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"If I Ever Feel Better"
Single by Phoenix
from the album United
Released	22 January 2001
Genre	Indie pop, pop rock
Length	3:42
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Thomas Pablo Croquet Christian Mazzalai Laurent Mazzalai Frederic Moulin
Producer(s)	Phoenix Philippe Zdar
Phoenix singles chronology
"Too Young" (1999) "If I Ever Feel Better" (2001) "Everything Is Everything" (2004)

"If I Ever Feel Better" is a song by French band Phoenix, released on 1 June 2000 as the third single from their debut studio album, United. It contains a sample of Japanese jazz musician Toshiyuki Honda's 1979 track "Lament", which was written by Chikara Ueda. The song remains Phoenix's highest charting in both France and internationally, reaching top-10 positions in Belgium, Italy and Spain, as well as number 12 in France. It was certified gold in Italy by FIMI in 2017.

Critical reception

In a review for the band's album It's Never Been Like That, Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork referred to the song and "Everything Is Everything" as "brilliant" with "production as crisp as a Frito and singer Thomas Mars' mercury croon" that "could slot into the playlists of hipsters and receptionists alike". In a review for Erlend Øye's DJ-Kicks album that includes a remix of the track, Nick Sylvester called the original version an "utterly catchy French house gem".

Track listing

1. "If I Ever Feel Better" (edit) – 3:42
2. "'If I Ever Feel Better, I'll Go to the Disco' Said the Buffalo Bunch" – 6:09
3. "On Fire" (Nash Kato version) – 2:05

Charts

Certifications

References

1. United (liner notes). Virgin Records. 2000. 7243 8 488532 8.
2. Mitchum, Rob (24 May 2006). "Phoenix: It's Never Been Like That Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
3. Sylvester, Nick (7 May 2004). "Erlend Øye: DJ Kicks Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
4. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
5. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
6. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
7. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
8. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
9. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
10. "Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
12. "Italian single certifications – Phoenix – If I Ever Feel Better" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

• 1999 songs
• 2000 singles
• Virgin Records singles
• French house songs
• Phoenix (band) songs
• Songs written by Thomas Mars
• Songs written by Laurent Brancowitz