If You Ever Want to Be in Love

"If You Ever Want To Be In Love" is a song by English singer-songwriter James Bay. It was released in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2015 through Republic Records as the fourth single[2] from his debut studio album Chaos and the Calm (2015) after originally being included on Bay's 2014 Let It Go EP.

"If You Ever Want To Be In Love"
Single by James Bay
from the album Chaos and the Calm
Released29 October 2015
Recorded2013–14 in Nashville, Tennessee[1]
Genre
Length3:58
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
  • James Bay
  • Jimmy Hogarth
  • Steve McEwan
Producer(s)Jacquire King
James Bay singles chronology
"Scars"
(2015)		 "If You Ever Want To Be In Love"
(2015)		 "Best Fake Smile"
(2016)
Music video
"If You Ever Want To Be In Love" on YouTube

The single was certified silver in the United Kingdom in February 2017.[3]

Background

Bay told PopCrush the song is "about a few different experiences and scenarios" saying "I was really keen to [move away from home] when I was 18, and I moved about 2-3 hours away ... Suddenly, I was really aware of the feeling every time I went home back to the town where I grew up in. When [I'd see my home town friends] again, there was always that talk of we’re all back in this town -- it was a small town. We’d come together and one of the stories amongst all of this is always, “I saw that girl who I had something going on with and it really it sort of fizzled out and didn’t end up being anything because we both went to different parts of the country." Some people have that feeling of “what if?” and that slight feeling of regret that they moved away. So the song is kind of referencing that whole part of your life where you leave and whenever you come back to visit, there's those things that make you think “What if I hadn’t left?” There's those reminders, maybe still there. Or maybe you've come back to visit as well and it's kind of about chance meeting between two people who started from the same place, went away and came back again." [4]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "If You Ever Want To Be In Love" was first released onto YouTube on 29 October 2015 at a total length of four minutes and forth-three seconds.[5] The clip was directed by Sophie Mueller and sees Bay performing in a small venue not dissimilar from the pubs and clubs he was playing before the album's release.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[7] 53
Slovenia (SloTop50)[8] 46
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 96

Year-end charts
Chart (2019) Position
Portugal (AFP)[10] 915

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[11] Gold 25,000
Portugal (AFP)[12] Gold 10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 200,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 29 October 2015 Digital download, streaming [14] Republic

References
  1. "Chaos and the Calm (Deluxe Version) by James Bay". iTunes (UK).
  2. "James Bay Shares 'If You Ever Want To Be In Love'". Clash Music. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. "Certified Awards Search" (To access, enter the search parameter "James Bay" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. "JAMES BAY INTERVIEW: 'IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE IN LOVE,' MICHAEL JACKSON + MORE [EXCLUSIVE]". Pop Crush. August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. "James Bay -James Bay - If You Ever Want To Be In Love (Official Video)". YouTube. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. "James Bay posts 'If You Ever Want To Be In Love' video – watch". NME. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. "Ultratop.be – James Bay – If You Ever Want to Be In Love" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. "SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart". slotop50.si. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Top AFP - Audiogest - Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  11. "Italian single certifications – James Bay – If You Ever Want to Be in Love" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 October 2018. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "If You Ever Want to Be in Love" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli online" under "Sezione".
  12. "Portuguese single certifications – James Bay – If You Ever Want to Be in Love" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  13. "British single certifications – James Bay – IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE IN LOVE". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE IN LOVE in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  14. "If You Ever Want to Be In Love by James Bay". Spotify. Retrieved 9 February 2018.


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