If We Fall in Love Tonight

If We Fall in Love Tonight
If We Fall in Love Tonight
Compilation album by Rod Stewart
Released	4 November 1996
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	67:32 (U.S. version) ; 73:51 (international version)
Label	Warner Bros.
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

If We Fall in Love Tonight is an album released by Rod Stewart on 12 November 1996. It includes mostly previously released songs. The album was released in both the US and UK, though the versions differ slightly. It was released by Warner Bros. Records, and produced the singles "If We Fall in Love Tonight" and "When I Need You".

Background

The title track "If We Fall in Love Tonight", written for this album, had some legal wrangles regarding its copyright and track title which have now been resolved.^{[citation needed]} The album also includes another original recording, "For the First Time", which was an Adult Contemporary hit for Kenny Loggins after it was included in the soundtrack for the film One Fine Day. The album includes two newly recorded cover versions of hit songs: "Sometimes When We Touch", originally by Dan Hill and "When I Need You", originally by Albert Hammond and a hit for Leo Sayer a few months later. Two other songs had not been previously released on a Rod Stewart album: "So Far Away", originally by Carole King, which had been released as a single in 1995 from that year's Carole King tribute album, Tapestry Revisited, and "All for Love", a collaboration with Bryan Adams and Sting, from the 1993 film soundtrack The Three Musketeers. Additionally, two songs were revamped for If We Fall in Love Tonight: "Have I Told You Lately", originally by Van Morrison and initially released on Stewart's Vagabond Heart, was remixed here; and "Forever Young", initially on Stewart's Out of Order, which was completely re-recorded. The remaining tracks were all previously released on various Rod Stewart albums.

Track listing

US version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"If We Fall in Love Tonight" (new original song; previously unreleased)	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	5:39
2.	"For the First Time" (new original song; previously unreleased)	Jud Friedman, Allan Rich, James Newton Howard	Howard	4:01
3.	"When I Need You" (new cover song; previously unreleased)	Carole Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis	4:50
4.	"So Far Away" (previously released on the Carole King tribute album, Tapestry Revisited)	Carole King	David Foster	4:20
5.	"Have I Told You Lately" (studio version remix) (new remixed version; previously unreleased)	Van Morrison	Rod Stewart, Bernard Edwards, Steve MacMillan^[a]	3:58
6.	"My Heart Can't Tell You No" (previously released on Stewart's Out of Order)	Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan	Stewart, Edwards, Andy Taylor	5:16
7.	"You're in My Heart" (previously released on Stewart's Foot Loose & Fancy Free)	Stewart	Tom Dowd	4:28
8.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (previously released on Stewart's A Night on the Town)	Cat Stevens	Dowd	3:50
9.	"I Don't Want to Talk About It" (original version on Stewart's Atlantic Crossing; this version taken from Stewart's Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990)	Danny Whitten	Dowd	4:50
10.	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (previously released on Stewart's A Night on the Town)	Stewart	Dowd	3:33
11.	"Sometimes When We Touch" (new cover song; previously unreleased)	Barry Mann, Dan Hill	Howard	4:24
12.	"Downtown Train" (previously released on Stewart's Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990)	Tom Waits	Trevor Horn	4:40
13.	"Broken Arrow" (previously released on Stewart's Vagabond Heart))	Robbie Robertson	Patrick Leonard, Lenny Waronker^[b]	4:21
14.	"Forever Young" (1996) (new re-recorded version; previously unreleased)	Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar	Savigar	4:52
15.	"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams & Sting, previously released on The Three Musketeers Soundtrack)	Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen	Chris Thomas, David Nicholas, Bryan Adams	4:41

International release

"If We Fall in Love Tonight" – 5:39
"For the First Time" – 4:01
"When I Need You" – 4:50
"Sometimes When We Touch" – 4:20
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" – 3:33
"I Don't Want to Talk About It (1989)" – 4:50
"Have I Told You Lately" (studio remix version) – 3:58
"Broken Arrow" – 4:21
"Forever Young (1996)" – 4:52
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" – 4:28
"My Heart Can't Tell You No" – 5:16
"The First Cut Is the Deepest" – 3:50
"Sailing" – 4:38
"Downtown Train" – 4:40
"Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" (previously released on Stewart's Lead Vocalist) – 6:10
"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams & Sting) – 4:41

Notes

^a signifies a remixer
^b signifies a co-producer
The Japanese release replaces track 8, "Broken Arrow", with "Your Song" from the Elton John tribute album Two Rooms. The remaining track list is otherwise identical. On some releases, "Sailing" is replaced by "This".

