If You Should Ever Be Lonely

"If You Should Ever Be Lonely" is a song by American singer Val Young, it was released in 1985 as the first single from her album Seduction issued by label Motown. The single peaked at number twenty-one on the U.S. Billboard R&B Songs chart. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" was more successful on the US Dance Songs chart, hitting number-one for three weeks.

Covers
Real McCoy covered the song for their 1995 album Another Night.

American pop/R&B singer-songwriter and producer Mariah Carey's 1999 US Billboard Hot 100 number one song "Heartbreaker" interpolates Young's composition in its Junior Vasquez club mixes.

Track listings and formats

 * US and UK 7" Vinyl single
 * A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Remix) – 4:00
 * B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Instrumental) – 3:54


 * US and UK 12" Vinyl single
 * A1. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix) – 6:32
 * A2. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Club Mix Radio Edit) – 4:15
 * B. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Street Mix) – 7:23


 * US 7" Vinyl promo single
 * A. "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Radio Edit) – 3:54