| If We Fall in Love Tonight | ||||
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| Released | 4 November 1996[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock,pop | |||
| Length | 67:32 (U.S. version) 73:51 (international version) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
If We Fall in Love Tonight is an album released byRod Stewart on 4 November 1996 in the United Kingdom and on 12 November 1996 in the United States. It includes mostly previously released songs. The album was released in both the US and UK, though the versions differ slightly. It was released byWarner Bros. Records, and produced the singles "If We Fall in Love Tonight" and "When I Need You".
The title track "If We Fall in Love Tonight", written for this album, had some legal wrangles regarding its copyright and track title which have now been resolved.[citation needed] The album also includes another original recording, "For the First Time", which was an Adult Contemporary hit forKenny Loggins after it was included in the soundtrack for the filmOne Fine Day. The album includes two newly recordedcover versions of hit songs: "Sometimes When We Touch", originally byDan Hill and "When I Need You", originally byAlbert Hammond and a hit forLeo Sayer a few months later. Two other songs had not been previously released on a Rod Stewart album: "So Far Away", originally byCarole King, which had been released as a single in 1995 from that year's Carole King tribute album,Tapestry Revisited, and "All for Love", a collaboration withBryan Adams andSting, from the 1993 film soundtrackThe Three Musketeers. Additionally, two songs were revamped forIf We Fall in Love Tonight: "Have I Told You Lately", originally byVan Morrison and initially released on Stewart'sVagabond Heart, was remixed here; and "Forever Young", initially on Stewart'sOut of Order, which was completely re-recorded. The remaining tracks were all previously released on various Rod Stewart albums.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "If We Fall in Love Tonight" (new original song; previously unreleased) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | 5:39 |
| 2. | "For the First Time" (new original song; previously unreleased) | Jud Friedman, Allan Rich,James Newton Howard | Howard | 4:01 |
| 3. | "When I Need You" (new cover song; previously unreleased) | Carole Bayer Sager,Albert Hammond | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | 4:50 |
| 4. | "So Far Away" (previously released on the Carole King tribute album,Tapestry Revisited) | Carole King | David Foster | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Have I Told You Lately" (studio version remix) (new remixed version; previously unreleased) | Van Morrison | Rod Stewart,Bernard Edwards, Steve MacMillan[a] | 3:58 |
| 6. | "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (previously released on Stewart'sOut of Order) | Simon Climie,Dennis Morgan | Stewart, Edwards,Andy Taylor | 5:16 |
| 7. | "You're in My Heart" (previously released on Stewart'sFoot Loose & Fancy Free) | Stewart | Tom Dowd | 4:28 |
| 8. | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (previously released on Stewart'sA Night on the Town) | Cat Stevens | Dowd | 3:50 |
| 9. | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (original version on Stewart'sAtlantic Crossing; this version taken from Stewart'sStoryteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990) | Danny Whitten | Dowd | 4:50 |
| 10. | "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (previously released on Stewart'sA Night on the Town) | Stewart | Dowd | 3:33 |
| 11. | "Sometimes When We Touch" (new cover song; previously unreleased) | Barry Mann,Dan Hill | Howard | 4:24 |
| 12. | "Downtown Train" (previously released on Stewart'sStoryteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990) | Tom Waits | Trevor Horn | 4:40 |
| 13. | "Broken Arrow" (previously released on Stewart'sVagabond Heart)) | Robbie Robertson | Patrick Leonard,Lenny Waronker[b] | 4:21 |
| 14. | "Forever Young" (1996) (new re-recorded version; previously unreleased) | Stewart,Jim Cregan,Kevin Savigar | Savigar | 4:52 |
| 15. | "All for Love" (withBryan Adams &Sting, previously released onThe Three Musketeers Soundtrack) | Bryan Adams,Robert John "Mutt" Lange,Michael Kamen | Chris Thomas, David Nicholas, Bryan Adams | 4:41 |
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Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina (CAPIF)[28] | Gold | 30,000^ |
| Australia (ARIA)[29] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
| Austria (IFPI Austria)[30] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[31] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
| Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[32] | Platinum | 20,000* |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[33] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway)[34] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Portugal (AFP)[35] | 2× Platinum | 80,000^ |
| Sweden (GLF)[36] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[37] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[38] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI)[39] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
