"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American

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singer

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...

. Released as a single from his album '' Straight from the Heart'', the single peaked at number 6 on the

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and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984. It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the adult contemporary chart.

Personnel

– lead vocals *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...

– acoustic piano,

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* Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars * Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

– drums *

Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. A 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News & Documentary Emmy Awards, and one ...

– string arrangements and conductor *

Michael Masser Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music. Early life Born to a Jewish family in Chicago to Ester Huff and William Masser, he attended the University of Illinois ...

– rhythm track arrangements *

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– rhythm track arrangements * Richard Marx – backing vocals * Deborah Thomas – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

In popular culture

The song was used as a love theme for the

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and Joe Perkins characters on the daytime serial ''Santa Barbara''.Roos, Henrietta. ''Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama''. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.

References

External links

Single release info at discogs.com
1984 songs 1984 singles Peabo Bryson songs Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil Songs written by Tom Snow Elektra Records singles Songs written by Michael Masser Pop ballads Contemporary R&B ballads Love themes 1980s ballads {{1980s-R&B-song-stub