If This World Were Mine
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"If This World Were Mine" | ||||
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Single by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell | ||||
from the album United | ||||
A-side | "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" | |||
Released | November 14, 1967 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Studio | Hitsville USA | |||
Genre | R&B, soul | |||
Length | 2:41 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marvin Gaye | |||
Producer(s) | Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol | |||
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell singles chronology | ||||
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"If This World Were Mine" is a 1967 song by soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell from their album United. Written solely by Gaye, it was one of the few songs they recorded without Ashford & Simpson writing or producing. When it was released as a single in November 1967 as the B-side to the duo's "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You", it hit the Billboard pop singles chart, peaking at number 68, and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard R&B singles chart. Gaye would later put the song into his set list during his last tours in the early 1980s as he performed a medley of his hits with Terrell. The song was covered by Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn who had an R&B hit with it in 1982.
Charts
[edit]Chart (1967) | Peak |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 68 |
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles | 27 |
Cover versions
[edit]Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn version
[edit]"If This World Were Mine" | ||||
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Single by Luther Vandross andCheryl Lynn | ||||
from the album Instant Love | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 5:27 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marvin Gaye | |||
Producer(s) | Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller | |||
Cheryl Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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Luther Vandross singles chronology | ||||
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Fifteen years after the original recording, Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn re-recorded it for her album Instant Love and made the song a hit peaking at number 4 in 1982 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. This version also appears on Vandross's 1989 compilation album, The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love.
Charts
[edit]Chart (1982-1983) | Peak |
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U.S. Billboard 100 Hot 100[1] | 30 |
Other versions
[edit]A decade later, Coko of SWV and rising R&B singer Tyrese recorded it for her 1999 solo album Hot Coko. The song is featured on John Legend's 2004 live album Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory, with Imani Uzuri singing the female lead.
In 2005, Alicia Keys and Jermaine Paul recorded it for the Luther Vandross tribute album So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross. The song was nominated Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the Grammy Awards.[2] They did not win; instead, the Grammy was awarded to Beyoncé Knowles and Stevie Wonder for their cover "So Amazing," which appeared on the same Vandross tribute album.
In 1973, Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager recorded the song on their album The Love We Have, the Love We Had.
Sampling
[edit]R&B singer Tweet sampled the Gaye/Terrell original for the intro of her 2005 single "Turn Da Lights Off", featuring Missy Elliott.
In 2013, American house music producer Chris Malinchak sampled the song on "So Good to Me".[3]
The Vandross/Lynn version was sampled in "Luther," a ballad with SZA, off of Kendrick Lamar's 2024 album GNX.
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top Billboard Hot 100 Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 368.
- ^ RCA Music Group (8 December 2005). "RCA Music Group Artists Earn 28 Nominations for the 48th Annual Grammy". prnewswire.com.
- ^ "Chris Malinchak - 'So Good To Me' (Official Video)". Capital FM. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- 1967 singles
- 1967 songs
- 1982 singles
- Alicia Keys songs
- Cheryl Lynn songs
- Columbia Records singles
- John Legend songs
- Luther Vandross songs
- Male–female vocal duets
- Marvin Gaye songs
- Slade songs
- Song recordings produced by Harvey Fuqua
- Song recordings produced by Johnny Bristol
- Song recordings produced by Luther Vandross
- Song recordings produced by Marcus Miller
- Songs written by Marvin Gaye
- Tamla Records singles
- Tammi Terrell songs