If Ever You're in My Arms Again

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"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"
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Single by Peabo Bryson
from the album Straight from the Heart
B-side "There's No Getting Over You"
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1983
Genre R&B [1]
Length4:12 (album version)
4:02 (single version)
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Michael Masser
Peabo Bryson singles chronology
"I Just Came Here to Dance (with Roberta Flack)"
(1984)		"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"
(1984)		"Slow Dancin'"
(1984)
Audio
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"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American contemporary R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart , the single peaked at number 6 on the R&B chart and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984. [2] It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the adult contemporary chart. [3]

Contents

Personnel

Charts

The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial Santa Barbara. [14] [15]

Cover versions

Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's 2008 version as the soundtrack of My Big Love .

See also

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (January 31, 2022). "The Number Ones: Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson's "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)". Stereogum . Retrieved August 2, 2024. If You're Ever In My Arms Again" is a pretty typical example of that era's slick, upwardly mobile R&B.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 41.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 247. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 28, 1984. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Philippines Hot 100 for the week of June 7, 2025". Billboard Philippines . Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1984 – Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19.
  13. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Santa Barbara". Cybercom.net. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  15. ↑ Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.


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