Lemme tell you apa yang membuat 'If I Had You' terdengar menonjol dibanding track lain di album "For Your Entertainment" milik Adam Lambert. Jawaban singkatnya adalah lagu ini memiliki musik dasar rock yang glamor dipadupadankan dengan electropop dan dancepop sehingga menjadi tune yang sangat pas untuk dijadikan musik latar di kala kita bersenang-senang. Ini tergambar sangat baik dalam paparan video klip arahan sutradara Bryan Barber. Selidik punya selidik, di video ini tampil juga sahabat Adam dari jaman Idol, Allison Iraheta lho.
Max Martin, Shellback, dan Savan Kotecha yang meramu nada dan kata di lagu ini. Setelah sebelumnya mereka sukses besar bareng Adam untuk lagu 'Whataya Want From Me', sah-sah saja kalau pengharapan yang besar dibebankan di single 'If I Had You' ini untuk menemukan kesuksesan serupa. Aku merasakan intro di lagu ini serupa dengan intro karya Max Martin dan Shellbeck lainnya, yaitu 'If You Seek Amy' untuk Britney Spears.
Kita lihat saja bagaimana single ini beraksi di chart music. Sudah debut di Billboard Hot 100 pada posisi 94, semoga lagu ini bisa sukses dan melambungkan nama Adam Lambert lebih tinggi lagi! (Ai Hasibuan/CreativeDisc Contributors)
So I got my boots on, got the right 'mount of leather
And I'm doing me up with a black color liner
And I'm workin' my strut but I know it don't matter
All we need in this world is some love
There's a thin line 'tween the dark side and the light side baby tonight
It's a struggle gotta rumble trying to find it
But if I had you, that would be the only thing that i'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy
If I had you
You you you you you
If I had you
From New York to LA getting high rock n' rollin
Get a room trash it up 'til it's ten in the morning
Girls in stripper heels, boys rolling in Maseratis
What they need in this world is some love
There's a thin line tween a wild time and a flat line baby tonight
It's a struggle gotta rumble tryin' to find it
But if I had you, that would be the only thing that I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy
If I had you
You you you you you
If I had
The flashing of the lights
It might feel so good but I've got you stuck on my mind, yeah
The fashion and the stage it might get me high
But it don't mean a thing tonight
That would be the only thing that I'd ever need
If I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete
If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy
If I had you
You you you you you
If I had you
If I had you
That would be the only thing that I'd ever need
Yeah if I had you, then money fame and fortune never could compete (never could compete with you)
If I had you, life would be a party it'd be ecstasy (it'd be ecstasy with you)
If I had you
You you you you you
If I had you