If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox

If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
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Greatest hits album by Midge Ure and Ultravox
Released	1993
Genre	New wave synthpop
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Bruce Harris John Hudson Mick Karn Phil Lynott George Martin Conny Plank Ultravox Midge Ure Visage Rick Walton Kit Woolven
Midge Ure chronology
Pure (1991) If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox (1993) Breathe (1996)
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If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox is a 1993 compilation album by Scottish musician Midge Ure, featuring songs from his solo career and as part of the new wave and synthpop band Ultravox, along with Ure's collaborations with Mick Karn ("After a Fashion"), Phil Lynott ("Yellow Pearl"), Visage ("Fade to Grey"), and charity supergroup Band Aid ("Do They Know It's Christmas?").

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"If I Was" (from the Midge Ure album The Gift)	5:21
2.	"No Regrets" (Midge Ure non-album single)	4:02
3.	"Love's Great Adventure" (from the Ultravox album The Collection)	3:08
4.	"Dear God" (from the Midge Ure album Answers to Nothing)	5:02
5.	"Cold Cold Heart" (from the Midge Ure album Pure)	4:06
6.	"Vienna" (from the Ultravox album Vienna)	4:38
7.	"Call of the Wild" (Midge Ure non-album single)	4:21
8.	"After a Fashion" (with Mick Karn; non-album single)	3:59
9.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (from the Ultravox album Lament)	4:10
10.	"All Fall Down" (from the Ultravox album U-Vox)	5:09
11.	"Yellow Pearl" (from the Phil Lynott album Solo in Soho)	3:20
12.	"Fade to Grey" (from the Visage album Visage)	3:47
13.	"Reap the Wild Wind" (from the Ultravox album Quartet)	3:43
14.	"Answers to Nothing" (from the Midge Ure album Answers to Nothing)	3:40
15.	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" (by the charity supergroup Band Aid)	3:47
16.	"That Certain Smile" (from the Midge Ure album The Gift)	4:09
17.	"The Man Who Sold the World" (US version only)	5:30

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.

• Ultravox – performer, primary artist, producer
• Midge Ure – guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, performer, primary artist, producer, remixing, vocals
• Barry Adamson – bass
• Craig Armstrong – piano
• Chris Ballin – background vocals
• Band Aid – primary artist
• Gary Barnacle – brass, horn
• Angie Brown – background vocals
• Mark Brzezicki – drums
• Steve Brzezicki – bass
• Billy Burrie – keyboards, violin
• Kate Bush – guest artist, vocals
• Ali Campbell – vocals
• Robin Campbell – vocals
• Warren Cann – drums
• Jackie Challenor – background vocals
• The Chieftains – guest artist
• Chris Cross – bass
• Sheilah Cuffy – background vocals
• Carol Douet – background vocals
• Yona Dunsford – background vocals
• Gwen Dupree – background vocals
• Rusty Egan – drums
• Lindsey Elliott – drums
• Geoff Emerick – engineer
• Dave Formula – keyboards
• Phil Gannon – background vocals
• Glenn Gregory – background vocals
• Bruce Harris – executive producer, producer
• Trevor Ray Hart – photography
• John Hudson – engineer, producer
• Kenny Hyslop – drums, percussion
• Sylvia Mason-James – background vocals
• Lorenza Johnson – background vocals
• Mick Karn – bass, primary artist, producer
• Carol Kenyon – background vocals
• Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
• Mark King – bass
• Maxwell Langdown – speech/speaker/speaking part, voices
• Phil Lynott – guest artist, performer, primary artist, producer
• George Martin – producer
• Glen Matlock – bass, vocals
• Michael McCloud – background vocals
• John McGeoch – guitar
• Jim McGinlay – bass
• Billy McIsaac – keyboards, vocals
• Mae McKenna – background vocals
• Ian McLagan – guest artist, piano
• Jeremy Meehan – bass
• Paddy Moloney – tin whistle, uilleann pipes, whistle
• Paul Mosby – mizmar, synthesizer
• Steve New – guitar, vocals
• Simon Phillips – drums
• Josh Phillips-Gorse – keyboards, mellophonium, Mellotron
• Conny Plank – producer
• Kevin Powell – bass
• Nigel Ross-Scott – bass
• Vicki St. James – background vocals
• Jackie Sheridan – background vocals
• Peter Sherrard – photography
• Kate Stephenson – background vocals
• Steve Strange – guest artist, vocals
• John Thirkell – brass
• Peter Thoms – brass
• Vincent M. Vero – project coordinator, research
• Visage – performer, primary artist, producer
• Rick Walton – engineer, producer
• Ricci P. Washington – background vocals
• Derek Watkins – brass
• Steve Williams – electronic percussion, percussion
• Kit Woolven – producer

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	60,000
^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

• If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox at Discogs