If You Were with Me Now
{{Short description|1991 single by Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = If You Were with Me Now
| cover = Kylie Minogue - If You Were with Me Now.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington
| album = Let's Get to It
| B-side = I Guess I Like It Like That
| released = {{start date|1991|10|21|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-10-19.pdf |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=Music Week |page=19 |date=19 October 1991 |access-date=12 July 2021}}
| recorded =
| studio = PWL (London, England)
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=11}}
| label = {{hlist|Mushroom (Australia)|PWL (Europe)}}
| writer = {{hlist|Mike Stock|Kylie Minogue|Pete Waterman|Keith Washington}}
| producer = {{hlist|Mike Stock|Pete Waterman}}
| chronology = Kylie Minogue
| prev_title = Word Is Out
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Keep on Pumpin' It
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Keith Washington
| type = singles
| prev_title = Are You Still in Love with Me
| prev_year = 1991
| title = If You Were with Me Now
| year = 1991
| next_title = Make Time for Love
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|OSK71HZOTi4|"If You Were with Me Now"}}}}
}}
"If You Were with Me Now" is a song by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue and American R&B singer Keith Washington. It was written by Minogue, Washington, and British songwriting team Mike Stock and Pete Waterman for Minogue's fourth studio album, Let's Get to It (1991). The song was produced by Stock and Waterman. The song was released as the second single on 21 October 1991 by Mushroom Records and PWL Records. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, as well as the top 10 in Ireland and the top 30 in Australia. The song is Minogue's first hit single to feature her as a co-writer.
Critical reception
Digital Spy's Nick Levine called the track a "slushy duet".{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a221188/kylie-revisited-4-lets-get-to-it.html#~po5OWvFZnWB5bA|title=Music The Sound - Kylie: Revisited #4: 'Let's Get To It|author=Nick Levine|work=Digital Spy|date=22 May 2010|access-date=12 September 2015}} Betty Page from NME wrote, "As for "If You Were Here with Me Now", well, I predict the world will be hearing an awful lot of this, probably around Christmas. It's a duet with 'mystery singer' Keith Washington, who sounds like Son Of Lionel but could be helping Kylie to be the Big American Hit. It's oozingly schmaltzy and is probably a brilliant career move."{{cite magazine|first=Betty|last=Page|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52469152061/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=12 October 1991|page=35|access-date=2 May 2023}} Writing Minogue's biography for her special on Australian music video programme Rage, they called the song one of the "richly beautiful ballads".{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2002/kylie.htm|title=Kylie Minogue Special|author=Staff writer(s)|date=3 August 2002|work=Rage|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=15 September 2015}} In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald ranked the song as Minogue's 178th best song (out of 183), adding that sounds like "a play for the Aladdin soundtrack".{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/every-kylie-minogue-song-ranked-170-1-20230906-p5e2dk.html |title=Every Kylie Minogue song ranked |first1=Robert |last1=Moran |first2=Annabel |last2=Ross |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 September 2023 |issn=0312-6315 |place=Sydney |accessdate=28 February 2024}}
Track listings
- Australian and UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Were with Me Now|others=Kylie Minogue, Keith Washington|year=1992|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=D11096}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Were with Me Now|others=Kylie Minogue, Keith Washington|year=1991|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Pete Waterman Entertainment|id=PWCD 208}}
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 5:59
- "If You Were with Me Now" (extended version) – 5:06
- Australian and UK cassette single, UK 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Were with Me Now|others=Kylie Minogue, Keith Washington|year=1992|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Mushroom Records|id=C11096}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Were with Me Now|others=Kylie Minogue, Keith Washington|year=1991|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Pete Waterman Entertainment|id=PWMC 208}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Were with Me Now|others=Kylie Minogue, Keith Washington|year=1991|type=UK 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Pete Waterman Entertainment|id=PWL 208}}
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 3:30
- "If You Were with Me Now" – 5:06
- "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 5:59
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Australia|23|artist=Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|31|artist=Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}} |
| scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-11-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=47|page=27|date=23 November 1991|access-date=12 July 2021}}
| 18 |
| {{single chart|Germany|61|artist=Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|songid=10238|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|7|artist=Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|rowheader=true|access-date=20 January 2020}} |
| scope="row"|Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg){{cite web |url= http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=Kylie+Minogue&ChSong= |title=Radio Luxembourg Singles |publisher=umdmusic.com|access-date=27 April 2025}}
|align="center"|3 |
| scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1991/week-50|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 50, 1991|lang=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=25 March 2023}}
|9 |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|56|artist=Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}} |
| {{single chart|UK|4|date=19911116|artist=Kylie Minogue & Keith Washington|song=If You Were with Me Now|rowheader=true|access-date=20 February 2018}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=1991 Top 100 Singles|magazine=Music Week|publisher=Spotlight Publications|location=London, England|page=20|date=11 January 1992}}
| 91 |
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References
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{{Kylie Minogue singles}}
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Category:Keith Washington songs
Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Mushroom Records singles
Category:Pete Waterman Entertainment singles
Category:Songs written by Keith Washington
Category:Songs written by Kylie Minogue