If You Were with Me Now
| "If You Were with Me Now" | ||||
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| Single by Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington | ||||
| from the album Let's Get to It | ||||
| B-side | "I Guess I Like It Like That" | |||
| Released | 21 October 1991 | |||
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| Recorded | London, England | |||
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| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | PWL | |||
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| Kylie Minogue singles chronology | ||||
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| Keith Washington singles chronology | ||||
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"If You Were with Me Now" is a Song written by British songwriting team Stock and Waterman, Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue and American R&B singer Keith Washington for Minogue's fourth studio album Let's Get to It (1991). The song was produced by Stock and Waterman.
It was released as the second single in the autumn of 1991 due to a favourable reaction from radio stations and reached number four in the UK and the top ten in Ireland and South Africa as well as the top thirty in Australia. The song is Minogue's first hit single to feature her as a co-writer.
Both Minogue and Washington recorded their vocals at separate times at Stock Aitken and Waterman's studio in London. Subsequently, the two had not met until the music video filming. Curiously, at no moment of the video do they appear together, and there are no obvious signs that the scenes of each of them were recorded at the same location.
Critical reception
Digital Spy's Nick Levine called the track a "slushy duet."[1] Writing Minogue's biography for her special on Australian music video programme Rage, they called the song one of the "richly beautiful ballads."[2]
Formats and track listings
CD single
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
- "I Guess I Like It like That" – 5:59
- "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:06
Australian CD single
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:42
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00
New Zealand cassette single
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" (7") – 3:42
UK vinyl single
- "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:11
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00
Australian 12" single
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:30
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
Charts
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] | 23 |
| Eurochart Hot 100[4] | 18 |
| German Singles Chart[4] | 61 |
| Irish Singles Chart[4] | 7 |
| Slovenian Singles Chart[4] | 3 |
| South African Singles Chart[4] | 10 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 4 |
References
- ↑ Nick Levine (22 May 2010). "Music The Sound - Kylie: Revisited #4: 'Let's Get To It". Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ↑ Staff writer(s) (3 August 2002). "Kylie Minogue Special". Rage. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "australian-charts.com - Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington - If You Were With Me Now". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "SloKylie.com :: Slovenian Kylie Site - If You Were With Me Now". Archived from the original on 9 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "ChartArchive - Kylie Minogue And Keith Washington - If You Were With Me Now". archive.is. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
