If I Could Go!

"If I Could Go!" is the first single from Angie Martinez' second studio album, Animal House. The track features rapper Sacario and singer Lil Mo and is produced by Rick Rock. It is Martinez's highest Billboard charted song to date.[1] It was written by Sacario.[2]

"If I Could Go!"
Single by Angie Martinez featuring Lil' Mo and Sacario
from the album Animal House
ReleasedMay 21, 2002 (2002-05-21)
Recorded2001 (2001)
Genre
Length4:05
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)J. Austin, R. Thomas, C. Loving,
Producer(s)Rick Rock
Angie Martinez singles chronology
"Coast 2 Coast (Suavamente)"
(2001)		 "If I Could Go!"
(2002)		 "Take You Home"
(2003)
Lil' Mo singles chronology
"Gangsta (Love 4 the Streets)"
(2001)		 "If I Could Go!"
(2002)		 "4Ever"
(2003)

The song won two Certified BDS Spin Awards for 50,000 radio spins and 100,000 radio spins.[3]

Song information

According to the album liner notes,[4] "If I Could Go" was recorded at Battery Studios[5] in New York City and Sacario's former recording studio "West Wing" in Connecticut. The song was mixed at Right Track Recording by Supa Engineer Duro.

Billboard named the song among the Top songs of 2002.[6]

The instrumental was used on the God's Plan mixtape by 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks, on a track titled "Short Stay".

Music video

The video was directed by Film Director Steve Carr.[7]

Usage in media

The song is featured on Totally Hits 2002: More Platinum Hits, which is Certified Platinum by the RIAA selling over 1,000,000 copies.[8]

The song is featured on The Transporter movie soundtrack.[9]

The song is included on the NBA Live 2003 video game soundtrack.[10] The soundtrack sold 1.3 million copies, becoming the first video game soundtrack in history to be Certified Platinum by the RIAA[11], which led to it being inducted into the Guinness World Records as the "first officially-released video game soundtrack to be RIAA certified platinum".[11][12] According to Guinness World Records, NBA Live 2003 Soundtrack went Platinum in only six months.[11][12]

It was on MTV Classic's Total Request Playlist block.

Track listings
US promo CD
  1. "If I Could Go" [Radio Edit] - 4:07
  2. "If I Could Go" [Instrumental] - 4:07
Promo vinyl 12
  1. "If I Could Go" Side A [Radio edit]
  2. "If I Could Go" Side A [Instrumental]
  3. "If I Could Go" Side B TV track
  4. "If I Could Go" Side B [Acappella]
European/Australian maxi single
  1. "If I Could Go" [Original version] - 3:58
  2. "If I Could Go" [Simon Vegas remix] - 3:58
  3. "If I Could Go" [7 Gemini remix] - 4:07
  4. "If I Could Go" [Video]
UK 5" CD single
  1. "If I Could Go" [Original version] - 3:58
  2. "If I Could Go" [Simon Vegas remix] - 3:58
  3. "If I Could Go" [7 Gemini remix] - 4:07
  4. "If I Could Go" [Video]
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References
  1. "If I Could Go". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2002.
  2. "BMI songwriter/producer Sacario stops by the New". BMI. Retrieved June 30, 2002.
  3. "Radio". Nielsen. Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved March 2003. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. "Angie Martinez Animal House CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 2002-09-19.
  5. "Battery studios client list". Battery Studios. Retrieved June 4, 2002.
  6. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (Billboard Book of Top Forty Hits) 8th Edition (Paperback). Billboard. ISBN 978-0823074990.
  7. "Other works for Steve Carr". IMDB. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2002.
  9. "Transporter [Soundtrack]". Elektra / Wea. Retrieved October 11, 2002.
  10. "The Sounds of NBA Live 2003". EA Sports. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved February 20, 2006.
  11. "First Ever Videogame Soundtrack to go Platinum!". GameZone. Archived from the original on April 18, 2003. Retrieved March 14, 2003.
  12. "The first officially-released video games soundtrack to sell over 1 million copies according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is NBA Live 2003, which was confirmed as having platinum status in March 2003, only six months after its launch in October 2002". Guinness World records. Archived from the original on 2011-12-31. Retrieved 2002. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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