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"If I Had You"
Song

"If I Had You" is a song by American pop vocalist and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert. The song was written by Max Martin, Shellback, and Savan Kotecha for Lambert's debut album, For Your Entertainment. It was released as the third single on May 5, 2010.

Promotion

Following the release of the single on May 5, 2010, Lambert performed the song on a series of talk-shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 19,[1] and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 21.[2]

Music video

The video premiered June 14, 2010 on VH1 and "takes the late-night wilderness party motif of Jennifer Lopez's classic "Waiting for Tonight" clip and adds more lasers, guyliner, thrashy dance moves, silver top hats and outrageously spiky shoulder pads."[3] Bryan Barber directed the video, which was inspired by Lambert's self-proclaimed "psychedelic" experience at Burning Man.[3]

James Montgomery from MTV describes the video as having "a clearing in the forest, one packed with party people — of all races, colors, creeds and proclivities, naturally — who are all in the midst of a totally excellent celebration. (Most of said party people are actually Lambert's friends, from his days performing with L.A.'s "Zodiac Show.")"[4] Montgomery states the message of the video is "Humanity can, in fact, put their differences aside and just dance."[4]

Making a cameo in the video are Lambert's friends: Allison Iraheta,[5] Kesha, Cheeks, Scarlett Cherry, Alisan Porter, Brooke Wendle, Terrence Spencer, Sasha Mallory and Cassidy Haley.

Track listing

Australian Digital EP
  1. "If I Had You" (Radio Mix) - 3:46
  2. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins Radio Mix) - 3:45
  3. "If I Had You" (Instrumental Version) - 3:43
Australian CD Single
  1. "If I Had You" - 3:47
  2. "If I Had You" (Instrumental Version) - 3:46
US/AUS Digital EP "The Remixes"
  1. "If I Had You" (Radio Mix) - 3:47
  2. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins Extended Mix) - 6:44
  3. "If I Had You" (Jason Nevins Robotronic Extended Mix) - 6:17
  4. "If I Had You" (Dangerous Muse Remix) - 5:51
  5. "If I Had You" (Morgan Page Extended Remix) - 7:53

Personnel

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Chart performance

As of January 5, 2011, "If I Had You" has sold 717,000 downloads[7] in the United States and charted at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. "If I Had You" has reached number-one in Hungary and the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Finland and Poland.

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
"Shame" by Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow
"Take It Off" by Kesha
 Hungarian Airplay Chart number-one single
November 29, 2010 - December 5, 2010
December 13, 2010 - December 19, 2010 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/05/american-idol-adam-lambert-performs-if-i-had-you-on-ellen.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title American Idol': Adam Lambert performs 'If I Had You' on 'Ellen'" ignored (help)
  2. ^ http://mjsbigblog.com/adam-lambert-if-i-had-you-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-video.htm. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Adam Lambert – ‘If I Had You’ – Tonight Show with Jay Leno – VIDEO" ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/column/viralvideos/adam-lambert-goes-wild-in-if-i-had-you-1004097896.story#/column/viralvideos/adam-lambert-goes-wild-in-if-i-had-you-1004097896.story. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Adam Lambert Goes Wild in 'If I Had You'" ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641489/20100614/lambert_adam_american_idol_.jhtml#fbid=VzsGKAIxm89. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title Adam Lambert's 'If I Had You' Video Frolics In Politics" ignored (help)
  5. ^ atlanta journal constitution. "Adam Lambert's new video for 'If I Had You,' Seacrest's stalker gets two years".
  6. ^ (Media notes). {{cite AV media notes}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Format= ignored (|format= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Type= ignored (|type= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Year= ignored (|year= suggested) (help)
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  8. ^ ARIA Charts. "charts.org.au - Adam Lambert -If I Had You". charts.org.au. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  9. ^ "If I Had You - Adam Lambert". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  10. ^ Finnish Singles Chart. "charts.org.fin - Adam Lambert - If I Had You". charts.org.fin. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  11. ^ http://www.media-control.de/bon-jovi-auf-platz-zwei-der-charts.html
  12. ^ "Hungarian Airplay Chart:If I Had You - Adam Lambert". MAHASZ. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  13. ^ "charts.org.nz - Adam Lambert -If I Had You". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  14. ^ "Polska Airplay Top 100 Charts - Music Charts". Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  15. ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/song/adam-lambert/if-i-had-you/15600713
  16. ^ "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
  17. ^ "Charts Year End: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2010 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  19. ^ "radioscope.net.nz".
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