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"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)"
Single by Counting Crows
from the album Hard Candy
Released	June 2003 (2003-06)
Studio	Ocean Way (Hollywood, California) Westside (London, England)
Length	3:53
Label	Geffen
Composer(s)	Adam F. Duritz Dan Vickrey David Immerglück Charles Gillingham Matt Malley
Lyricist(s)	Adam F. Duritz
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Counting Crows singles chronology
"Big Yellow Taxi" (2002) "If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" (2003) "She Don't Want Nobody Near" (2003)

"If I Could Give All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead)" is a song by American rock band Counting Crows. It is the fourth track on their fourth album, Hard Candy (2002), inspired by the death of the Band member Richard Manuel. When released as a single, it reached number 40 on the Irish Singles Chart, number 50 on the UK Singles Chart, and became a minor chart hit in Australia and the Netherlands. In the United Kingdom, it debuted and peaked at number nine on the UK Rock Chart.

Background

The inspiration for the song, according to Adam Duritz, came from the sense of "not lasting" he felt when he went to bed and read a newspaper that stated Richard Manuel, a founding member of the Band, had died of an apparent suicide. Manuel was a pianist and vocalist who suffered from bouts of depression—all abilities and traits shared by Duritz. Duritz stated that the sense of impermanence was "overwhelming" and 15 years after the death of Manuel this sense inspired him to write the song.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Hard Candy album booklet.

Studios

• Recorded at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) and Westside Studios (London, England)
• Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)

Charts

Release history

References

1. If I Could Give All My Love (UK CD1 liner notes). Counting Crows. Geffen Records. 2003. GED9806830.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. If I Could Give All My Love (UK CD2 liner notes). Counting Crows. Geffen Records. 2003. GED9806831.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. If I Could Give All My Love (European CD single liner notes). Counting Crows. Geffen Records. 2003. 602498068298.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. If I Could Give All My Love (Australian CD single liner notes). Counting Crows. Geffen Records. 2003. 980 682-8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. Hard Candy (US CD album booklet). Counting Crows. Geffen Records. 2002. 069493356-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. "Issue 696" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
7. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Counting Crows". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
8. "Counting Crows – If I Could Give All My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
11. "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
12. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 16th June 2003" (PDF). ARIA. June 16, 2003. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2023.

• 2002 songs
• 2003 singles
• The Band
• Counting Crows songs
• Cultural depictions of Canadian people
• Cultural depictions of rock musicians
• Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite
• Songs written by Adam Duritz
• Songs written by Charlie Gillingham
• Songs written by Dan Vickrey
• Songs written by David Immerglück