If You Come Back

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"If You Come Back"
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Single by Blue
from the album All Rise
Released12 November 2001 (2001-11-12)
Studio Ruffland, Stanley House (London, England)
Length3:27
Label Virgin, Innocent
Songwriter(s) Ray Ruffin, Nicole Formescu, Ian Hope, Lee Brennan
Producer(s) Ray Ruffin, Pete Craigie (add.)
Blue singles chronology
"Too Close"
(2001)		"If You Come Back"
(2001)		"Fly By II"
(2002)
Music video
"If You Come Back" on YouTube

"If You Come Back" is a song by English boy band Blue, released as the third single from their debut studio album, All Rise (2001). It was written by Ray Ruffin, Nicole Formescu, Ian Hope, and Lee Brennan of boy band 911. The song topped the UK charts for one week becoming their second consecutive number one single release and has received a silver sales status certification for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single [1]

  1. "If You Come Back" (radio edit) – 3:27
  2. "If You Come Back" (8 Jam Streetmix) – 4:56
  3. "If You Come Back" (Blacksmith Smooth RnB rub) – 3:54
  4. "If You Come Back" (video) – 3:24

UK cassette single and European CD single [2] [3]

  1. "If You Come Back" (radio edit) – 3:27
  2. "If You Come Back" (The Playa's mix) – 3:57

Australian CD single [4]

  1. "If You Come Back" (radio edit)
  2. "If You Come Back" (8 Jam Streetmix)
  3. "If You Come Back" (Blacksmith Smooth RnB rub)
  4. "Too Close" (live from Rumba, Melbourne)
  5. "If You Come Back" (video)

Japanese CD single [5]

  1. "If You Come Back"
  2. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (featuring Elton John—radio edit)
  3. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (featuring Elton John—Ruffin Ready Soul mix)
  4. "Album Medley"
  5. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (featuring Elton John—studio version video)
  6. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (featuring Elton John—TV version)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the All Rise album booklet. [6]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom12 November 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
 [26]
Australia4 March 2002CD [27]
Japan16 January 2003 [28]

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