| When I'm with You | |
| Cover: | SparksWhenI'mWithYou.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sparks |
| Album: | Terminal Jive |
| B-Side: | "When I'm with You" (instrumental) |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | 1979 |
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| Length: | 5:45 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Giorgio Moroder or Harold Faltermeyer (disputed) |
| Chronology: | Sparks |
| Prev Title: | Beat the Clock |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Young Girls |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"When I'm with You" is a song released by Los Angeles band Sparks. The song relies on disco and new wave as its two main genres with rock guitars audible throughout the song. The song did not chart on any Billboard charts, but was Sparks' only Top 40 single in Australia, where it peaked at number 14, whilst it peaked at number 1 in France for six weeks.[1] It is not known who produced this song as Giorgio Moroder produced it alongside Harold Faltermeyer, with the latter claiming to have produced much of the album. Keith Forsey, best known as producer for Billy Idol in the 1980s and then resuming in 2006, and for writing several other works including "Don't You (Forget About Me)" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling" among others, played drums on the song. The B-side is an instrumental version of "When I'm with You".
The following are purported to be on the song.
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 17 | |
|---|---|---|
| France (IFOP)[3] | 1 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 93 | |
|---|---|---|
| France (Institut français d'opinion publique)[5] | 22 |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 286.