If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)

"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" is a song by the American rock band Counting Crows. It is the fourth track on their fourth album, Hard Candy (2002), inspired by the death of The Band member Richard Manuel. When released as a single, it reached number 40 in Ireland, number 50 in the United Kingdom, and became a minor chart hit in Australia and the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it debuted and peaked at number nine on the UK Rock Chart.

"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"
Single by Counting Crows
from the album Hard Candy
ReleasedJune 3, 2003
GenreRock
Length3:52
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Adam Duritz
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Counting Crows singles chronology
"Big Yellow Taxi"
(2003)		 "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"
(2003)		 "Holiday in Spain"
(2004)

Background

The inspiration for the song, according to Adam Duritz, came from the sense of "not lasting" he felt when he went to bed and read a newspaper that stated Richard Manuel, a founding member of The Band, had died of an apparent suicide. Manuel was a pianist, vocalist, and initially, the primary songwriter in the group, who suffered from bouts of depression—all abilities and traits shared by Duritz. Duritz stated that the sense of impermanence was "overwhelming" and 15 years after the death of Manuel this sense inspired him to write the song.

About this song, Duritz said: "This is about a thing that happened about 15 years ago when I was out all night with my friends drinking. I came home about six in the morning with this girl and got the morning paper on the way in the house and I opened it up and it turned out that Richard Manuel had died. He was the piano player and one of the singers for The Band. And I was a huge fan, you know? They were a big deal to me. And I kinda went to bed that morning thinking about how this thing that I had always loved was gone now. It’s like John Lennon dying, there’s not going to be anymore Beatles reunions, for sure. There’s not going to be any Band reunions. And I was thinking this girl will probably be gone sometime soon too, you know, things just come and go in life. When were starting recording, we started writing, and we wrote this song. It’s just sort of about how you can’t hold on to anything in your life (your idols, the music you love, some girl, anything at all) a lot of times because you can’t give all of yourself. And this is called Richard Manuel is Dead."

Track listing
  1. "If I Could Give All My Love to You" – 3:52
  2. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Live)
  3. "Ooh La La"
  4. "If I Could Give All My Love to You" (Video)

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 89
Ireland (IRMA)[2] 40
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] 97
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[4] 51
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] 50
UK Rock and Metal (Official Charts Company)[6] 9

References
  1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  2. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Counting Crows". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  3. "Dutchcharts.nl – Counting Crows – If I Could Give All My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  6. "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.


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