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?").
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.
Ultravox – performer, primary artist, producer Midge Ure – guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, performer, primary artist, producer, remixing, vocals 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 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)Peakposition UK Albums Chart10
Certifications
References
External links If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox at Discogs