If We Fall in Love Tonight


If We Fall in Love Tonight is an album released by Rod 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 by Warner Bros. Records, and produced the singles "If We Fall in Love Tonight" and "When I Need You".

Background

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. The album also includes another original recording, "For the First Time", which was an Adult Contemporary hit for Kenny Loggins after it was included in the soundtrack for the film One Fine Day. The album includes two newly recorded cover versions of hit songs: "Sometimes When We Touch", originally by Dan Hill and "When I Need You", originally by Albert Hammond and a hit for Leo Sayer a few months later. Two other songs had not been previously released on a Rod Stewart album: "So Far Away", originally by Carole 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 with Bryan Adams and Sting, from the 1993 film soundtrack The Three Musketeers. Additionally, two songs were revamped for If We Fall in Love Tonight: "Have [I Told You Lately]", originally by Van Morrison and initially released on Stewart's Vagabond Heart, was remixed here; and "Forever Young", initially on Stewart's Out of Order, which was completely re-recorded. The remaining tracks were all previously released on various Rod Stewart albums.

Track listing

International release

  1. "If We Fall in Love Tonight" – 5:39
  2. "For the First Time" – 4:01
  3. "When I Need You" – 4:50
  4. "Sometimes When We Touch" – 4:20
  5. "Tonight's the Night " – 3:33
  6. "I Don't Want to Talk About It " – 4:50
  7. "Have I Told You Lately" – 3:58
  8. "Broken Arrow" – 4:21
  9. "Forever Young " – 4:52
  10. "You're in My Heart " – 4:28
  11. "My Heart Can't Tell You No" – 5:16
  12. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" – 3:50
  13. "Sailing" – 4:38
  14. "Downtown Train" – 4:40
  15. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" – 6:10
  16. "All for Love" – 4:41
Notes
  • signifies a remixer
  • signifies a co-producer
  • The Japanese release replaces track 8, "Broken Arrow", with "Your Song" from the Elton John tribute album Two Rooms. The remaining track list is otherwise identical. On some releases, "Sailing" is replaced by "This".

Production

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Austrian Albums 46
Danish Albums 18
US Billboard 20071