:If I Had You (Adam Lambert song)
{{Infobox song
| name = If I Had You
| cover = IIHY_Single_Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Adam Lambert
| album = For Your Entertainment
| released = {{Start date|2010|05|11}}
| recorded = September–October 2009
| studio =
- Maratone, Stockholm, Sweden
- Westlake, Los Angeles, USA
| venue =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 3:47 (radio edit)
| label = {{flatlist|
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| writer = {{flatlist|
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| producer = {{flatlist|
- Max Martin
- Shellback
- Kristian Lundin
}}
| prev_title = Whataya Want From Me
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Fever
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|wmXQFwlD7vk|"If I Had You"}}}}
}}
"If I Had You" is a song by American recording artist and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert. The song was written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Savan Kotecha and produced by Martin, Shellback and Kristian Lundin for Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment (2009). It was released as the third and final international single from the album on May 11, 2010. The song reached number 30 in the United States and reached the top ten in Australia, Canada, Finland, Hungary and New Zealand. The song was performed on Lambert's first concert tour, the 2010 Glam Nation Tour where it was the show's finale.
Critical reception
HuffPost noted that this is one of songs that is a "full-display" of album that "operates from a disco/glam aesthetic of escapism and liberation via dance, dress-up, and desire" and added that it "fully accomplish what the singer had in mind for the album: songs that make you want to let loose, dance, work out, have fun."[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/review-lamberts-for-your_b_366296.html Huffington Post review] Retrieved 25 December 2014 The Detroit News thought that this song was a "potential single" when reviewing the album.[http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091113/ENT04/911130457/Review--Adam-Lambert-s--For-Your-Entertainment--glams-it-up-greatly Review by Detroit News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225215151/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20091113/ENT04/911130457/Review--Adam-Lambert-s--For-Your-Entertainment--glams-it-up-greatly |date=2014-12-25 }} Retrieved 25 December 2014 It was listed, at 57th spot, by Billboard on "Top 100 'American Idol' Hits of All Time" list.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/1550614/top-100-american-idol-hits-of-all-time?list_page=4 Top 100 'American Idol' Hits of All Time by Billboard] Retrieved 1 January 2015
Promotion
Following the release of the single on May 11, 2010, Lambert performed the song on a series of talk-shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 19,{{cite news|title= American Idol': Adam Lambert performs 'If I Had You' on 'Ellen'|url= http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/american-idol-adam-lambert-performs-if-i-had-you-on-ellen.html|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120115024708/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/american-idol-adam-lambert-performs-if-i-had-you-on-ellen.html|archive-date= 2012-01-15}} and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 21.{{cite news|title= Adam Lambert – 'If I Had You' – Tonight Show with Jay Leno – VIDEO |url=http://mjsbigblog.com/adam-lambert-if-i-had-you-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-video.htm}}
Music video
The video premiered June 14, 2010 on VH1 and "takes the late-night wilderness party motif of Jennifer Lopez's classic "Waiting for Tonight" clip and adds more lasers, guyliner, thrashy dance moves, silver top hats and outrageously spiky shoulder pads."{{cite news|title= Adam Lambert Goes Wild in 'If I Had You'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957779/adam-lambert-goes-wild-in-if-i-had-you }} Bryan Barber directed the video, which was inspired by Lambert's self-proclaimed "psychedelic" experience at Burning Man.
