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Midge Ure
The Gift
If I Was
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"If I Was" is a popular song written by Midge Ure and Danny Mitchell. 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?"). The song features Mark King of Level 42 on bass guitar.
In the sleeve notes for the 2001 compilation If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox Ure wrote:
"This song is pure Danny Mitchell. I found a demo of it on a cassette Danny had sent me for his band The Messengers. I grabbed it with both hands, messed around with it, sprinkled it with fairy dust and the rest is history."
One reviewer wrote that If I Was "is an excellent atmospheric-pop song. The occasionally clumsy lyrics mar the track somewhat, but the music is good enough to salvage these moments."


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