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If I Ever Fall in Love

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Released
  
September 28, 1992

Recorded
  
September 10, 1992

Length
  
3:09

Format
  
CD single

Genre
  
A cappella

Label
  
Gasoline Alley, MCA

"If I Ever Fall in Love" is a song by American R&B-soul quartet Shai. The song reached number 2 in the US in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. Its eight weeks at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, which was held off from the top slot due to the massive success of "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, meant that it held the record for the second-most weeks at number two in the chart's history at the time, behind Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You". The record has since been equalled and surpassed, and "If I Ever Fall In Love" is now in joint ninth place with a number of more recent songs.

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The song was also their only Top 40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 36.

East 17 and Gabrielle version

"If I Ever Fall In Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet by British boy band East 17 and singer Gabrielle (with a backing track), and renamed "If You Ever". It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind "Say You'll Be There" by the Spice Girls, and also peaked within the top ten of the charts in Latvia. It was also one of only three songs by Gabrielle to reach the top 20 in Australia, peaking at number sixteen.

The song was the first single from East 17's first Greatest Hits compilation Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far, and was also the fourth single from Gabrielle's second self-titled album. It was the highest charting single from both aforementioned albums. The song was also the 11th biggest selling boyband single of the 1990s in the United Kingdom selling 510,000 copies and has received a Gold sales status certification.

Track listings

UK CD 1 (LONCD 388)

  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7" mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Ruff mix)
  3. "Deep" (live)
  4. "Steam" (live)

UK CD 2 (LOCDP 388)

  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7" Mix)
  2. "Stay Another Day" (live)
  3. "Around the World" (live)
  4. "It's Alright" (live)

AVRI Feat. Noam Version

"If I Ever Fall In Love" was covered again in 2010 by AVRI and his vocalist Noam. Yet again it was renamed "If You Ever". The song was the first single of AVRI in the American dance label "KULT RECORDS".

Track listings

  1. "If You Ever" (Radio Mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Extended Mix)
  3. "If You Ever" (Micky Friedmann & Alex Botar Remix)
  4. "If You Ever" (Acapella)

Other cover versions

  • Jamaican reggae singer Sanchez remade the song in 1993.
  • Rapper Lil Romeo sampled the song's chorus on "My Cinderella" (2004).
  • Overboard covered the song on their 2008 album Castaways.
  • JLS used the song as their audition piece on The X Factor, and it has been a subsequent a cappella feature of their live sets.
  • American a cappella group Pentatonix released a cover of the song on their eponymous 2015 album Pentatonix, featuring singer Jason Derulo.
  • American R&B singer Jeremih incorporated the beginning of the song in his 2015 single "Oui" from the album Late Nights.

    • References

    If I Ever Fall in Love Wikipedia
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