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"If Only I Could" is a 1989 song by American-German singer Sydney Youngblood. Released as the lead single from his debut album, Feeling Free (1989), the track was composed by Claus Zundel, a producer of multi-million-selling projects Sacred Spirit and B-Tribe. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette and compact disc, and is now considered Youngblood's signature song, being his biggest hit and remaining popular with many of his fans. The song reached number one in Belgium and was a top 3 hit in many countries, including the UK, where it was the 11th-best-selling single of 1989. In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create 'if only [he] could'". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs". "If Only I Could" us

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  • If Only I Could ist ein Lied des deutsch-amerikanischen Sängers Sydney Youngblood. Es erschien im August 1989 als Single wie auch im Herbst auf dem Album . (de)
  • "If Only I Could" is a 1989 song by American-German singer Sydney Youngblood. Released as the lead single from his debut album, Feeling Free (1989), the track was composed by Claus Zundel, a producer of multi-million-selling projects Sacred Spirit and B-Tribe. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette and compact disc, and is now considered Youngblood's signature song, being his biggest hit and remaining popular with many of his fans. The song reached number one in Belgium and was a top 3 hit in many countries, including the UK, where it was the 11th-best-selling single of 1989. In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create 'if only [he] could'". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs". "If Only I Could" uses the bassline and drumbeat from the Raze house track "Break 4 Love". (en)
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  • If Only I Could ist ein Lied des deutsch-amerikanischen Sängers Sydney Youngblood. Es erschien im August 1989 als Single wie auch im Herbst auf dem Album . (de)
  • "If Only I Could" is a 1989 song by American-German singer Sydney Youngblood. Released as the lead single from his debut album, Feeling Free (1989), the track was composed by Claus Zundel, a producer of multi-million-selling projects Sacred Spirit and B-Tribe. It was released on vinyl, audio cassette and compact disc, and is now considered Youngblood's signature song, being his biggest hit and remaining popular with many of his fans. The song reached number one in Belgium and was a top 3 hit in many countries, including the UK, where it was the 11th-best-selling single of 1989. In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create 'if only [he] could'". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs". "If Only I Could" us (en)
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