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If I Ever Fall in Love#East 17 and Gabrielle version

{{short description|1992 single by Shai}}

{{About|the song|the album|...If I Ever Fall in Love}}

{{Infobox song

| name = If I Ever Fall in Love

| cover = Shai - If I Ever Fall in Love.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Shai

| album = ...If I Ever Fall in Love

| released = {{Start date|1992|09|01}}

| recorded = 1992{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=Shai+If+I+Ever+Fall+in+Love |title=Shai If I Ever Fall in Love: CDs & Vinyl |publisher=Amazon.com |access-date=July 26, 2016}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:09

| label =

  • Gasoline Alley
  • MCA

| writer = Carl "Groove" Martin

| producer = Carl "Groove" Martin

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Comforter

| next_year = 1993

}}

"If I Ever Fall in Love" is the debut single by American R&B-soul quartet Shai, released by Gasoline Alley and MCA in September 1992 from their debut album of the same name (1992). The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1992 and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. It spent eight weeks at number two on the Hot 100, which at the time was the second-most number of weeks that a song held the position without topping the chart, behind Foreigner's "Waiting for a Girl Like You". The song was also their only top-40 hit in the UK, peaking at number 36.{{cite book | last1 = Warwick | first1 = Neil | last2 = Kutner | first2 = Jon | last3 = Brown | first3 = Tony | title = The Complete Book Of The British Charts | edition = 3rd | publisher = Omnibus Press | page = 977 | location = London | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-1-84449-058-5}}

Critical reception

Paul Lester from Melody Maker declared "If I Ever Fall in Love" as "a kind of doo wop teen-love weepathon" in the mould of Boyz II Men's "End of the Road".{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Lester|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52790532212/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=January 9, 1993|page=25|access-date=May 5, 2023|author-link=Paul Lester}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1992–1993)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Shai %5BUS%5D|song=If I Ever Fall in Love|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|21|artist=Shai %5BUS%5D|song=If I Ever Fall in Love|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|53|chartid=1825|rowheader=true|access-date=August 25, 2020|refname="rpm"}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-01-16.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=3|date=January 16, 1993|page=15|access-date=August 25, 2020}}

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scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-13.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=7|date=February 13, 1993|page=22|access-date=April 6, 2024}}

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{{single chart|Germany|47|artist=Shai|song=If I Ever Fall in Love|songid=22774|rowheader=true|access-date=April 30, 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1993|week=6|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|11|artist=Shai %5BUS%5D|song=If I Ever Fall in Love|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Shai %5BUS%5D|song=If I Ever Fall in Love|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|36|date=19930102|rowheader=true|refname=UK36|access-date=August 25, 2020}}
scope="row"|UK Dance (Music Week){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-12-19.pdf |title=Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=December 19, 1992 |page=22 |access-date=September 30, 2020}}

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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Shai|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|4|artist=Shai|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Shai|rowheader=true|access-date=August 25, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|5|artist=Shai|rowheader=true|access-date=August 25, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Shai|rowheader=true|access-date=August 25, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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Chart (1993)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1993/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1993|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

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scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1993|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1993|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

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scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1993&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

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scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3882|title=End of Year Charts 1993|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 3, 2017}}

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scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1993|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110095203/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993|archive-date=November 10, 2006|access-date=August 27, 2010}}

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scope="row"|US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot R&B Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=105|issue=52|page=YE-29|date=December 25, 1993}}

| 5

scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=105|issue=52|page=YE-53|date=December 25, 1993}}

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=Decade-end charts=

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Chart (1990–1999)

!Position

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA20|title=Hot 100 Singles of the '90s|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-20|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=October 15, 2010}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1993|access-date=October 2, 2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Shai|title=If I Ever Fall in Love|award=Platinum|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|access-date=November 13, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

East 17 and Gabrielle version

{{Infobox song

| name = If You Ever

| cover = East_Seventeen_&_Gabrielle_-_If_You_Ever_(CD_1).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = East 17 featuring Gabrielle

| album = Around the World (the Journey So Far) {{noitalic|and}} Gabrielle

| released = {{Start date|1996|10|21}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|4:15}}

| label = London

| writer = Carl Martin

| producer =

  • Mike Rose
  • Nicholas Foster

| chronology = East 17

| prev_title = Someone to Love

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Hey Child

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Gabrielle

| type = single

| prev_title = If You Really Cared

| prev_year = 1996

| title = If You Ever

| year = 1996

| next_title = Walk On By

| next_year = 1997

}}

}}

"If I Ever Fall in Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet between British boy band East 17 and singer-songwriter Gabrielle, completed with a backing track. Renamed "If You Ever" and released by London Records, the cover peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Ireland and Sweden. The song received a platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry in September 2019 for sales and streams exceeding 600,000.

