Southside deep cut turned Mercury single after the debut hit
Everyday Now sits on Texas’s debut album Southside, released 13 March 1989 on Mercury after sessions at Maison Rouge in London between September and November 1988. Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri wrote it; Tim Palmer produced. The band around Spiteri’s vocal and guitar included McElhone on bass, Ally McErlaine on guitar, and Stuart Kerr on drums. Mercury issued the song as a single on 24 July 1989 (UK catalogue TEX 3), with Waiting for the Fall on the B-side, after I Don’t Want a Lover had already put the Glasgow group in the UK Top 10.
On the UK Singles Chart it peaked at number 44; in France it reached number 25. Where the debut hit leaned pop-rock radio, Everyday Now slows the pulse and opens space for Spiteri’s vocal. Guitar lines stay dry and a little bluesy. The mix leaves air around the voice instead of stacking hooks. It is the album track that shows Texas could hold a mood without chasing another chorus engineered for daytime radio.
The name Texas came from Wim Wenders’ film Paris, Texas, not from American geography in the songs. That distance fits this cut: a Scottish band borrowing Southern blues colours while Spiteri sings with Glasgow composure. Palmer’s production keeps the arrangement clear. No heavy studio tricks, just tempo, tone, and a singer who does not rush the lines.
A bluesy ballad which drips with soul.
(Contemporary press description of Everyday Now, 1989)
Southside itself climbed to number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and spent months in the listing even as later singles from the album charted lower. Everyday Now became a live regular and later a greatest-hits fixture because it showed the band’s slower gear early, before the mid-1990s pop peak of White on Blonde. For listeners who only know Texas from later radio hits, this is the door back into the debut’s blues-leaning side.
Play it after I Don’t Want a Lover and the debut’s range becomes obvious: one side built for charts, the other for a longer breath and a drier guitar. Spiteri’s vocal does the carrying. Palmer and McElhone leave her the room to do it.
Yuki | 12 October 2026
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People sleep on how weird Everyday Now actually is. This article gets it. Also the comments section on old forums was wild about this.
Ivan | 12 October 2026
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Kinda basic of me but Everyday Now is still top 5 Texas for me.
Carmen | 13 October 2026
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Simple song, big feeling. Everyday Now still does that.
Chloé | 14 October 2026
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Read this, then put Everyday Now on loud. That was the move. Needed that.
Alex | 15 October 2026
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Still puts Everyday Now on whenever I need a reset. Never gets old.
Louise | 15 October 2026
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kinda basic of me but Everyday Now is still top 5 Texas for me. Also the comments section on old forums was wild about this.
Sara | 16 October 2026
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I show Everyday Now to friends who say they hate that era. Works every time. Good piece.
Hélène | 16 October 2026
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First time I heard Everyday Now was on a burned CD. Still got the scratches in my head.