If You Leave

Infobox Single
Name = If You Leave


Artist = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from Album = Pretty in Pink soundtrack
Released = April 28, 1986
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded =
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 4:30
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Tom Lord Alge
Last single = "La Femme Accident"
(1985)
This single = "If You Leave"
(1986)
Next single = "(Forever) Live and Die"
(1986)

"If You Leave" is a 1986 song by the British synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It was recorded for the soundtrack to the film "Pretty in Pink". It became the group's biggest hit in the US, reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but was virtually ignored in the UK, where it only reached #48 on the UK singles chart.

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS 843 (UK)

# "If You Leave" - 4:30
# "88 Seconds in Greensboro" - 4:20

7": A&M / AM 8669 (US)

# "If You Leave" - 4:24
# "Secret" - 3:57

12": Virgin / VS 843-12 (UK)

# "If You Leave" (Extended Version) - 5:59
# "88 Seconds in Greensboro" - 4:20
# "Locomotion" (Live Version) - 3:50

12": A&M / SP-12176 (US)

# "If You Leave" (Extended Version) - 5:59
# "La Femme Accident" (Extended Version) - 5:36

Legacy

The hit Canadian teen drama "", which is known for naming each episode after 80s hit songs, named an episode after this song.

Chart positions

Other Appearances

* The OMD greatest hits albums "The Best of OMD" and "The OMD Singles"
* "If You Leave" was featured in the compilation album "Lost & Found:Reconstruction".

Cover versions

* "If You Leave" was covered by pop-punk band Good Charlotte for the soundtrack of "Not Another Teen Movie", a parody on teen movies like "Pretty in Pink".

* A cover version by Nada Surf was used on an episode of The O.C. The song plays when Seth says goodbye to Anna at the airport. It is a tribute to the John Hughes film "Pretty in Pink" where the original OMD version of the song appeared. It was released on "".

* It was also covered by LMP on their album "A Century of Song".