I Will Be with You

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"I Will Be With You"
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Single by T'Pau
from the album Bridge Of Spies
B-side "Still So in Love"
Released20 June 1988 [1]
Genre Pop
Length4:05
Label Siren Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
T'Pau singles chronology
"Sex Talk (Live)"
(1988)		"I Will Be With You"
(1988)		"Secret Garden"
(1988)

"I Will Be With You" is a song by British band T'Pau, released in 1988 from the seventh and final single from their debut studio album, Bridge of Spies (1987). [2] It was written by Carol Decker and Ron Rogers, and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. "I Will Be with You" reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the charts for six weeks. [3] The 7" single cover picture is a still of Carol Decker taken from the music video to the track, "Bridge of Spies", which had preceeded the release of "I Will Be With You" in some international territories.

Contents

A music video was filmed to promote the single. [4] The single's B-side, "Still So in Love", was exclusive to the single. The 12" single contained the exclusive track "Thank You For Goodbye Rides Again", which was a re-working of the Bridge of Spies track "Thank You For Goodbye". The CD single bonus track "Walk Away Rene" featured Rogers on lead vocals. [5]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Pan-European magazine Music & Media described the song as "a rock ballad that shows off Carol Decker's voice well" and "a big, overblown pop song that will undoubtedly do well". [6] Tim Nicholson of Record Mirror was critical of the song and predicated a commercial decline for the band. He wrote, "I am pleased to report that this is even duller than the last T'Pau record". [7]

Track listing

7-inch single

  1. "I Will Be with You" - 4:05
  2. "Still So in Love" - 3:25

12-inch single

  1. "I Will Be with You" - 4:05
  2. "Thank You For Goodbye Rides Again" - 4:10
  3. "Still So in Love" - 3:25

CD single

  1. "I Will Be with You" - 4:05
  2. "Still So in Love" - 3:25
  3. "Thank You For Goodbye Rides Again" - 4:10
  4. "Walk Away Rene" - 3:45

Personnel

T'Pau

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [8] 15
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 14

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References

  1. ↑ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 18 June 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 24 June 2022– via World Radio History.
  2. ↑ "T'Pau - I Will Be With You at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  3. 1 2 "T'PAU | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  4. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : T'Pau - I Will Be With You. YouTube .
  5. ↑ "T'Pau - I Will Be With You (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  6. ↑ "Previews: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 9 July 1988. p. 13. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Nicholson, Tim (25 June 1988). "45". Record Mirror . p. 29. ISSN   0144-5804.
  8. ↑ Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
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