If Only I Could is a 1989 song by American-German singer Sydney Youngblood. Released as the lead single from his debut album, Feeling Free (1989), The song reached number one in Belgium and was a top 3 hit in many countries, including the UK, where it was the 11th-best-selling single of 1989. In the song, Youngblood evokes "the world of brotherhood and love that he would like to create 'if only [he] could'". This utopian humanism is "very uncommon in the songs devoted to nightclubs". "If Only I Could" uses the bassline and drumbeat from the Raze house track "Break 4 Love".
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