If Ever You're in My Arms Again explained

If Ever You're in My Arms Again
Cover:	Ifeveryoureinmyarms.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Peabo Bryson
Album:	Straight from the Heart
B-Side:	There's No Getting Over You
Released:	April 1984
Recorded:	1983
Genre:	R&B^[1]
Length:	4:12 (album version) 4:02 (single version)
Label:	Elektra
Producer:	Michael Masser
Prev Title:	I Just Came Here to Dance (with Roberta Flack)
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Slow Dancin'
Next Year:	1984

"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American contemporary R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single peaked at number 6 on the R&B chart and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984.^[2] It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the adult contemporary chart.^[3]

Personnel

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
• Randy Kerber – acoustic piano, Yamaha DX7
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor
• Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements
• Gene Page – rhythm track arrangements
• Richard Marx – backing vocals
• Deborah Thomas – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again"!Chart (1984)!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	20
Canada RPM Top Singles	6
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	18

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again"! Chart (1984)! Position

Canada^[8]	46
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)^[9]	47
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	1

In popular culture

The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial Santa Barbara.^{[11] [12]}

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)

External links

• Single release info at discogs.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson’s “A Whole New World (Aladdin‘s Theme). . January 31, 2022. August 2, 2024. If You’re Ever In My Arms Again” is a pretty typical example of that era’s slick, upwardly mobile R&B..
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 90.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 41.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 247. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
5. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . July 28, 1984 . May 27, 2019.
6. Web site: New Zealand charts portal . charts.nz . April 1, 2017.
7. Web site: 2024-07-24 . Philippines Hot 100 - Billboard Philippines . 2024-08-03 . billboardphilippines.com . en-US.
8. Web site: Top 100 Singles of 1984 – Volume 41, No. 17, January 05 1985 . . . May 21, 2018.
9. December 22, 1984 . Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles . TA-19 . Billboard . 96 . 51 .
10. Web site: Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984. Billboard. February 26, 2022. March 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305234649/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/adult-contemporary-songs. dead.
11. Web site: Santa Barbara. Cybercom.net. April 24, 2021.
12. Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.