"If You Were with Me Now" is a pop

Pop music

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–R&B song written by British

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 songwriting team Stock and Waterman

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Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

, Australia

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n pop singer Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

 and American

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 R&B singer Keith Washington

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Keith Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit, Michigan who scored a hit single in the United States in 1991 with "Kissing You," which was also used as background music for a General Hospital on ABC...

 for Minogue's fourth studio album

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 Let's Get to It

Let's Get to It

Let's Get to It is the fourth album by Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on 14 October 1991 and was a top twenty album in both Minogue's native Australia and the United Kingdom.-Album information:...

(1991). The song was produced by Stock and Waterman and received a mixed reception from music critic

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s. It was released as the second single

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 in the fall of 1991

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 due to a favourable reaction from radio stations and reached number four in the UK and the top ten in Ireland and South Africa as well as the top thirty in Australia. The song is Minogue's first hit single to feature her as a co-writer. As Minogue recorded her vocals in London

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 and Washington recorded his in the United States

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, the two had not met until the music video

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 filming. Curiously, at no moment of the video do they appear together, and there are no obvious signs that the scenes of each of them were recorded at the same location.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "If You Were with Me Now".

CD single

Worldwide

1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
2. "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:11
3. "I Guess I Like It like That
   I Guess I Like It like That
   "I Guess I Like It Like That" is a 1991 promotional single written by Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue and British producers Mike Stock and Pete Waterman for Minogue's fourth album Let's Get to It...
   
   " – 6:00

Australia

1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:42
3. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00

New Zealand cassette single

1. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10
2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (7") – 3:42

Vinyl single

UK

1. "If You Were with Me Now" (extended) – 5:11
2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00

Australian 12" single

1. "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00
2. "I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:30
3. "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10

The Australian 12" single had "I Guess I Like It Like That" as the A-side. This resulted in a large club hit for many years. As "I Guess I Like It Like That" was only released on 12" record as an A-side, it failed to make an impact on the ARIA

ARIA Charts

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 chart.

Live performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tour:

• Let's Get to It Tour
  Let's Get to It Tour
  The Let's Get to It Tour was a Kylie Minogue concert tour of the UK and Ireland in late 1991. The tour was a continuation of the previous Rhythm of Love Tour which had already visited Australia and Asia. Together with five dancers, Minogue staged the tour in support of the album Let's Get to It...
  
  

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	23
Eurochart Hot 100	18
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...	61
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...	7
Slovenian Singles Chart	3
South African Singles Chart	10
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 ...	4