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
- Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
- Randy Kerber – acoustic piano, Yamaha DX7
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
- Carlos Vega – drums
- Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor
- Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
- Gene Page – rhythm track arrangements
- Richard Marx – backing vocals
- Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
Charts
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In popular culture
The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial Santa Barbara.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cybercom.net/~jima/misc/songs.html|title=Santa Barbara|website=Cybercom.net|access-date=April 24, 2021}}Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.
Cover versions
Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's 2008 version as the soundtrack of My Big Love.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/release/594884 Single release info at discogs.com]
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Category:Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Category:Songs written by Tom Snow
Category:Elektra Records singles
Category:Songs written by Michael Masser
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
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