If We Fall in Love Tonight (song)

"If We Fall in Love Tonight"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album If We Fall in Love Tonight
B-side"Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)"
ReleasedNovember 1996
Genre
Length5:39 (Album Version)
4:01 (Single Version)
LabelWarner Bros. Records
SongwriterJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
ProducerJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Purple Heather"
(1996) 		"If We Fall in Love Tonight"
(1996) 		"When I Need You"
(1997)
Music video
"If We Fall in Love Tonight" by Rod Stewart on YouTube

"If We Fall in Love Tonight" is a song by British singer Rod Stewart. It was written, composed, and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and was released as the lead single from his 1996 ballad compilation If We Fall in Love Tonight. It reached the top five on the Adult Contemporary chart in both the US and Canada, and it also achieved his highest-ever position on the Adult Pop Airplay chart by peaking at #25.

Billboard described the song as "an unlikely collaboration that works extraordinarily well... one of the best Stewart singles in ages."[1] The song was among the hits selected to receive orchestral arrangements for his 2019 album, You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[2]


Track listings

  • Single-CD: Warner Bros. Records / 9 17459-2 USA
  1. "If We Fall In Love Tonight (Edit)" – 3:58 (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis)
  2. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) (Non-Album Track)" – 6:10 (Tom Waits) 1
  • Single-CD: Warner Bros. Records / 9362-43806-2 Europe
  1. "If We Fall in Love Tonight (Edit)" – 4:00 (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis)
  2. "So Far Away" – 4:20 (Carole King)
  3. "I Was Only Joking" – 4:50 (Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart)
  4. "Ten Days of Rain" – 5:24 (Kevin Savigar, Tony Brock, Rod Stewart) 2
  • Single-CD: Warner Bros. Records / 9362-43800-2 Germany
  1. "If We Fall in Love Tonight (Edit)" – 4:01 (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis)
  2. "If We Fall in Love Tonight (Album Version)" – 5:42 (Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis)
  3. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) (Non-Album Track)" – 6:10 (Tom Waits) 3

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Tonight's the night". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 46. 16 November 1996. p. (back cover). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ Reed, Ryan (19 September 2019). "Rod Stewart Preps New Orchestral LP 'You're in My Heart'". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Image 9789". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  4. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  5. ^ "If We Fall in Love Tonight". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  10. ^ "The Year in Music 1997: Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. 27 December 1997. p. YE-82. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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