If You Were with Me Now

"If You Were with Me Now"
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
Format
Recorded London, England
Genre
Length 3:11
Label PWL
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mike Stock
  • Pete Waterman
Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington singles chronology
"Word Is Out"
(1991)		 "If You Were with Me Now"
(1991)		 "Keep on Pumpin' It"
(1991)

"If You Were with Me Now" is a pop 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]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "If You Were with Me Now".

CD single

  1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
  2. "I Guess I Like It like That" – 5:59
  3. "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:06

Australian CD single

  1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
  2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:42
  3. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00

New Zealand cassette single

  1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
  2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (7") – 3:42

UK vinyl single

  1. "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:11
  2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00

Australian 12" single

  1. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00
  2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:30
  3. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10

The Australian 12" single had "I Guess I Like It Like That" as the A-side. This resulted in a large club hit for many years. As "I Guess I Like It Like That" was only released on 12" record as an A-side, it failed to make an impact on the ARIA chart.

Live performances

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tour:

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 23
Eurochart Hot 100[3] 18
German Singles Chart[4] 61
Irish Singles Chart[5] 7
Slovenian Singles Chart[6] 3
South African Singles Chart[7] 10
UK Singles Chart[8] 4

References

External links

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