Texas is a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and had their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie Paris, Texas. Their musical sound went from blues rock from debut album Southside, via blue eyed soul of White on Blonde to the disco pop of Red Book.
Texas scored a worldwide hit in 1989 with their debut single "I Don't Want a Lover." This was taken from their debut album Southside which went on to sell 2 million copies worldwide. The follow up albums Mother's Heaven ( 1991) and Ricks Road ( 1993) were less successful and failed to provide the band with any further big hit singles in the UK. Although these albums sold well in France and Spain, this was not sufficient for the record company, meaning the band faced a lot of pressure with their fourth release. In the meantime Ellen DeGeneres had approached the band, and Sharleen Spiteri and Ally McErlaine flew to the US to redo a song off the third album, "So Called Friend", which went on to become the theme song to US sitcom Ellen.
In 1997 Texas came back with "Say What You Want"; this became Texas's biggest hit single yet, peaking at number 4. The album White on Blonde followed entering at number 1, where it was to return again a year later. Further hit singles from the album were "Halo", "Black Eyed Boy", "Put Your Arms Around Me" and a reworking of "Say What You Want" with Method Man was released alongside album track "Insane".
1999 saw the release of the band's fifth album The Hush, with the lead off single "In Our Lifetime." This album went straight into the UK charts at number 1 like its predecessor. The second single, "Summer Son", became a massive hit across Europe, leading the album to become their best selling so far.