If I Should Love Again

Album: If I Should Love Again (1981)
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Songfacts®:

  • Barry Manilow has something in common with Adele. Long before the British songstress resolved to find a new partner who was just like her old one on the hit "Someone Like You," Manilow shared the sentiment on this tune, where he sings to an old flame:

    If I should love again
    If I find someone new
    It would be make-believe
    For in my heart, it would be you
  • Manilow called If I Should Love Again, his eighth studio album, the most romantic album he ever made. He said: "I was so caught up in romance that I actually wrote music and lyrics to the title song while playing the piano facing the ocean, in a rented house on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey."
  • The album yielded two chart-topping singles on the Adult Contemporary chart: "The Old Songs" and "Somewhere Down The Road."
  • This was the first of Manilow's own albums that he produced himself without the help of Ron Dante, who'd co-produced all of his previous albums. In the meantime, Dante helmed Irene Cara's debut album, Anyone Can See.

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  • Belinda "bo" Floyd from Birmingham, AlI am a HUGE fanilow. I have LOVED Barry Manilow since I was 17 yrs old and I would actually give my life to meet him. I'm 10 yrs younger than he is but I am not too proud to BEG whoever is seeking this comment to help me to meet him. What do I need to do to make this happen. I've been to 2 concerts in the past year and am waiting to attend the next one. Do you have any suggestions?
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