If I Had You (Adam Lambert song)

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"If I Had You"
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Single by Adam Lambert
from the album For Your Entertainment
ReleasedMay 11, 2010 (2010-05-11)
RecordedSeptember–October 2009
Studio
Genre
Length3:47(radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Adam Lambert singles chronology
"Whataya Want From Me"
(2009)		"If I Had You"
(2010)		"Fever"
(2010)
Music video
"If I Had You" on YouTube

"If I Had You" is a song by American recording artist and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert. The song was written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Savan Kotecha and produced by Martin, Shellback and Kristian Lundin for Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment (2009). It was released as the third and final international single from the album on May 11, 2010. The song reached number 30 in the United States and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, Finland, Hungary and New Zealand. The song was performed on Lambert's first concert tour, the 2010 Glam Nation Tour where it was the show's finale.

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Critical reception

Huffington Post noted that this is one of songs that is a "full-display" of album that "operates from a disco/glam aesthetic of escapism and liberation via dance, dress-up, and desire" and added that it "fully accomplish what the singer had in mind for the album: songs that make you want to let loose, dance, work out, have fun." [1] Detroit News thought that this song was a "potential single" when reviewing the album. [2] It was listed, at 57th spot, by Billboard on "Top 100 'American Idol' Hits of All Time" list. [3]

Promotion

Following the release of the single on May 11, 2010, Lambert performed the song on a series of talk-shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 19, [4] and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 21. [5]

Music video

The video premiered June 14, 2010 on VH1 and "takes the late-night wilderness party motif of Jennifer Lopez's classic "Waiting for Tonight" clip and adds more lasers, guyliner, thrashy dance moves, silver top hats and outrageously spiky shoulder pads." [6] Bryan Barber directed the video, which was inspired by Lambert's self-proclaimed "psychedelic" experience at Burning Man. [6]

Lambert, wearing a black coat, black boots and gloves while walking in the forest by daylight in the music video for "If I Had You". Ifihadyoumusicvideo.jpg
Lambert, wearing a black coat, black boots and gloves while walking in the forest by daylight in the music video for "If I Had You".

James Montgomery from MTV describes the video as having

a clearing in the forest, one packed with party people — of all races, colors, creeds and proclivities, naturally — who are all in the midst of a totally excellent celebration. (Most of said party people are actually Lambert's friends, from his days performing with L.A.'s "Zodiac Show.")

— Montgomery, James. "Adam Lambert's 'If I Had You' Video Frolics In Politics". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-24.

Montgomery states the message of the video is "Humanity can, in fact, put their differences aside and just dance." [7]

Making a cameo in the video are Lambert's friends: Allison Iraheta, [8] Cheeks, Scarlett Cherry, Alisan Porter, Brooke Wendle, Terrence Spencer, Sasha Mallory, Kesha and Cassidy Haley.

Track listing

Australian digital EP
  1. "If I Had You" (radio mix) – 3:46
  2. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins radio mix) – 3:45
  3. "If I Had You" (instrumental version) – 3:43
Australian CD single
  1. "If I Had You" – 3:47
  2. "If I Had You" (instrumental version) – 3:46
US/AUS digital EP The Remixes
  1. "If I Had You" (radio mix) – 3:47
  2. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins extended mix) – 6:44
  3. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins Robotronic extended mix) – 6:17
  4. "If I Had You" (Dangerous Muse remix) – 5:51
  5. "If I Had You" (Morgan Page extended remix) – 7:53

Personnel

Source: [9]

Chart performance

As of August 5, 2011, "If I Had You" has sold 835,000 downloads [10] in the United States and charted at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If I Had You" has reached number-one in Hungary and the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Finland and Poland.

Weekly charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [29] 2× Platinum140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [30] Gold7,500*
Sweden (GLF) [31] Gold20,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormat
United StatesMay 11, 2010Mainstream radio
Belgium [32] June 28, 2010Digital download
Spain [33]
Finland [34]
Switzerland [35]
France [36]
Ireland [37]
Italy [38]
Luxembourg [39]
Netherlands [39]
Norway [40]
Sweden [41]
Canada [42]
Portugal [43]
Austria [44]
Germany [45] October 29, 2010
Germany [46] October 29, 2010CD single

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