"Be With You" is a song by The Bangles

The Bangles

The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.-Formation and early years :...

. Taken from their third album Everything

Everything (The Bangles album)

-The Bangles:*Susanna Hoffs: Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Percussion*Vicki Peterson: Lead & Backing Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Mandolin, Multi-Instruments*Michael Steele: Bass, Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars, Percussion, Multi-Instruments...

(1988), it was released as a single in 1989.

Credits

The song was composed by drummer Debbi Peterson

Debbi Peterson

Deborah Mary 'Debbi' Peterson is the younger sister of Vicki Peterson, and the drummer of the all-girl group, The Bangles...

 and Walter Iglehart, and produced by Davitt Sigerson

Davitt Sigerson

Davitt Sigerson is an American novelist whose first career was in the music business. Sigerson was a record producer, singer, songwriter, record company executive, and journalist.He went to school and Oxford University in the UK...

. Peterson sang lead vocals on the song, one of the only two A-sides upon which she did so. The track was remixed by Chris Lord-Alge

Chris Lord-Alge

Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....

 for the single release. This is also their third consecutive Billboard Top 40 hit single written by at least one band member. The song reached #30 on Billboard in June 1989, becoming the last one to hit the charts, a situation that contributed more to the group's dissolution months later.

Single

In the UK its primary B-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

 was "Let It Go" (from Different Light

Different Light

Different Light is an album by The Bangles released in January 1986. It is their best known album, with a Top 5 hit single and a No. 1 hit. The album's Top 40 sound was a departure from their earlier 60s-style sound...

). The CD and 12" releases also included an extended version of In Your Room

In Your Room (The Bangles song)

"In Your Room" is a 1988 song by American rock group The Bangles, written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. The song was released as the first single from the band's third album, Everything. It reached the top five of the U.S...

.

The single version of "Be with You" was included on Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (The Bangles album)

-The Bangles:*Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, percussion, vocals*Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, vocals*Debbi Peterson – drums, percussion, vocals*Michael Steele – bass guitar, vocals-Additional musicians:...

(1990) and Best of The Bangles (1999).

Charts

The song was the follow-up to the worldwide smash hit Eternal Flame

Eternal Flame (song)

"Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles from their 1988 album Everything. It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and...

 and performed respectably in the charts, reaching #30 in the US and #23 in the UK.

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Austria Top 75 Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	12
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	37
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	32
Swiss Singles Chart	19
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	30
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	14