If I Ever Feel Better

"If I Ever Feel Better" is a song by French band Phoenix, released on 1 June 2000 as the third single from their debut studio album, United. It contains a sample of Japanese jazz musician Toshiyuki Honda's 1979 track "Lament", which was written by Chikara Ueda.^[2] The song remains Phoenix's highest charting in both France and internationally, reaching top-10 positions in Belgium, Italy and Spain, as well as number 12 in France. It was certified gold in Italy by FIMI in 2017.

"If I Ever Feel Better"
Single by Phoenix
from the album United
Released	22 January 2001
Genre	French house[1]
Length	3:42
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Thomas Pablo Croquet Christian Mazzalai Laurent Mazzalai Frederic Moulin
Producer(s)	Phoenix Philippe Zdar
Phoenix singles chronology
"Too Young" (1999) "If I Ever Feel Better" (2001) "Everything Is Everything" (2004)

Critical reception

In a review for the band's album It's Never Been Like That, Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork referred to the song and "Everything Is Everything" as "brilliant" with "production as crisp as a Frito and singer Thomas Mars' mercury croon" that "could slot into the playlists of hipsters and receptionists alike".^[3] In a review for Erlend Øye's DJ-Kicks album that includes a remix of the track, Nick Sylvester called the original version an "utterly catchy French house gem".^[1]

Track listing

1. "If I Ever Feel Better" (edit) – 3:42
2. "'If I Ever Feel Better, I'll Go to the Disco' Said the Buffalo Bunch" – 6:09
3. "On Fire" (Nash Kato version) – 2:05

Charts

Chart performance for "If I Ever Feel Better"

Chart (2000–2001)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[4]	8
France (SNEP)[5]	12
Italy (FIMI)[6]	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7]	67
Netherlands (Tipparade)[8]	8
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[9]	6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	23
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	65

Certifications

Certifications for "If I Ever Feel Better"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[12]	Gold	25,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.