"If I Was" was written by Midge Ure and Danny Mitchell. It reached #1 on the UK singles chart for a single week in October 1985.

In the sleeve notes for the 2001 compilation If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox Ure wrote: "This song is pure Danny Mitchell. I found a demo of it on a cassette Danny had sent me for his band The Messengers. I grabbed it with both hands, messed around with it, sprinkled it with fairy dust and the rest is history."

The music video featured Ure's face patterns on a Pin Art pinscreen.