If I Say Yes

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"If I Say Yes"
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Single by Five Star
from the album Silk & Steel
B-side "Let Me Down Easy"
Released7 November 1986
Genre Pop
Length4:01
Label RCA, Tent
Songwriter(s) Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow [1]
Producer(s) Buster Pearson, Michael Jay
Five Star singles chronology
"Rain or Shine"
(1986)		"If I Say Yes"
(1986)		"Stay Out of My Life"
(1986)

"If I Say Yes" is a 1986 single by British pop group Five Star, and was the follow-up to their biggest-ever UK single, the #2 ranked "Rain or Shine". It was the fourth release from the group's Silk & Steel album. A 3:43 remixed version of the song (an edit of the cassette-only "Lew Hahn New York Remix"), which was the version released in the U.S., appeared on the group's 1989 Greatest Hits album.

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Critical reception

Jim Reid of Record Mirror considered "If I Say Yes" a "typically bubbling disco pop" song very similar to Five Star's previous singles, "with a sax solo, silly clothes and plenty of big grins". [2] In another issue of the same magazine, James Hamilton described the song as a "speedily wrigging and tinkling Jackson 5-ish 120 bpm galloper". [3]

Track listings

A. "If I Say Yes"
B. "Let Me Down Easy"
A. "If I Say Yes" (extended mix) (Phil Harding PWL mix) – 7:05
B1. "Let Me Down Easy"
B2. "Can’t Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York remix) – 8:36
A1. "If I Say Yes" (urban remix) (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:45
A2. "If I Say Yes" (dub mix) (Shep Pettibone mix) – 6:05
B1. "Let Me Down Easy"
B2. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York remix) – 8:36

All tracks available on the remastered versions of either the 2010 'Silk & Steel' album, the 2013 'The Remix Anthology (The Remixes 1984-1991)' or the 2018 'Luxury - The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991' boxset.

Charts

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