If I Was

"If I Was" is a popular song written by Midge Ure and Danny Mitchell, released as a single off of his first solo album The Gift. It reached #1 on the UK singles chart for a single week in October 1985. This was Ure's third number one, coming after his success with Slik in 1976 ("Forever and Ever") and Band Aid in 1984 ("Do They Know It's Christmas?").

In the sleeve notes for the 2001 compilation If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox Ure wrote:

Music video

The music video featured Ure's face patterns on a Pin Art pinscreen.

B-sides

The instrumental "Piano" was released on the B-side of the 7" and 12" singles. The 12" single featured a second track: a cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World", originally released on the film soundtrack of Party Party (1983). Both songs were added as bonus tracks to the CD reissue of The Gift in 1996.

Chart performance

References

External links

  • "If I Was" at Discogs (list of releases)
  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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    If I Was

    by: Ultravox

    If I Was a Better Man
    Would Fellow Men Take Me to Their Hearts
    If I Was a Stronger Man
    Carrying the Weight of Popular Demand
    Tell Me Would That Alarm Her
    I'd Never Harm Her At All
    If I Was a Soldier
    Captive Arms I'd Lay Before Her
    If I Was a Sailor
    Seven Oceans I'd Sail to Her
    If I Was a Wiser Man
    Would Other Men Reach Out and Touch Me
    If I Was a Kinder
    Man
    Dishing Up Love For a Hungry World
    Tell Me Would
    That Appease Her
    I Want to Please Her Again
    If I Was a Painter
    I'd Paint a World That Couldn't Taint Her
    If I Was a Leader
    On Food of Love From Above
    I Would Feed Her
    If I Was a Poet
    All My Love in Burning Words
    I Would Show It
    If I Was Her Lover
    Her Eyes in Kisses I Would Cover
    Come Here My Baby
    Oh They Can't Touch You Now
    I'll Keep You Safe and Warm
    I'll Never Leave You At All
    Come Here My Baby
    Oh They Won't Touch You
    Dishing Up Love For a Hungry World
    Tell Me Would That Appease You
    I Want to Please You Again
    If I Was a Soldier
    Captive Arms I'd Lay Before Her
    If I Was a Sailor
    Seven Oceans I'd Sail to Her
    If I Was a Painter
    I'd Paint a World That Couldn't Taint Her
    If I Was a Leader
    On Food of Love From Above I Would Feed Her
    If I Was a Poet
    All My Love in Burning Words I Would Show It




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