If I Ever Fall in Love

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"If I Ever Fall in Love"
Shai - If I Ever Fall in Love.jpg
Single by Shai
from the album ...If I Ever Fall in Love
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1992 (1992-09-01)
Recorded1992 [1]
Genre
Length3:09
Label
  • Gasoline Alley
  • MCA
Songwriter(s) Carl "Groove" Martin
Producer(s) Carl "Groove" Martin
Shai singles chronology
"If I Ever Fall in Love"
(1992)		"Comforter"
(1993)

"If I Ever Fall in Love" is the debut single by American R&B-soul quartet Shai, released by Gasoline Alley and MCA in September 1992 from their debut album of the same name (1992). The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1992 and peaked at number one on the Billboard R&B chart. [2] It spent eight weeks at number two on the Hot 100, which at the time was the second-most number of weeks that a song held the position without topping the chart, behind Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You". The song was also their only top-40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 36. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Paul Lester from Melody Maker declared "If I Ever Fall in Love" as "a kind of doo wop teen-love weepathon" in the mould of Boyz II Men's "End of the Road". [4]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [28] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

East 17 and Gabrielle version

"If You Ever"
East Seventeen & Gabrielle - If You Ever (CD 1).jpg
Single by East 17 featuring Gabrielle
from the album Around the World (the Journey So Far) and Gabrielle
ReleasedOctober 21, 1996 (1996-10-21)
Length4:15
Label London
Songwriter(s) Carl Martin
Producer(s)
  • Mike Rose
  • Nicholas Foster
East 17 singles chronology
"Someone to Love"
(1996)		"If You Ever"
(1996)		"Hey Child"
(1997)
Gabrielle singles chronology
"If You Really Cared"
(1996)		"If You Ever"
(1996)		"Walk On By"
(1997)

"If I Ever Fall in Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet between British boy band East 17 and singer-songwriter Gabrielle, completed with a backing track. Renamed "If You Ever" and released by London Records, the cover peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Ireland and Sweden. The song received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry in September 2019 for sales and streams exceeding 600,000.

The song was the first single from East 17's first Greatest Hits compilation, Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far (1996), and was also the fourth single from Gabrielle's second self-titled album (1996). It was the highest-charting single from both aforementioned albums.

Critical reception

Kristy Barker from Melody Maker complimented "If You Ever" as "gorgeous" and "lovely". [29] Kevin Courtney from Irish Times wrote, "The Walthamstow wideboys and the pirate patched soul queen team up for this fairly run of the mill ballad [...]. At least it's a more appropriate pairing than Lulu and Take That [on "Relight My Fire"]. On the sleeve art, the numeral 17 has been replaced by the spelled out version, perhaps a sign that the Easties are making a subtle bid for a more "mature" audience. Why not go all the way and change their name to East Thirtysomething?" [30]

Track listings

  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Ruff mix)
  3. "Deep" (live at Wembley Arena, 28 May 1995)
  4. "Steam" (live)
  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "Stay Another Day" (live)
  3. "Around the World" (live)
  4. "It's Alright" (live)
  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Simple Simon's Pieman remix)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [53] Platinum626,000 [54]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomOctober 21, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 London [55]
JapanNovember 25, 1996CD [56]

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