If I Ever Feel Better
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{{Infobox song
| name = If I Ever Feel Better
| cover = Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Phoenix
| album = United
| B-side =
| released = 22 January 2001
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = French house
| length = 3:42
| label = Virgin
| writer =
- Thomas Pablo Croquet
- Christian Mazzalai
- Laurent Mazzalai
- Frederic Moulin
| producer =
- Phoenix
- Philippe Zdar
| prev_title = Too Young
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Everything Is Everything
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
"If I Ever Feel Better" is a song by French band Phoenix, released on 1 June 2000 as the third single from their debut studio album, United. It contains a sample of Japanese jazz musician Toshiyuki Honda's 1979 track "Lament", which was written by Chikara Ueda.{{cite AV media notes|title=United|year=2000|type=liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=7243 8 488532 8}} The song remains Phoenix's highest charting in both France and internationally, reaching top-10 positions in Belgium, Italy and Spain, as well as number 12 in France. It was certified gold in Italy by FIMI in 2017.
Critical reception
In a review for the band's album It's Never Been Like That, Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork referred to the song and "Everything Is Everything" as "brilliant" with "production as crisp as a Frito and singer Thomas Mars' mercury croon" that "could slot into the playlists of hipsters and receptionists alike".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9030-its-never-been-like-that/|title=Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Mitchum|first=Rob|date=24 May 2006|access-date=11 January 2023}} In a review for Erlend Øye's DJ-Kicks album that includes a remix of the track, Nick Sylvester called the original version an "utterly catchy French house gem".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9030-its-never-been-like-that/|title=Erlend Øye: DJ Kicks Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Sylvester|first=Nick|date=7 May 2004|access-date=11 January 2023}}
Track listing
- "If I Ever Feel Better" (edit) – 3:42
- "'If I Ever Feel Better, I'll Go to the Disco' Said the Buffalo Bunch" – 6:09
- "On Fire" (Nash Kato version) – 2:05
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "If I Ever Feel Better" !scope="col"|Chart (2000–2001) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| {{single chart|France|12|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Italy|4|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|67|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Netherlands (Tipparade){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/phoenix/phoenix-if-i-ever-feel-better-15403|title=Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=11 January 2023}}
| align="center"| 8 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Spain|6|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|23|artist=Phoenix|song=If I Ever Feel Better|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
| {{single chart|UK|65|date=20010128|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2023}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Phoenix|title=If I Ever Feel Better|id=5114|relyear=2000|certyear=2017|access-date=11 January 2023|refname=ITA}}
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References
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Category:Virgin Records singles