"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
.
The song was also their only Top 40 hit in the
UKThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
, peaking at #36.
"If I Ever Fall In Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet by
East 17For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an English pop boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the postcode for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt...
and
GabrielleLouisa Gabrielle Bobb is a multi-platinum selling, BRIT Award winning English singer, who records under the name Gabrielle.-Early career:...
(with a backing track), and renamed "
If You Ever".
"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
"
If I Ever Fall in Love" is an
a cappellaA cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato style...
song by
ShaiShai is an early 1990s vocal R&B/soul quartet. Their biggest hit was an a cappella single, "If I Ever Fall in Love", which made #2 in the U.S. Top 40.-Band history:Shai was formed at Howard University in Washington D.C...
, which reached number two in the US charts in 1992, and spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart
.
The song was also their only Top 40 hit in the
UKThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
, peaking at #36.
East 17 and Gabrielle version
"If I Ever Fall In Love" was covered in 1996 as a duet by
East 17For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an English pop boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the postcode for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt...
and
GabrielleLouisa Gabrielle Bobb is a multi-platinum selling, BRIT Award winning English singer, who records under the name Gabrielle.-Early career:...
(with a backing track), and renamed "
If You Ever". It reached #2 in the UK and #4 in
LatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , and to the southeast by Belarus . Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies Sweden...
. It was also one of only three songs by Gabrielle to reach the Top 20 in
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, peaking at #16.
The song was the first single from East 17's first 'Greatest Hits' compilation,
Around the World (The Journey So Far), and was also the fourth single from Gabrielle's second self-titled album. It was the highest charting single from both aforementioned albums. The song was also the 11th biggest selling boyband single of the 90's in the UK selling 510,000 copies and has received a Gold sales status certification.
Charts
| Chart (1997) |
Peak
position |
| UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
|
2 |
| Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data...
|
4 |
| Swedish Singles Chart |
5 |
| Australian Singles Chart |
16 |
| French Singles Chart |
19 |
| Swiss Singles Chart |
20 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Chart |
35 |
| Dutch Singles Chart |
38 |
Track listings
UK CD 1 (LONCD 388)
- "If You Ever" (Smoove 7" mix)
- "If You Ever" (Ruff mix)
- "Deep" (live)
- "Steam" (live)
UK CD 2 (LOCDP 388)
- "If You Ever" (Smoove 7" Mix)
- "Stay Another Day" (live)
- "Around the World" (live)
- "It's Alright" (live)
External links
- Gabrielle - If You Ever (with East 17) at YouTube
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