If I Say Yes

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"If I Say Yes"
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Single by Five Star
from the album Silk & Steel
B-side"Let Me Down Easy"
Released7 November 1986
GenrePop
Length4:01
LabelRCA, Tent
Songwriter(s), Marvin Morrow[1]
Producer(s)Buster Pearson, Michael Jay
Five Star singles chronology
"Rain or Shine"
(1986)
"If I Say Yes"
(1986)
"Stay Out of My Life"
(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.

Track listing[]

7” Single and shaped picture disc:

1. "If I Say Yes" (album version)

2. "Let Me Down Easy"

12” Single: PT40982

1. "If I Say Yes" (Extended Mix) 7:05 (PWL version) *

2. "Let Me Down Easy"

3. "Can’t Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York Remix) 8:36

12” Single: PT40982R

1. "If I Say Yes" (Urban Remix) 5:45 (Shep Pettibone mix) **

2. "If I Say Yes" (Dub Mix) 6:05 (Shep Pettibone mix)

3. "Let Me Down Easy"

4. "Can’t Wait Another Minute" (M&M New York Remix) 8:36

* Released on CD on the 2010 Expanded Edition of Silk & Steel CRPOP74

** The 12" Urban Remix of "If I Say Yes" was released in CD format in 2011 on the Rodeo Media release "Dance Classics volume 35 and 36"

Chart history[]

"If I Say Yes" reached #15 (UK); #13 (US Soul Chart)

Chart (1986-87) Peak
position
U.K. Singles Chart[2] 15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 67
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance-Club Play[4] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[5] 13

References[]

  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Five Star | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 300.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 99.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 206.
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