If You Were Here

If You Were Here is a song performed by Jennifer Sherwood under the Chapter One label as one of three commission songs for Toshiba EMI for their Dancemania series in 1997. This song is arguably not only Chapter One/Digibeat's (as well as Jennifer's) most famous song, but also one of the most famous in the genre for its appearances in the Dance Dance Revolution series, starting in 1998.

Because of this, it might be one of, if not the, first modern Eurobeat songs exposed to a western audience. The song would prove to be so popular, in DDR, that it would later have two remixes later in the series: one by B4 Za Beat in DanceDanceRevolution 4th Mix, and later by L.E.D.-G in DanceDanceRevolution X2.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] The train's gone, and I am standing alone I think of you, we wonder if you think of me, too? I'm back to the town that I was born in To think of my life and to start it over with you

[Pre-Chorus 1] 'Cuz you know we've been in a maze of love And we are losing control to get away Here I am walking on the hill in this town Like in the childhood that seems like yesterday

[Chorus] If You Were Here with me, You could feel the way I do now If You Were Here with me, You could see what I am looking for, now

[Verse 2] I need to come to the hill on my own When I feel lonely, dreaming of the future to come The feel of the wind makes me understand That I will have to face the problem, to overcome

Trivia
Out of the three songs commissioned by Toshiba EMI (the others being Is This The Way You Kill A Love, and All You Gotta Do), If You Were Here is the only one to have its original version released.

The Original version of If You Were Here appeared as part of a location test for DanceDanceRevolution 5thMIX during the 2001 AOU trade show, before being cut from the final release.

There are two cuts of If You Were Here that were made for the DanceDanceRevolution series: The original cut from 2ndMIX, and a longer cut in X2 that expands the second part of the intro, adds in a beatless segment right after the chorus, and has the cut end further in.

An 8-bit rendition appears in DanceDanceRevolution GB.