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| Texas | ||
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 Texas
live in Glasgow,
2006.
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| Background information | ||
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock | |
| Years active | 1986 – present | |
| Website | www.texas.uk.com | |
| Members | ||
| Sharleen
Spiteri Johnny McElhone |
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Texas are a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) in 1986 and had their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas. Their musical sound went from blues rock on their debut album Southside via the blue-eyed soul of White on Blonde to the disco pop of Red Book.
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Texas scored a UK hit in 1989 with their debut single
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In 1997 Texas came back with "Say What You Want"; this became their biggest hit single yet, peaking at #3. The album White on Blonde followed, entering at #1, where it would return a year later. Other hit singles from the album were "Halo," "Black Eyed Boy," and "Put Your Arms Around Me"; a reworking of "Say What You Want" with Method Man was released alongside album track "Insane."
The band's fifth album, The Hush, was released in 1999 with the lead-off single "In Our Lifetime" which was a huge hit in the UK reaching number 4 and was included in the "Notting Hill" Soundtrack. This album went straight into the UK album charts at #1 like its predecessor. The second single, "Summer Son," became a massive hit across Europe reaching the Top 5 in the UK and France , also making #1 in Croatia and Lebanon ,leading the album to become their best selling so far.
In 2000,
a greatest-hits album was released that included 3 new songs ("In
Demand," "Inner
Smile," and "Guitar Song"). The video for "In Demand" featured actor Alan
Rickman, and in the video for the anthemic follow-up single, co-written
by Gregg Alexander, Spiteri dressed up
as Elvis
Presley. "Inner
Smile" was a big hit in Europe and was later featured prominently in
the 2002
feature film Bend It Like Beckham.
The song "Like Lovers (Holding On)" is featured during the ending
credits of the animated feature film
In September 2002, Spiteri gave birth to her daughter Mysty Kyd. However, this did not prevent her from working on another album. Careful What You Wish For was released in late 2003 and was promoted by the lead single "Carnival Girl." This was a very different style from previous singles and featured the rapper Kardinal Offishall. Unfortunately, many disliked this perceived change in direction, and although the album was more traditional pop, it sold far less than the previous 3 releases. A ballad, "I'll See It Through," was released at Christmas time, but by then the project was dead and buried.
In the television show
The band returned in mid-2005 with the single "Getaway," which
entered the UK Top 10, the video for which was shot by Christopher
Doyle and directed by Tim Royes. The single "Can't Resist" and
album Red Book followed in the autumn. On Red
Book the band collaborated with The
Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan on a track called
"Sleep," which entered the UK charts at #6 in January 2006. British
comedian
Peter
Kay scripted the music video to this song, which mainly
consisted of spoofs
of famous love scenes. The BBC One charity show Children
in Need showed a preview on November
18, 2005,
featuring a spoof on Lionel Richie's "Hello", Ghost,
and
The potential 4th single "What About Us" was released as a promo-only issue, perhaps indicating a terminal loss in popularity.
In 2005 Sharleen Spiteri was featured in the song "Stirb nicht vor mir // Don't die before I do", by the German band Rammstein's Rosenrot album.
| Year | Album | UK (Weeks in Top 75) |
France | Germany | Spain | Sweden |
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| 1989 | Southside | #3 (30) | #3 - 548,500 | ? | #23 | #14 |
| 1991 | Mothers Heaven | #32 (4) | #11 - 322,300 | ? | #15 | #35 |
| 1993 | Ricks Road | #18 (2) | #4 - 286,500 | ? | #17 | #50 |
| 1997 | White On Blonde | #1 (102) | #2 - 440,000 | #44 | #4 | #12 |
| 1999 | The Hush | #1 (47) | #2 - 665,000 | #7 | #5 | #7 |
| 2001 | Greatest Hits | #1 (47) | #1 - 522,100 | #11 | #2 | #8 |
| 2003 | Careful What You Wish For | #5 - 100,000 (4) | #5 - 105,000 | #25 | #10 | #43 |
| 2005 | Red Book | #16 - 135,000+ (10) | #9 - 65,400+ | #43 | #27 | #60 |
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | ||||||
| 1989 | " |
8 | 11 | 18 | 20 | |
| "Thrill Has Gone" | 60 | -- | 73 | -- | ||
| "Everyday Now" | 44 | 25 | ||||
| "Prayer For You" | 73 | |||||
| 1991 | "Why Believe In You" | 66 | Mothers Heaven | |||
| "In My Heart" | 74 | 44 | ||||
| 1992 | "Alone With You" | 32 | 28 | |||
| "Mothers Heaven" | -- | -- | -- | |||
| "Tired of Being Alone" | 19 | |||||
| 1993 | "So Called Friend" | 30 | 92 | Ricks Road | ||
| "You Owe It All to Me" | 39 | |||||
| 1994 | "So In Love With You" | 28 | 50 | |||
| "You've Got To Live A Little" | ||||||
| "Fade away" | ||||||
| 1997 | "Say What You Want" | 3 | 22 | 21 | 3 | White on Blonde |
| "Halo" | 10 | |||||
| "Black Eyed Boy" | 5 | 29 | 68 | |||
| "Put Your Arms Around Me" | 10 | 67 | ||||
| 1998 | "Say What You Want (feat. Wu-Tang Clan) / Insane" | 4 | ||||
| 1999 | "In Our Lifetime" | 4 | 23 | 68 | 4 | The Hush |
| " |
5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| "When We Are Together" | 12 | -- | 71 | |||
| 2000 | "In Demand" | 6 | -- | 80 | 10 | |
| 2001 | "Inner Smile" | 6 | 37 | 36 | 8 | |
| " |
16 | |||||
| "Guitar Song" | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003 | "Carnival Girl" | 9 | 57 | 94 | 14 | |
| "I'll See It Through" | 40 | -- | ||||
| 2005 | "Getaway" | 6 | 59 | 59 | ||
| "Can't resist" | 13 | -- | ||||
| 2006 | "Sleep" | 6 | -- | |||
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