The song was the first single from East 17's first Greatest Hits compilation, Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far (1996), and was also the fourth single from Gabrielle's second self-titled album (1996). It was the highest-charting single from both aforementioned albums.

=Critical reception=

Kristy Barker from Melody Maker complimented "If You Ever" as "gorgeous" and "lovely".{{cite magazine|first=Kristy|last=Barker|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53732184341/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=October 26, 1996|page=47|access-date=May 28, 2024}} Kevin Courtney from Irish Times wrote, "The Walthamstow wideboys and the pirate patched soul queen team up for this fairly run of the mill ballad [...]. At least it's a more appropriate pairing than Lulu and Take That [on "Relight My Fire"]. On the sleeve art, the numeral 17 has been replaced by the spelled out version, perhaps a sign that the Easties are making a subtle bid for a more "mature" audience. Why not go all the way and change their name to East Thirtysomething?"Courtney, Kevin (October 25, 1996). "Bohemian Rapping Fandango". Irish Times.

=Track listings=

  • UK CD1 and Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Ever|others=East 17|year=1996|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=London Recordings|id=LONCD 388, 850 765-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Ever|others=East 17|year=1996|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=London Recordings|id=POCD-1234}}
  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Ruff mix)
  3. "Deep" (live at Wembley Arena, 28 May 1995)
  4. "Steam" (live)
  • UK CD2{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Ever|others=East 17|year=1996|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=London Recordings|id=LOCDP 388, 850 767-2}}
  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "Stay Another Day" (live)
  3. "Around the World" (live)
  4. "It's Alright" (live)
  • UK cassette single and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Ever|others=East 17|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=London Recordings|id=LONCS 388, 850 764-4}}{{cite AV media notes|title=If You Ever|others=East 17|year=1996|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=London Recordings|id=850 772-2}}
  1. "If You Ever" (Smoove 7-inch mix)
  2. "If You Ever" (Simple Simon's Pieman remix)

=Charts=

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==Weekly charts==

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!Chart (1996–1997)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders Tip|11|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|35|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-11-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=45|date=November 9, 1996|page=24|access-date=July 3, 2021}}

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scope="row"|Europe (European AC Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-14.pdf|title=European Adult Contemporary Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=49|page=15|date=December 14, 1996|access-date=December 28, 2024}}

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scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-14.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=49|date=14 December 1996|page=21|access-date=10 April 2024}}

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{{single chart|France|19|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|31|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|songid=3337|access-date=May 13, 2019|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2948851#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (12.12. – 18.12. '96)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=20|date=December 13, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

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{{single chart|Ireland2|4|song=If You Ever|access-date=May 13, 2019|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Latvia (Latvijas Top 20){{cite web|url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/1996/961208lv.html|title=

The most popular songs in Latvia|publisher=Lanet.lv|language=lv|date=8 December 1996|access-date=September 3, 2024}}

|align="center"|4

scope="row"|Lithuania (M-1){{cite web|url=http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1377|title=M-1 Top 40|publisher=M-1.fm|language=lt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163704/http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1377|archive-date=April 2, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2014}}

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{{single chart|Dutch40|38|year=1996|week=50|access-date=May 13, 2019|refname=E17Dutch40|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|38|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|access-date=May 13, 2019|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Scotland|3|date=19961102|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|20|artist=East Seventeen feat. Gabrielle|song=If You Ever|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|2|date=19961102|rowheader=true}}

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==Year-end charts==

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!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=May 4, 2020}}

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scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1996|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=January 18, 1997}}

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!Chart (1997)

!Position

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html|title=Romanian Top 100 Singles Airplay – Top of the Year 1997|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|access-date=May 4, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122082314/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html|archive-date=January 22, 2005}}

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=East 17 ft Gabrielle|title=If You Ever|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=2019|id=3212-1089-1|salesamount=626,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/gabrielles-biggest-songs-on-the-official-chart__32635/|title=Gabrielle's biggest songs on the Official Chart|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=10 March 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=March 10, 2021}}|access-date=August 25, 2020}}

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=Release history=

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|October 21, 1996

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|London

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-10-19.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=37|date=October 19, 1996|access-date=July 3, 2021}}

scope="row"|Japan

|November 25, 1996

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/7335/products/190601/1/|title=イフ・ユー・エバー {{!}} East 17|trans-title=If You Ever {{!}} East 17|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=March 13, 2024}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNRc1ER8p4&feature=youtu.be Shai{{snd}}"If I Ever Fall in Love" on Vevo]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQArCghJV8 Gabrielle{{snd}}"If You Ever" (with East 17) on YouTube]

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Category:1992 songs

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