If It's Over

"If It's Over"
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album MTV Unplugged and Emotions
Released	August 28, 1992
Recorded	1991 (original version) March 16, 1992 (MTV Unplugged version)
Studio	Kaufman Astoria Studios (New York City) (MTV Unplugged version)
Genre	Soul gospel blues[1]
Length	3:47 (MTV Unplugged version) 4:37 (album version)
Label	Columbia
Composer(s)	Carole King Mariah Carey
Lyricist(s)	Mariah Carey
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"I'll Be There" (1992) "If It's Over" (1992) "Dreamlover" (1993)
Live video
"Mariah Carey - If It's Over (MTV Unplugged - HD Video)" on YouTube

“If It's Over” is a song written by American singers and songwriters Mariah Carey and Carole King, with the former and Walter Afanasieff helming its production. It was originally released on September 17, 1991, on Carey's second studio album, Emotions. Lyrically, the song tells of a romance that has withered, and finds the protagonist asking her lover, “if it's over, let me go”. Several months after the release of Emotions, Carey performed the song during her appearance on the television show MTV Unplugged.

Following the release of the MTV Unplugged EP, the song's live version was used as the second single released from the EP in late 1992. The live single version omits the second verse and chorus, as the songs were shortened for the show. It received a very limited release, being featured as an airplay only single in certain territories. Its only peak was in the Netherlands, where it reached number eighty. Carey performed “If It's Over” live during the 34th annual Grammy Awards and on Saturday Night Live.