If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox

If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
Greatest hits album by Midge Ure and Ultravox
Released	1993
Genre	New wave; synthpop;
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Bruce Harris; John Hudson; Mick Karn; Phil Lynott; George Martin; Conny Plank; Ultravox; Midge Ure; Visage; Rick Walton; Kit Woolven;
Midge Ure chronology
Ultravox chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox is a 1993 compilation album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, featuring songs from his solo career and as part of the new wave and synthpop band Ultravox, along with Ure's collaborations with Mick Karn ("After a Fashion"), Phil Lynott ("Yellow Pearl"), Visage ("Fade to Grey"), and charity supergroup Band Aid ("Do They Know It's Christmas?").

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If I Was" (from the Midge Ure album The Gift)	Midge Ure Danny Mitchell	5:21
2.	"No Regrets" (Midge Ure non-album single)	Tom Rush	4:02
3.	"Love's Great Adventure" (from the Ultravox album The Collection)	Warren Cann Billy Currie Ure Chris Cross	3:08
4.	"Dear God" (from the Midge Ure album Answers to Nothing)	Ure	5:02
5.	"Cold Cold Heart" (from the Midge Ure album Pure)	Ure	4:06
6.	"Vienna" (from the Ultravox album Vienna)	Cann Currie Ure Cross	4:38
7.	"Call of the Wild" (Midge Ure non-album single)	Ure Mitchell Colin King	4:21
8.	"After a Fashion" (with Mick Karn; non-album single)	Ure Mick Karn	3:59
9.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (from the Ultravox album Lament)	Cann Currie Ure Cross	4:10
10.	"All Fall Down" (from the Ultravox album U-Vox)	Ure Cross Currie	5:09
11.	"Yellow Pearl" (from the Phil Lynott album Solo in Soho)	Phil Lynott Ure	3:20
12.	"Fade to Grey" (from the Visage album Visage)	Currie Chris Payne Ure	3:47
13.	"Reap the Wild Wind" (from the Ultravox album Quartet)	Cann Currie Ure Cross	3:43
14.	"Answers to Nothing" (from the Midge Ure album Answers to Nothing)	Ure	3:40
15.	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" (by the charity supergroup Band Aid)	Bob Geldof Ure	3:47
16.	"That Certain Smile" (from the Midge Ure album The Gift)	Ure Mitchell	4:09
17.	"The Man Who Sold the World" (US version only)	David Bowie	5:30

Personnel[]

Adapted from AllMusic.^[2]

Ultravox – performer, primary artist, producer
Midge Ure – guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, performer, primary artist, producer, remixing, vocals
Barry Adamson – bass
Craig Armstrong – piano
Chris Ballin – background vocals
Band Aid – primary artist
Gary Barnacle – brass, horn
Angie Brown – background vocals
Mark Brzezicki – drums
Steve Brzezicki – bass
Billy Burrie – keyboards, violin
Kate Bush – guest artist, vocals
Ali Campbell – vocals
Robin Campbell – vocals
Warren Cann – drums
Jackie Challenor – background vocals
The Chieftains – guest artist
Chris Cross – bass
Sheilah Cuffy – background vocals
Carol Douet – background vocals
Yona Dunsford – background vocals
Gwen Dupree – background vocals
Rusty Egan – drums
Lindsey Elliott – drums
Geoff Emerick – engineer
Dave Formula – keyboards
Phil Gannon – background vocals
Glenn Gregory – background vocals
Bruce Harris – executive producer, producer
Trevor Ray Hart – photography
John Hudson – engineer, producer
Kenny Hyslop – drums, percussion
Sylvia Mason-James – background vocals
Lorenza Johnson – background vocals
Mick Karn – bass, primary artist, producer
Carol Kenyon – background vocals
Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
Mark King – bass
Maxwell Langdown – speech/speaker/speaking part, voices
Phil Lynott – guest artist, performer, primary artist, producer
George Martin – producer
Glen Matlock – bass, vocals
Michael McCloud – background vocals
John McGeoch – guitar
Jim McGinlay – bass
Billy McIsaac – keyboards, vocals
Mae McKenna – background vocals
Ian McLagan – guest artist, piano
Jeremy Meehan – bass
Paddy Moloney – tin whistle, uilleann pipes, whistle
Paul Mosby – mizmar, synthesizer
Steve New – guitar, vocals
Simon Phillips – drums
Josh Phillips-Gorse – keyboards, mellophonium, Mellotron
Conny Plank – producer
Kevin Powell – bass
Nigel Ross-Scott – bass
Vicki St. James – background vocals
Jackie Sheridan – background vocals
Peter Sherrard – photography
Kate Stephenson – background vocals
Steve Strange – guest artist, vocals
John Thirkell – brass
Peter Thoms – brass
Vincent M. Vero – project coordinator, research
Visage – performer, primary artist, producer
Rick Walton – engineer, producer
Ricci P. Washington – background vocals
Derek Watkins – brass
Steve Williams – electronic percussion, percussion
Kit Woolven – producer

Charts and certifications[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[3]	10

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[4]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "midge-ure-and-ultravox - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "British album certifications – Midge Ure & Ultravox – If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2018.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links[]

If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox at Discogs

[1] "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[2] "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[3] "midge-ure-and-ultravox - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[United_KingdomMidge_Ure_&_UltravoxIf_I_Was_..._The_Very_Best_Of_Midge_Ure_And_UltravoxalbumCertRef-4] "British album certifications – Midge Ure & Ultravox – If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2018.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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Compilation albums	If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
Singles	"No Regrets" "If I Was" "Breathe"
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