If You Go (song)

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"If You Go"
Jon Secada - If You Go.jpg
Single by Jon Secada
from the album Heart, Soul & a Voice
B-side "Si te vas"
ReleasedApril 26, 1994 (1994-04-26)
Length4:33
Label SBK
Songwriter(s)
  • Jon Secada
  • Miguel Morejon
Producer(s)
Jon Secada singles chronology
"I'm Free"
(1993)
"If You Go"
(1994)
"Whipped"
(1994)

"If You Go" is a song written by Jon Secada and Miguel Morejon, recorded for Secada's second English-language album, Heart, Soul & a Voice (1994). The song's lyrics detail a desire that a female subject not leave the singer, for, if she does, "there'll be something missing in [his] life." A Spanish version, "Si te vas", was also released for the Spanish-language market.

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The song was released as a single on April 26, 1994, peaking at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Secada's last top-10 single on the chart. In Canada, it topped The Record 's singles chart and the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. The music video for the Spanish version was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year at the 7th Lo Nuestro Awards. [1] Secada sung "If You Go" at the 1994 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony. [2]

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United States"If You Go"April 25–26, 1994 SBK [36] [37]
BothApril 26, 1994CD [38]
United Kingdom"If You Go"May 2, 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[39]
United States"Si te vas"May 10, 1994Latino radio [36]
BothMay 24, 1994CD [40]
Japan"If You Go"June 17, 1994Mini-CD [41]

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