If I Say Yes Explained

If I Say Yes
Cover:	Five-Star-If-I-Say-Yes-299069.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Five Star
Album:	Silk & Steel
B-Side:	Let Me Down Easy
Released:	7 November 1986
Genre:	Pop
Length:	4:01
Label:	RCA, Tent
Producer:	Buster Pearson, Michael Jay
Prev Title:	Rain or Shine
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Stay Out of My Life
Next Year:	1986

"If I Say Yes" is a 1986 single by British pop group Five Star, and was the follow-up to their biggest-ever UK single, the #2 ranked "Rain or Shine". It was the fourth release from the group's Silk & Steel album. A 3:43 remixed version of the song (an edit of the cassette-only "Lew Hahn New York Remix"), which was the version released in the U.S., appeared on the group's 1989 Greatest Hits album.

Critical reception

Jim Reid of Record Mirror considered "If I Say Yes" a "typically bubbling disco-pop" song very similar to Five Star's previous singles, "with a sax solo, silly clothes and plenty of big grins".^[1] In another issue of the same magazine, James Hamilton described the song as a "speedily wrigging and tinkling Jackson 5-ish 120 bpm galloper".^[2]

Track listings

• 7" single and Five Star logo shaped picture disc

A. "If I Say Yes"

B. "Let Me Down Easy"

• 12" single PT40982

A. "If I Say Yes" (extended mix) (Phil Harding PWL mix) – 7:05

B1. "Let Me Down Easy"

B2. "Can’t Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York remix) – 8:36

• 2nd 12" single PT40982R

A1. "If I Say Yes" (urban remix) (Shep Pettibone mix) – 5:45

A2. "If I Say Yes" (dub mix) (Shep Pettibone mix) – 6:05

B1. "Let Me Down Easy"

B2. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York remix) – 8:36

All tracks available on the remastered versions of either the 2010 'Silk & Steel' album, the 2013 'The Remix Anthology (The Remixes 1984-1991)' or the 2018 'Luxury - The Definitive Anthology 1984-1991' boxset.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986-1987)! scope="col"

Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	50
Europe (European Airplay Top 50)^[4]	35
UK Singles Chart^[5]	15
UK Dance (Music Week)^[6]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	67
US Billboard Hot Dance-Club Play^[8]	26
US Billboard Hot Black Singles^[9]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)! scope="col"

Position
UK Dance (Music Week)^[10]	65

References

1. Reid . Jim . Singles reviewed by Jim Reid . . 8 November 1986 . 11 . London . Spotlight Publications Ltd.. World Radio History . 0144-5804 . 14 November 2023.
2. Hamilton . James . James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) . BPM by James Hamilton . . 15 November 1986 . 52 . London . Spotlight Publications Ltd.. World Radio History . 0144-5804 . 14 November 2023.
3. European Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 3. 49. 13 December 1986. 14-15. 29800226. World Radio History. 10 September 2023.
4. European Airplay Top 50. Music & Media. 3. 49. 13 December 1986. 4. 29800226. World Radio History. 27 September 2023.
5. Web site: Five Star | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company.
6. Top Dance Singles. . 29 November 1986 . 15 . World Radio History . 8 September 2023.
7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 300.

8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 99.

9. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 206.

10. Top Dance Singles – Year-end 1986 . . 10 January 1987 . 19 . World Radio History . 8 September 2023.