If This Is It (Newton Faulkner song)

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"If This Is It"
IfThisIsIt.jpg
Single by Newton Faulkner
from the album Rebuilt by Humans
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2009
Recorded2009
Genre Folk rock, art rock
Length4:01
Label Ugly Truth
Songwriter(s) Adam Argyle, Newton Faulkner
Producer(s) Mike Spencer
Newton Faulkner singles chronology
"Gone in the Morning"
(2008)
"If This Is It"
(2009)
"Over and Out"
(2009)

"If This Is It" is a song by English singer-songwriter and musician Newton Faulkner from his second studio album Rebuilt by Humans (2009). The song was released on September 11, 2009 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Adam Argyle, Newton Faulkner and produced by Mike Spencer. The song peaked to number 56 on the UK Singles Chart and number 29 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download EP [1]

  1. "If This Is It" – 4:01
  2. "I Took It Out On You" (Live from Cheltenham Town Hall) – 3:10
  3. "If This Is It" (Live from Cheltenham Town Hall) – 4:13

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 29
Scotland (OCC) [3] 63
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 56

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United KingdomSeptember 11, 2009Digital downloadRCA Records

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