If My Friends Could See Me Now (Linda Clifford album)

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If My Friends Could See Me Now is the second studio album recorded by American singer Linda Clifford, released in 1978 on the Curtom label.

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 9 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200. The album features a disco-styled cover version of the title track, which peaked at No. 68 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Runaway Love", also charted at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Both tracks, along with the track "Gypsy Lady" peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If My Friends Could See Me Now"	Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields	7:53
2.	"You Are, You Are"	Curtis Mayfield	5:16
3.	"Runaway Love"	Gil Askey	7:04

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Broadway Gypsy Lady"	Curtis Mayfield	3:41
5.	"I Feel Like Falling in Love Again"	Carl Wurzbach	5:04
6.	"Please Darling, Don't Say Goodbye"	Gil Askey, Linda Clifford	4:36
7.	"Gypsy Lady"	Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey	5:42

Personnel

• Keni Burke – bass guitar
• Calvin Bridges, Rich Tufo, Eric Hackett – keyboards
• Eric Hackett – synthesizer
• Donnell Hagan – drums
• Curtis Mayfield, Ronnie Vann, William Ross Traut – guitars
• The Jones Girls – background vocals
• Sol Bobrov – horns and strings contractor

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	22
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peaks
		US	US R&B	US Dan
1978	"Runaway Love"	76	3	1
	"If My Friends Could See Me Now"	54	68
	"Gypsy Lady"	—	—

External links

• If My Friends Could See Me Now at Discogs (list of releases)