If You Should Ever Be Lonely

"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" is a song by American singer Val Young, it was released in 1985 as the first single from her album Seduction issued by label Motown. The single peaked at number twenty-one on the U.S. Billboard R&B Songs chart.[1] "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" was more successful on the US Dance Songs chart, hitting number-one for three weeks.[2]

"If You Should Ever Be Lonely"
Single by Val Young
from the album Seduction
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1986 (1986-02-10)
Recorded1984
Genre
Length4:15
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
  • Fred Jenkins
  • Valaria Young
Producer(s)
  • Fred Jenkins
  • Levi Ruffin, Jr.
Val Young singles chronology
"Seduction"
(1985)
"If You Should Ever Be Lonely"
(1986)
"Piece of my Heart"
(1986)

Use in Pop Culture

American Pop/R&B singer-songwriter and producer Mariah Carey's 1999 US Billboard Hot 100 number one song "Heartbreaker" interpolates Young's composition in its "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely" Junior Vasquez Club Mixes.[3]

Track listings and formats

  • US and UK 7" Vinyl single[4]
A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Remix) – 4:00
B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Instrumental) – 3:54
  • US and UK 12" Vinyl single[5]
A1. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix) – 6:32
A2. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix Radio Edit) – 4:15
B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Street Mix) – 7:23
  • US 7" Vinyl promo single
A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Radio Edit) – 3:54

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 21
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 643.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 286.
  3. https://www.musixmatch.com/ja/lyrics/Mariah-Carey/Heartbreaker-If-You-Should-Ever-Be-Lonely-Junior-s-Heartbreaker-Club-Dub
  4. "Val Young - If You Should Ever Be Lonely (Vinyl)". discogs.com.
  5. "Val Young - If You Should Ever Be Lonely (12", Vinyl)". discogs.com.


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