"That's When I Think of You" is the debut single of Australian

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band

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. The song was released on 4 July 1988 and peaked at number six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. In May 1989, the song reached number 46 on the

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. The single also charted at number 100 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 55 on the Canadian ''

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'' Top Singles chart in August 1989. The track won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the

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and was nominated for Single of the Year and Producer of the Year, losing to "

Under the Milky Way "Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band The Church, released on 15 February 1988, and appears on their fifth studio album ''Starfish''. The song was written by bass guitarist and lead vocalist Steve Kilbey and h ...

" by the Church and " Age of Reason" by John Farnham, respectively.

Background

1927 formed in Melbourne in 1987 as a pop rock band with James Barton on drums, Bill Frost on

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, his brother Garry Frost (ex- Moving Pictures) on

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and keyboards, and Eric Weideman on lead vocals and guitar. After a year of vainly seeking a recording contract, 1927 were signed mid-1988 by WEA.

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