Texas – Everyday Now

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.