"If You Love Someone" is the second single from Australian pop duo

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' self-titled third studio album. The track was released on November 21, 2014. The track was co-written by Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci along with The Veronicas' twins

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and

Jessica Origliasso Jessica Origliasso (born 25 December 1984) is an Australian singer-songwriter and producer. She and her twin sister formed the pop band The Veronicas. Biography 1984–2003: Early life and career beginnings Jessica Louise Origliasso was born ...

and Josh Katz.

Background and recording

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" as the lead single from their self-titled third studio album in September 2014. The song came two years after their last single, "

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", was released via their former label,

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. "You Ruin Me" became their second Australian number-one hit and was certified triple platinum. "If You Love Someone", along with "Teenage Millionaire", was written and recorded after the Origliasso twins parted ways with Warner Bros. Records and signed with

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. In an interview with Kathy McCabe of

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, Jessica commented on this saying, "They were written when we had just signed with Sony, and because we were in such a positive space, we wrote a couple of genuinely happy songs."

Release and reception

Prior to the release of the song, a promotional track from ''The Veronicas'' titled "Line of Fire" was released with media outlets suggesting that it would be the follow-up single to "You Ruin Me". However, on 5 November 2014, "If You Love Someone" debuted on Australian radio show Shazam Top 20, where it was revealed as the second single from ''The Veronicas''. "If You Love Someone" received mixed to positive reviews.

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referred to "If You Love Someone" as "a song that is obviously quite brilliant" and awarded it eight stars out of ten. The ''

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s Cameron Adams named the track, along with "You Ruin Me", "the most promising thing about 'The Veronicas''. Similarly, Elizabeth Rushton of ''The Mancunoin'' called the "fist pumping single" a highlight from the album.

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writer Lewis Corner awarded the track three stars out of five and commented that overall it, "rarely fails to put a spring in your step." Tim Byron of ''

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'' felt that the track "reeks of a tired formula that the Origliasso sisters have clearly outgrown." The Music's James d'Apice opined that the recording lacked originality, and described the track as "watery,

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-derived noughties power pop." In his review of the track for ''Fortitude Magazine'', Tom Jewitt wrote that "If You Love Someone" is "a piece of music which is vastly un-identical to the rest of their repertoire. 'If You Love Someone' is lukewarm at its best, and excruciatingly tawdry at its worst," and gave it three stars out of ten. "If You Love Someone" debuted and peaked at No. 5 in Australia, becoming The Veronicas' fifth top 5 single in Australia. It was certified platinum by the

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for shipments exceeding 70,000 copies. In the UK, "If You Love Someone" debuted and peaked at number 98, spending one week on the

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Live performances

On 30 October, The Veronicas performed "If You Love Someone" live for the first time on

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's World Famous Rooftop. The Veronicas performed an acoustic version of "If You Love Someone" live in the

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studio on November 20, and a month later on

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for Nova's Red Room. On television, the duo performed "If You Love Someone" for the first time on breakfast show ''

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'' on 21 November 2014. They also performed the recording on ''

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'' on 23 December. The Veronicas also made an appearance at

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, where they performed "If You Love Someone" along with "You Ruin Me".

Track listing

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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