If I Was
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| Single by Midge Ure | |||||||
| from the album The Gift | |||||||
| B-side | "Piano" "The Man Who Sold the World" |
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| Released | 2 September 1985 | ||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | ||||||
| Recorded | July 1985 | ||||||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | ||||||
| Length | 4:46 (single version) 5:20 (album version) 6:45 (extended mix) |
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| Label | Chrysalis | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Danny Mitchell, Midge Ure | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Midge Ure | ||||||
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"If I Was" is a 1985 song by Midge Ure. It was co-written by Ure and Danny Mitchell (of Ultravox's tour opening band Messengers), and released as the first single from Ure's first solo album The Gift. It reached #1 on the UK singles chart for one week in September 1985.
In the sleeve notes for the 2001 compilation If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox Ure wrote:
The music video featured Ure's face patterns on a Pin Art pinscreen.
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.
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