When I'm with You (Sheriff song)

"When I'm with You"
Single by Sheriff
from the album Sheriff
B-side
  • "Crazy Without You" (1983)
  • "Give Me Rock 'N' Roll" (1988)
Released
  • January 1983 (Canada)
  • May 14, 1983 (1983-05-14), November 16, 1988 (U.S.)[1]
Recorded1982
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length3:58
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Arnold Lanni
Producer(s)Stacy Heydon
Sheriff singles chronology
"You Remind Me"
(1983)
"When I'm with You"
(1983)
"When I'm with You"
(1988)
Alternative cover

"When I'm with You" is a power ballad[3] by Canadian arena rock band Sheriff. The song was released in January 1983 in Canada as the second single from their self-titled debut album. A top-ten hit in Canada in 1983 (and a minor US hit at the same time), the song later reached number one in the United States in 1989, four years after the band separated in 1985. Guinness World Records lists “When I’m With You” as having the “Longest-held vocal note in a US hit single” which “features a note timed at 19.3 seconds” by “lead singer Federico ‘Freddy’ Curci [who] performed the soaring vocal – starting at 3 minutes 26 seconds – on the recording.”[4] It is also one of the few number-one hits not to have a promotional video during the MTV era.

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  2. ^ What the World Needs Now Is...: The Ultimate Love Collection - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 6 April 2021
  3. ^ "The Number Ones: Sheriff's "When I'm With You"". Stereogum. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Guinness World Records website". Retrieved 30 January 2024.