If I Can't Have You

If I Can't Have You

Infobox Single
Name = If I Can't Have You


Artist = Yvonne Elliman
from Album = Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)
B-side = Unknown
Released = 1977
Format = 12", Cassette single, CD-single
Recorded =
Genre = Disco
Length =
Label = Polydor
Writer = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producer = Ricki Wilde
Certification =
Last single =
This single = If I Can't Have You
(1977)
Next single =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Saturday Night Fever
Type = soundtrack
prev_track = "More Than a Woman"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "If I Can't Have You"
track_no = 5
next_track = "A Fifth of Beethoven
next_no = 6Infobox Single
Name = If I Can't Have You


Artist = Kim Wilde
from Album = The Singles Collection 1981-1993
B-side = "Never Felt So Alive"
Released = 28 June 1993
Format = 7", 12", Cassette single, CD-single
Recorded =
Genre = Disco
Length =
Label = MCA
Writer = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producer = Ricki Wilde
Certification =
Last single = Million Miles Away
(1992)
This single = If I Can't Have You
(1993)
Next single = In My Life
(1993)

"If I Can't Have You" is a disco song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. The song was intended to be included in the follow-up album to "Children of the World" (1976), but was given to singer Yvonne Elliman when the Bee Gees became involved in the production of the movie "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) in which the song, and also in the subsequent soundtrack, appeared. Elliman's version became an international smash hit, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and #8 in the UK. The song, as sung by the Bee Gees, was released as the B-side to the single "Stayin' Alive" in 1978 and also appeared in the 2001 compilation "".

A remixed version of The Bee Gees recording was released on the remastered version of Bee Gees Greatest in 2007 and marked the return of The Bee Gees to the U.S. Hot Dance Tracks charts after 28 years.

Kim Wilde version

The song was covered in 1993 by British singer Kim Wilde and recorded as one of two new tracks on her compilation album "The Singles Collection 1981-1993".

The single reached #12 in the UK, though was never released in the US. It became Wilde's biggest hit of the 1990s (with the possible exception of 1992's "Love Is Holy") and one of the biggest hits of her career in Australia, where it reached #3.

It was released in several extended remixes on the 12" and CD-single formats. The B-side was an exclusive non-album track called "Never Felt So Alive."

Chart performance

Eve's Plum version

Eve's Plum, a pop rock band that existed from 1991 to 1998 recorded a cover in 1995 which found its way onto a compilation CD.

Young Divas version

Australian group Young Divas, covered the song in 2007 for their second album "New Attitude" however it was not released as a single.


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