Alone with You (Texas song)

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"Alone with You"
Alone With You (Texas song).jpg
Single by Texas
from the album Mothers Heaven
B-side "Down in Battlefield"
Released27 January 1992 (1992-01-27) [1]
Length4:44
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
Producer(s) Tim Palmer
Texas singles chronology
"In My Heart"
(1991)
"Alone with You"
(1992)
"Mothers Heaven"
(1992)

"Alone with You" is the third and final single from Scottish band Texas' second album, Mothers Heaven (1991). It returned the band to the UK Singles Chart top 40 for the first time since 1989, reaching number 32. The song also reached number 28 in France, where it was released in late 1991.

Contents

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single [2] [3]

  1. "Alone with You"
  2. "Down in Battlefield"

UK CD1 [4]

  1. "Alone with You"
  2. "Why Believe in You"
  3. "Everyday Now"
  4. "I Don't Want a Lover"

UK CD2 [5]

  1. "Alone with You"
  2. "Can't Get Next to You" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
  3. "What Goes On" (Lou Reed)
  4. "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Steven Adler, Duff McKagan, Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, Slash)

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [6] 28
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 32

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