You (2004) · Nirai Kanai (2005) · Anata o Omou Hodo (2005) · Splash Gold: Natsu no Kiseki/Prism of Eyes (2006) · Rough Cut Diamond (2009) · Cat's Eye (2010)
Filmography
Ladies MAX (1996) · Ladies MAX ~Give me a Shake~ (1997) · Sweet Devil (1998) · Churasan 2 (2003) · Star Light (2006) · Churasan 4 (2007)
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