"That's When I Think of You" is a song by Australian

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band

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. The song was released on 4 July 1988 as their debut single and peaked at number six on the Australian

ARIA Singles Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

. In May 1989, the song reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also charted at number 100 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 55 on the Canadian ''

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'' 100 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 "

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" by the Church and "

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, respectively.

Background

1927 formed in Melbourne in 1987 as a pop rock band with James Barton on

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, 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

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and guitar. After a year of vainly seeking a recording contract, 1927 were signed mid-1988 by

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Release history

References

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