If Only I Could
| "If Only I Could" | ||||
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| Single by Sydney Youngblood | ||||
| from the album Feeling Free | ||||
| B-side | "Spooky" | |||
| Released | 24 July 1989 | |||
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| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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| Producer(s) | Claus Zundel | |||
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| "If Only I Could" on YouTube | ||||
"If Only I Could" is a song by American-German singer-songwriter Sydney Youngblood. The track was co-written by Youngblood with Markus Friedrich Staab, Ralf Hamm, and Claus Zundel. In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create 'if only [he] could'". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs". "If Only I Could" uses the bassline and drumbeat from the Raze house track "Break 4 Love".
"If Only I Could" was released on vinyl, audio cassette and compact disc in July 1989 as the lead single from Youngblood's debut album, Feeling Free (1989). It is one of his biggest hits, reaching number one in Belgium and the top three in many countries, including the United Kingdom, where it was the 13th-best-selling single of 1989.