When We Are Together

"When We Are Together"
Single by Texas
from the album The Hush
Released	15 November 1999 (1999-11-15)[1]
Studio	Shar's house Park Lane (Glasgow, Scotland)
Length	3:23
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Johnny McElhone Sharleen Spiteri
Producer(s)	Johnny Mac
Texas singles chronology
"Summer Son" (1999) "When We Are Together" (1999) "In Demand" (2000)

"When We Are Together" is a song by Scottish band Texas from their fifth studio album, The Hush (1999). It was released as the third and final single from the album on 15 November 1999. The song debuted and peaked at No. 12 in the United Kingdom and spent nine weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and it became a top-20 hit in Finland, where it reached No. 17.

Track listings

• UK CD1 (MERCD 525)^[2]

1. "When We Are Together" (The Together Mix)
2. "In Our Lifetime" (Live at Barrowlands)
3. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (live at the Brits featuring Method Man)
4. "When We Are Together" (the video)

• UK CD2 (MERDD 525)^[3]

1. "When We Are Together" (The Together Mix)
2. "When We Are Together" (Jules Club Together Remix)
3. "Summer Son" ("The Euro Bootleg")

• UK cassette single and European CD single (MERCH 525; 562 525-2)^[4][5]

1. "When We Are Together" (The Together Mix)
2. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (live at the Brits featuring Method Man)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from The Hush album booklet.^[6]

Studios

• Recorded at Shar's house and Park Lane (Glasgow, Scotland)
• Mixed at the Mix Suite, Olympic Studios (London, England)

Personnel

• Texas – all instruments, programming
  • Johnny McElhone – writing, production (as Johnny Mac), string arrangement
  • Sharleen Spiteri – writing
  • Eddie Campbell – string arrangement
  • Ally McErlaine
• Giuliano Gizzi – additional guitar
• Emma Kerr – strings
• Rachel England – strings
• Dervilagh Cooper – strings
• Susan Dance – strings
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999–2000) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7] 15 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 48 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 17 Germany (GfK)[10] 71 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 89 Scotland (OCC)[12] 7 UK Singles (OCC)[13] 12

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position UK Airplay (Music Week)[14] 45

References

1. "New Releases – For Week Starting 15 November, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 November 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
2. When We Are Together (UK CD1 liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 1999. MERCD 525, 562 517-2.
3. When We Are Together (UK CD2 liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 1999. MERDD 525, 562 518-2.
4. When We Are Together (UK cassette single sleeve). Texas. Mercury Records. 1999. MERCH 525, 562 526-2.
5. When We Are Together (European CD single liner notes). Texas. Mercury Records. 1999. 562 525-2).
6. The Hush (UK CD album sleeve). Texas. Mercury Records. 1999. 538 972-2.
7. "Texas – When We Are Together" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 49. 4 December 1999. p. 11. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
9. "Texas: When We Are Together" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
10. "Texas – When We Are Together" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
11. "Texas – When We Are Together" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
12. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
13. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
14. "Most Broadcast of 1999: Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music Week. 22 January 2000. p. 31. Retrieved 24 April 2022.