That's When I Think of You

"That's When I Think of You"
Single by 1927
from the album ...ish
B-side	"Alright" "The Mess"
Released	4 July 1988 (1988-07-04)
Length	3:40
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Garry Frost, Eric Weideman
Producer(s)	Charles Fisher
1927 singles chronology
"That's When I Think of You" (1988) "If I Could" (1988)
Music video
"That's When I Think of You" on YouTube

"That's When I Think of You" is a song by Australian pop rock band 1927. The song was released on 4 July 1988 as their debut single and peaked at number six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. In May 1989, the song reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also charted at number 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 55 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart in August 1989.

The track won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 and was nominated for Single of the Year and Producer of the Year, losing to "Under the Milky Way" by the Church and "Age of Reason" by John Farnham, respectively. ^[1]

Background

1927 formed in Melbourne in 1987 as a pop rock band with James Barton on drums, Bill Frost on bass guitar, his brother Garry Frost (ex-Moving Pictures) on guitar and keyboards, and Eric Weideman on lead vocals and guitar. ^[2] After a year of vainly seeking a recording contract, 1927 were signed mid-1988 by WEA.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Garry Frost and Eric Weideman except where noted.

7-inch single ^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's When I Think of You"		3:40
2.	"Alright"	Frost	3:45

12-inch single ^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's When I Think of You" (extended version)		5:25
2.	"That's When I Think of You"		3:40
3.	"The Mess"	Frost	2:35

European mini-CD single ^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's When I Think of You"
2.	"Willing and Able"	Frost
3.	"Alright"	Frost
4.	"That's When I Think of You" (extended version)

Charts

Weekly chart Chart (1988–1989) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [6] 6 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [7] 55 UK Singles (OCC) [8] 46 US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 100

Year-end chart Chart (1988) Position Australia (ARIA) [10] 40 Australian Artist (ARIA) [10] 7

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Australia	4 July 1988	7-inch vinyl	WEA	[11]
United Kingdom	11 March 1989	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl		[12]
Japan	25 September 1989	CD		[13]

References

1. "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year: 3rd Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 June 2012.
2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN   1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
3. That's When I Think of You (Australian 7-inch single vinyl disc). 1927. WEA Records. 1988. 7-257966.
4. That's When I Think of You (Australian 12-inch single vinyl disc). 1927. WEA Records. 1988. 0.257966.
5. That's When I Think of You (European mini-CD single liner notes). 1927. WEA Records, Trafalgar. 1989. YZ351CD, 257 615-2.
6. "1927 – That's When I Think of You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6421." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
9. "1927 Chart History". Billboard . Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
10. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1988". ARIA . Retrieved 17 January 2016.
11. "Australian Music Report No 727 – 4 July 1988 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report . Retrieved 26 March 2019– via Imgur.
12. "New Singles". Music Week . 11 March 1989. p. 35.
13. "そんな時君のことを想い出す | 1927" [That's When I Think of You | 1927] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 5 September 2023.