If Ever You're in My Arms Again

{{Infobox song

| name = If Ever You're in My Arms Again

| cover = Ifeveryoureinmyarms.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Peabo Bryson

| album = Straight from the Heart

| B-side = There's No Getting Over You

| released = April 1984

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| genre = R&B{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson's "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)|website= Stereogum |date= January 31, 2022|url= https://www.stereogum.com/2174273/the-number-ones-regina-belle-peabo-brysons-a-whole-new-world-aladdins-theme/columns/the-number-ones/|accessdate= August 2, 2024|quote= If You’re Ever In My Arms Again” is a pretty typical example of that era’s slick, upwardly mobile R&B.}}

| length = 4:12 (album version)
4:02 (single version)

| label = Elektra

| writer =

| producer = Michael Masser

| prev_title = I Just Came Here to Dance (with Roberta Flack)

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Slow Dancin'

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|qcDvzifP_gk|"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"}}|header=Audio}}

}}

"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American contemporary R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single peaked at number 6 on the R&B chart and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=90}} It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the adult contemporary chart.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=41}}

Personnel

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again"

!Chart (1984)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=247|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

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scope="row"|Canada RPM Top Singles

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scope="row"|Canada RPM Adult Contemporary{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6803&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6803.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6803|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=July 28, 1984 |access-date=May 27, 2019}}

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scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Peabo+Bryson&titel=If+Ever+You%27re+In+My+Arms+Again&cat=s|title=New Zealand charts portal |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=April 1, 2017}}

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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|10|artist=Peabo Bryson|rowheader=true|access-date=February 26, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Peabo Bryson|rowheader=true|access-date=February 26, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|6|artist=Peabo Bryson|rowheader=true|access-date=February 26, 2022}}

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!Chart (2024)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Philippines|53|date=06-07-2025|rowheader=true|access-date=July 5, 2025}}

=Year-end charts=

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|+ Year-end chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again"

! Chart (1984)

! Position

scope="row"|Canada{{cite web|url= http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9638&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 |title= Top 100 Singles of 1984 – Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985 |work= RPM |publisher= Library and Archives Canada |access-date= May 21, 2018}}

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scope="row"|US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |date=December 22, 1984 |title=Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles |page=TA-19 |magazine=Billboard |volume=96 |issue=51 }}

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scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 26, 2022|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305234649/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/adult-contemporary-songs|url-status=dead}}

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Cover versions

Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's 2008 version as the soundtrack of My Big Love.

See also

References

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