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

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?").

If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox
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)
Ultravox chronology
U-Vox (1986) If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox (1993) Revelation (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[2]

• 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
• Ultravox – performer, primary artist, producer
• Midge Ure – guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, performer, primary artist, producer, remixing, vocals
• 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[3]	10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4]	Silver	60,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. "If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox - Midge Ure,Ultravox - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
3. "midge-ure-and-ultravox - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
4. "British album certifications – Midge Ure & Ultravox – If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2018. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type If I Was ... The Very Best Of Midge Ure And Ultravox in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

External links

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