| If You Should Ever Be Lonely | |
| Cover: | Val Young – If You Should Ever Be Lonely.jpeg |
| Caption: | US sleeve |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Val Young |
| Album: | Seduction |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Prev Title: | Seduction |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Piece of my Heart |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" is a song by American singer Val Young, it was released in 1985 as the first single from her album Seduction issued by label Motown. The single peaked at number twenty-one on the U.S. Billboard R&B Songs chart.[1] "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" was more successful on the US Dance Songs chart, hitting number-one for three weeks.[2]
Real McCoy covered the song for their 1995 album Another Night.
American pop/R&B singer-songwriter and producer Mariah Carey's 1999 US Billboard Hot 100 number one song "Heartbreaker" interpolates Young's composition in its Junior Vasquez club mixes.[3]
A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Remix) – 4:00
B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Instrumental) – 3:54
A1. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix) – 6:32
A2. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix Radio Edit) – 4:15
B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Street Mix) – 7:23
A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Radio Edit) – 3:54
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot Black Singles | 21 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs | 1 |