| "If You Asked Me To" | ||||
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 US retail cassette release; the US CD release was promo-only | ||||
| Single by Patti LaBelle | ||||
| from the album Be Yourself and Licence to Kill | ||||
| Released | June 12, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
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| Patti LaBelle singles chronology | ||||
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| "If You Asked Me To" on YouTube | ||||
"If You Asked Me To" is a song written by American songwriter Diane Warren and produced by Stewart Levine and Aaron Zigman. It was originally recorded by American singer Patti LaBelle for her ninth studio album, Be Yourself (1989), and also for the soundtrack to the James Bond film Licence to Kill. The song was released as the soundtrack's second single on June 12, 1989 by MCA Records. The lyrics are from the point of view of a woman who pleads to her significant other: "If you asked me to, I just might change my mind, and let you in my life forever". Three years later, Canadian singer Celine Dion covered the song for her 1992 self-titled second English-language studio album. Released as the album's second single, Dion's version topped the Canadian charts and peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.