If I Was

"If I Was"
Single by Midge Ure
from the album The Gift
B-side	"Piano" "The Man Who Sold the World"
Released	2 September 1985 (1985-09-02)[1]
Studio	Music Fest (London)
Genre	New wave[2]
Length	5:20 (album version) 4:46 (single version)
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Danny Mitchell Midge Ure
Producer(s)	Midge Ure
Midge Ure singles chronology
"After a Fashion" (1983) "If I Was" (1985) "That Certain Smile" (1985)

"If I Was" is a song by Scottish musician Midge Ure. It was co-written by Ure and Danny Mitchell (of Ultravox's tour opening band Messengers) and released as the first single from Ure's debut solo studio album, The Gift (1985). The song reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for one week in September 1985. The track also reached number one in Ireland and peaked within the top 20 in eight other countries.