James Montgomery from MTV describes the video as having {{quote|a clearing in the forest, one packed with party people — of all races, colors, creeds and proclivities, naturally — who are all in the midst of a totally excellent celebration. (Most of said party people are actually Lambert's friends, from his days performing with L.A.'s "Zodiac Show.")|source={{Cite web|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Adam Lambert's 'If I Had You' Video Frolics In Politics|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1641489/adam-lamberts-if-i-had-you-video-frolics-in-politics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231225048/http://www.mtv.com/news/1641489/adam-lamberts-if-i-had-you-video-frolics-in-politics/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2019|access-date=2020-07-24|website=MTV News|language=en}}}} Montgomery states the message of the video is "Humanity can, in fact, put their differences aside and just dance."{{Cite web|last=Montgomery|first=James|title=Adam Lambert's 'If I Had You' Video Frolics In Politics|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1641489/adam-lamberts-if-i-had-you-video-frolics-in-politics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231225048/http://www.mtv.com/news/1641489/adam-lamberts-if-i-had-you-video-frolics-in-politics/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2019|access-date=2020-07-24|website=MTV News|language=en}}
Making a cameo in the video are Lambert's friends: Allison Iraheta,{{cite web|title=Adam Lambert's new video for 'If I Had You,' Seacrest's stalker gets two years|author=atlanta journal constitution|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/american-idol-blog/2010/06/15/adam-lamberts-new-video-for-if-i-had-you-seacrests-stalker-gets-two-years/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012215815/http://blogs.ajc.com/american-idol-blog/2010/06/15/adam-lamberts-new-video-for-if-i-had-you-seacrests-stalker-gets-two-years/|archive-date=2012-10-12}} Cheeks, Scarlett Cherry, Alisan Porter, Brooke Wendle, Terrence Spencer, Sasha Mallory, Kesha and Cassidy Haley.
Track listing
;Australian digital EP
- "If I Had You" (radio mix) – 3:46
- "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins radio mix) – 3:45
- "If I Had You" (instrumental version) – 3:43
;Australian CD single
- "If I Had You" – 3:47
- "If I Had You" (instrumental version) – 3:46
;US/AUS digital EP The Remixes
- "If I Had You" (radio mix) – 3:47
- "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins extended mix) – 6:44
- "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins Robotronic extended mix) – 6:17
- "If I Had You" (Dangerous Muse remix) – 5:51
- "If I Had You" (Morgan Page extended remix) – 7:53
Personnel
- Songwriting – Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha
- Production – Max Martin, Shellback, Kristian Lundin
- Keyboards – Max Martin, Shellback
- Guitar and bass – Shellback
- Recording – Max Martin, Shellback, Brian Warwick
- Mixing – Serban Ghenea
- Mix engineer – John Hanes
- Mixing assistant – Tim Roberts
Source:{{cite AV media notes |title=For Your Entertainment |others=Adam Lambert |date=2009 |type=liner notes |publisher=RCA Records, Jive Records}}
Chart performance
As of August 5, 2011, "If I Had You" has sold 835,000 downloads{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/08/brad-paisleycarrie-underwood-duet-surpasses-half-million-downloads/1 |title=Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood duet surpasses half-million downloads | work=USA Today | date=August 5, 2011}} in the United States and charted at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If I Had You" has reached number-one in Hungary and the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Finland and Poland.
=Weekly charts=
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| {{singlechart|Austria|50|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You}} |
| {{singlechart|Flanders|50|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadianhot100|8|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You|artistid=1100123}} |
| {{singlechart|Czech Republic|48|year=2010|week=41|access-date=February 23, 2016|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|Finland|9|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You}} |
| {{singlechart|Germany|36|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You|songid=647928|access-date=April 30, 2020}} |
| {{singlechart|Hungary|1|year=2010|week=48|access-date=8 December 2010}} |
| {{singlechart|New Zealand|7|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You}} |
| Russia Airplay (TopHit){{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20100924-20100930|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Sep 30, 2010|publisher=TopHit|access-date=30 April 2024}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 35 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|30|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You|artistid=1100123}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardadultpopsongs|14|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You|artistid=1100123}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|16|artist=Adam Lambert|song=If I Had You|artistid=1100123}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Adam Lambert|title=If I Had You|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2010|certyear=2010|access-date=October 6, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Adam Lambert|title=If I Had You|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2010|certyear=2010|source=archive|access-date=October 6, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Adam Lambert|title=If I Had You|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2010|certyear=2012|certref={{cite web|url=http://sys2.grammotex.se/netdata/grp006.mbr/artdata?sart=347145|title=Adam Lambert – If I Had You|publisher=Grammofonleverantörernas förening|language=sv|access-date=April 28, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428042112/http://sys2.grammotex.se/netdata/grp006.mbr/artdata?sart=347145|archive-date=April 28, 2024}}}}
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Release history
References
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Category:American dance-pop songs
Category:Electronic rock songs
Category:Music videos directed by Bryan Barber
Category:Song recordings produced by Max Martin
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