"If You Ever Did Believe"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by mikebise

Sheryl told Billboard in October 1998 that "If You Ever Did Believe" was written in 1978, and it's about Stevie's secret affair with Mick.

It sounds like this is another one of Stevie's getting-the-year-wrong, stories. I thought IYEDB was written before Rumours? Or it was at least written during Rumours, since part of it appears in a demo for Gold Dust Woman.

If You Ever Did Believe is one of my favourite Stevie songs; both the demo and the completed version are extremely potent in their own unique ways. I love her voice in the original, and I love those background wails in the Practical Magic one.