If I Don't Get You The Next One Will

"If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" is a song written,[1] recorded and produced by Lynsey de Paul and released in 1976 in the UK as her last single on Jet Records.[2] This humorous and tongue in cheek song relates many of de Paul's negative dating experiences (sample lyric "I’ve been dated and waited until I was blue, I’ve been cheated, mistreated and broken in two, I’ve been lied to, denied to, till i’ve had my fill, so, if I don’t get you, well, the next one will").[3] The song was inspired in part from experiences with former boyfriend, Ringo Starr, who missed a dinner date with de Paul.[4][5][6] She performed this song on TV shows such as Arrows' on 18 May 1976'.[7][8] It most recently appeared on the compilation double album, Into My Music.[9] It also became the title of a chapter in the book[5] and audiobook, Ringo Starr: Straight Man or Joker, by the writer Adam Clayson, which related this and other amusing stories about de Paul and Starr's time together.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will". Repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Lynsey De Paul - If I Don't Get You The Next One Will (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  3. ↑ "lynsey de paul - if i don't get you the next one will lyrics". Azlyrics.biz. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  4. ↑ The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia, Bill Harry, 2004, Virgin Books Ltd, ISBN 07535 08435
  5. 1 2 Ringo Starr: A Life, Alan Clayson, 2005, Sanctuary Publishing, ISBN 978-1860746475
  6. ↑ http://www.radioswisspop.ch/en/music-database/musician/151759226c203240843e4c7a05031f9c46505c/biography
  7. ↑ "Arrows (1976– ) : Episode #1.10". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  8. ↑ 18th May 1976
  9. ↑ "Into My Music: Anthology 1975-1979 - Lynsey de Paul | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  10. ↑ Alan Clayson (June 1, 1998). Ringo Starr: Straight Man or Joker. Sanctuary Publishing. ISBN 978-1860741890.
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