"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American contemporary R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single peaked at number 6 on the R&B chart and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984. It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the adult contemporary chart.
Personnel Peabo Bryson – lead vocals Randy Kerber – acoustic piano, Yamaha DX7 Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar Carlos Vega – drums Lee Holdridge – string arrangements and conductor Michael Masser – rhythm track arrangements Gene Page – rhythm track arrangements Richard Marx – backing vocals Deborah Thomas – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again"Chart (1984)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report) N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.20Canada RPM Top Singles 6Canada RPM Adult Contemporary1New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)18
Chart (2024)Peakposition
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Chart (1984) PositionCanada46US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)47US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)1
In popular culture The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial Santa Barbara.Roos, Henrietta. Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.https://www.newspapers.com/article/usa-today-location-shooting-and-lavish-s/174869159/https://www.newspapers.com/article/jacksonville-journal-1984-article-about/199019909/
Cover versions Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's 2008 version as the soundtrack of My Big Love.
See also List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1984
References
External links Single release info at discogs.com