If I Say

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"If I Say"
Single by Mumford & Sons
from the album Delta
Released25 October 2018
Recorded2017
Genre Alternative rock
Length4:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Paul Epworth
Mumford & Sons singles chronology
"Guiding Light"
(2018)
"If I Say"
(2018)
"Beloved"
(2019)

"If I Say" is a song by English rock band Mumford & Sons. It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Delta , on 25 October 2018. [1] [2] The song was written by Marcus Mumford, Winston Marshall, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane. The band began playing the track live in May 2017. A studio version of the song could be heard on a livestream from the band’s Instagram account in April 2018. The song went through many changes in the studio, eventually displaying an element of orchestration.

Contents

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."If I Say"4:29

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Download (OCC) [3] 73
US Alternative Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [4] 4
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 18

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom25 October 2018 Digital download

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