B-side "For Once in My Life" Recorded Motor Museum Studios Length 3:38 | Released 25 November 2002 Genre Pop, dance-pop, disco | |
Format CD single, music download | ||
"Be with You" is a song by British girl group Atomic Kitten. The song was written by Greg Wilson, Tracey Carmen and Martin Foster and is an adaptation of Electric Light Orchestra's song "Last Train to London", written by Jeff Lynne. It was released in 2002 as a double A-side with "The Last Goodbye", the third single off their second UK album, Feels So Good. The song was not part of any UK release of Feels So Good but was included on international editions and eventually on the third album, Ladies Night, in 2003. As a single, the song became a hit in Australia, peaking at number ten, and number 15 in New Zealand.
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Background
The original version of "Be with You" was actually by Liverpool-based writers Bionic (Greg Wilson, Tracey Carmen and Martin Foster). In 1999, Martin Foster had the idea and sampled the instrumental strings and chorus segments to create a sketch of a disco track with the notion of making a club track that could be a hit for seeing in the new millennium. Carmen and Wilson heard the potential in the sketch and collaborated with Foster to take the idea further.
Greg Wilson penned the verse lyrics and, in fact, wrote a third verse that was never used. Bionic had signed a production deal with Innocent Records and began auditioning a number of female singers to front the single. However, it was soon decided that the song would be an ideal disco track for Atomic Kitten, and the label had demos mixed by other production teams.
In 2002, Innocent Records released two 12" promos featuring remixes of the original Bionic track. Mixes on the discs were by Olav Basovski and MaUVe.
Chart performance
The single was a worldwide success, reaching the top 40 in every country where it was released. The single peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart on its first week of release. It stayed on the chart for 12 weeks, and managed to sell 182,695 copies in the UK alone. It is Atomic Kitten's fifth-best-selling single in the UK, after "Whole Again", "The Tide Is High (Get the Feeling)", and "Eternal Flame". The single also was a top 10 hit in The Republic of Ireland, and like the UK, was their fourth-best-selling single there. In New Zealand, the single went straight in at 11, just missing the top 10. Atomic Kitten never promoted their singles in New Zealand, yet went on to have three number ones, four top tens, and 8 top twenties. In other words, all of their singles released in New Zealand peaked in the top 20, with the exception of "Right Now", which only managed to peak at 40. The song was a top 20 hit in The Netherlands and Austria, again, a success, considering the single was not promoted in those countries. Although their lowest charting hit in Denmark, it still managed to peak at 20. Denmark is the only country where every one of Atomic Kitten's singles charted in the top 20. In Germany and Switzerland, the single was a top 30 hit, and in Belgium and Sweden the single was a top 40 hit.
Music video
The video opens with the doors opening in the nightclub. Liz, Natasha and Jenny are dancing in a green and blue nightclub at the disco. Natasha is on the chairs in a pub, Liz is near a wall and Jenny is lying on the dancefloor. Then the girl group are dancing in the disco in the nightclub. During the bridge section, they turn the volume down.
Official versions
MAX cover version
"Be with You" is MAX's 27th single and their last on the main avex trax label before the group was moved to the Vision Factory associated avex subsidiary, Sonic Groove. It is a Japanese cover of Atomic Kitten's "Be with You". The song was used as the image song for FamilyMart Dream Match.
Be with You
Don't Lose Yourself
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)