If You Could Only See

"If You Could Only See"
Single by Tonic
from the album Lemon Parade
Released 1997
Format CD single
Genre Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Length 4:21 (album version)
4:07 (radio edit)
Label Polydor/A&M
Writer(s) Emerson Hart
Producer Jack Joseph Puig
Tonic singles chronology
"Casual Affair"
(1996)
"If You Could Only See"
(1997)
"You Wanted More"
(1999)

"If You Could Only See" is a song by the American rock band Tonic. The song was released as part of the band's debut album, Lemon Parade. It remains Tonic's highest charting single in the United States, Canada, and Australia. "If You Could Only See" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, where it spent 63 weeks on the chart. A music video for the song was created in 1996, directed by Jeff Cutter and Rmaaa Mosley.[1] The song "If You Could Only See" is part of the video games Karaoke Revolution Party and Band Hero.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "If You Could Only See" (Radio Edit)
  2. "If You Could Only See" (Live Acoustic Version)
  3. "If You Could Only See" (Adult Version)
  4. "If You Could Only See" (Album Version)

Chart positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts[3] 20
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[4] 18
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[5] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[6] 11
US Billboard Adult Top 40[7] 7
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[8] 3
Preceded by
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by The Smashing Pumpkins
Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative 30 number-one single
July 14, 1997
Succeeded by
"The Difference" by The Wallflowers

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