Only If I

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"Only If I"
Kate Ryan-Only If I.jpg
Single by Kate Ryan
from the album Stronger
B-side "Hurry Up"
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2004
Recorded2003
Genre Eurodance
Length3:11
Label EMI Belgium
Songwriter(s) Jeanette Olsson, Niclas Kings, Niklas Bergwall
Producer(s) AJ Duncan, Phil Wilde
Kate Ryan singles chronology
"Libertine"
(2002)
"Only If I"
(2004)
"The Promise You Made/La promesse"
(2004)
Music video
"Only If I" on YouTube

"Only If I" is the sixth single of the female Belgian dance singer Kate Ryan and was released in 2003 in Belgium. It was taken from her second studio album Stronger. It peaked #16 and was less successful there than the three former singles.

Contents

After the international success in 2002 and 2003 with the singles "Désenchantée" (#9 in European Top 200) and "Libertine" (#26) (originally by Mylène Farmer), "Only If I" only peaked #74 in the European Top 200.

Track listing

CD Single
  1. "Only If I" (Radio edit) - 3:11
  2. "Only If I" (Extended version) - 5:35
  3. "Only If I" (Peter Luts remix) - 7:37
  4. "Hurry Up" - 3:17
12" Single
  1. "Only If I" (Extended version) - 5:35
  2. "Only If I" (Peter Luts remix) - 7:37
US Maxi Single
  1. "Only If I" (Radio edit) - 3:11
  2. "Only If I" (Extended version) - 5:35
  3. "Only If I" (Hiver & Hammer Remix Edit) - 3:48
  4. "Only If I" (Hiver & Hammer Remix) - 7:23
  5. "Only If I" (Alex Megane Remix) - 3:55
  6. "Only If I" (Alex Megane Extended) - 6:07
  7. "Only If I" (Peter Luts remix) - 7:37

Chart performances

In Belgium (Flanders), the single started at #34, before reaching #16, its peak position. Then it dropped slowly, staying only three weeks in the top 20 and 11 on the whole chart (top 50).

Other chart runnings were also rather disappointing.

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [3] 12
Czech Republic (IFPI) [4] 12
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 27
Poland (Polish Airplay Chart) [6] 12
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [7] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 37
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 34

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