If I Never See You Again

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"If I Never See You Again"
If I Never See You Again.jpg
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album 10
B-side
  • "Straight from My Heart"
  • "Qu'est-ce que c'est?"
Released10 March 1997 (1997-03-10) [1]
RecordedApril–May 1996
Studio Sarm Hook End Manor (Checkendon, England)
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"Morning"
(1996)		"If I Never See You Again"
(1997)		"Strange"
(1997)

"If I Never See You Again" was the first single from Wet Wet Wet's fifth studio album, 10 (1997). It was released on 10 March 1997 and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album, Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile .

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Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the 10 booklet. [2] [6]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

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