Production

Mastered by Doug Sax
Compilation and Mastering Advisor: Bill Schnee
Photography: Ken Schles and Randee St. Nicholas
Art Direction and Design: Stephen Walker
Management: Arnold Stiefel and Annie Challis
"If We Fall in Love Tonight" and "When I Need You" produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
"For the First Time" and "Sometimes When We Touch" produced by James Newton-Howard
"So Far Away" produced by David Foster
"Have I Told You Lately" produced by Rod Stewart & Bernard Edwards; Remixed by Steve MacMillan
"Forever Young" produced by Kevin Savigar
"All for Love" produced by Chris Thomas, Bryan Adams, and David Nicholas

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996–2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	22
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[5]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[6]	26
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[7]	8
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[8]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[9]	12
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[10]	6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[11]	24
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[12]	35
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[13]	11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[14]	6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[15]	12
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[16]	8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[17]	54
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[18]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[19]	27
UK Albums (OCC)^[20]	8
US Billboard 200^[21]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[22]	13
UK Albums (OCC)^[23]	41

Chart (1997)	Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[24]	46
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[25]	18
US Billboard 200^[26]	71

Chart (2006)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[27]	53

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[28]	Gold	30,000^{^}
Australia (ARIA)^[29]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[30]	Gold	25,000^*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[31]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)^[32]	Platinum	20,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[33]	Platinum	15,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[34]	Gold	25,000^*
Portugal (AFP)^[35]	2× Platinum	80,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[36]	Platinum	80,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[37]	2× Platinum	600,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[38]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[39]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "BPI certifications".
^ AllMusic review
^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Ultratop.be – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9894". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
^ "Danishcharts.dk – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Rod Stewart: If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 51. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
^ "Charts.nz – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1996". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Jahreshitparade Alben 1997". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "TOP20.dk © 1997". Hitlisten. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Year list Album (incl. Collections), 2006". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ "Austrian album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Danish album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
^ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Portuguese album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall In Love Tonight" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
^ "British album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1997". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

If We Fall in Love Tonight album liner notes. Warner Bros. Records.
"Rod Stewart: The classic voice of Rock 'n' Roll". Warner Bros. Records. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.

[1] "BPI certifications".

[2] AllMusic review

[3] "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[ac_Australia_Rod_Stewart-4] "Australiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Austria_Rod_Stewart-5] "Austriancharts.at – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Flanders_Rod_Stewart-6] "Ultratop.be – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[group=-7] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9894". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 9 February 2025.

[ac_Denmark_Rod_Stewart-8] "Danishcharts.dk – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Netherlands_Rod_Stewart-9] "Dutchcharts.nl – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Finland_Rod_Stewart-10] "Rod Stewart: If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Germany_Rod_Stewart-11] "Offiziellecharts.de – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Hungary_-12] "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 51. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

[ac_New_Zealand_Rod_Stewart-13] "Charts.nz – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Norway_Rod_Stewart-14] "Norwegiancharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Portugal_Rod_Stewart-15] "Portuguesecharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Scotland_-16] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Spain_Rod_Stewart-17] "Spanishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Sweden_Rod_Stewart-18] "Swedishcharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Switzerland_Rod_Stewart-19] "Swisscharts.com – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_UK2_-20] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Rod_Stewart-21] "Rod Stewart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[22] "Year list Album (incl. Collections), 1996". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[23] "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[24] "Jahreshitparade Alben 1997". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[25] "TOP20.dk © 1997". Hitlisten. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[26] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[27] "Year list Album (incl. Collections), 2006". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[capif-28] "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[AustraliaRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-29] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[AustriaRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-30] "Austrian album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[DenmarkRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-31] "Danish album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[Hong_KongRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-32] "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[New_ZealandRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-33] "New Zealand album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

[NorwayRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-34] "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[PortugalRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_In_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-35] "Portuguese album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall In Love Tonight" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[SwedenRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-36] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

[United_KingdomRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-37] "British album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[United_StatesRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_in_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-38] "American album certifications – Rod Stewart – If We Fall in Love Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

[EuropeRod_StewartIf_We_Fall_In_Love_TonightalbumCertRef-39] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1997". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

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Discography
Studio albums	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969) Gasoline Alley (1970) Every Picture Tells a Story (1971) Never a Dull Moment (1972) Smiler (1974) Atlantic Crossing (1975) A Night on the Town (1976) Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) Blondes Have More Fun (1978) Foolish Behaviour (1980) Tonight I'm Yours (1981) Body Wishes (1983) Camouflage (1984) Every Beat of My Heart (1986) Out of Order (1988) Vagabond Heart (1991) A Spanner in the Works (1995) When We Were the New Boys (1998) Human (2001) It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (2002) As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II (2003) Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III (2004) Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV (2005) Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time (2006) Soulbook (2009) Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010) Merry Christmas, Baby (2012) Time (2013) Another Country (2015) Blood Red Roses (2018) The Tears of Hercules (2021) Swing Fever (2024)
Live albums	Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners (1974) Absolutely Live (1982) Unplugged...and Seated (1993)
Compilation albums	Sing It Again Rod (1973) The Best of Rod Stewart (1976) The Best of Rod Stewart Vol. 2 (1976) Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1979) Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990 (1989) The Best of Rod Stewart (1989) Downtown Train – Selections from the Storyteller Anthology (1990) Lead Vocalist (1993) If We Fall in Love Tonight (1996) The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart (2001) You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2019)
Concert tours	Blondes 'Ave More Fun Tour (1978–1979) Every Beat of My Heart Tour (1986) Out of Order Tour (1988–1989) Rod Stewart: The Hits (2011–2018) Live the Life Tour (2013) The Voice, The Guitar, The Songs Tour (2014) Hits 2016 From Gasoline Alley to Another Country: Hits 2016 (2016–2017)
Family	Alana Stewart (first wife) Kimberly Stewart (daughter) Ruby Stewart (daughter) Rachel Hunter (second wife) Penny Lancaster (third wife)
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