Shai's If I Ever Fall in Love has been a favorite of mine since Junior High. My best friends and I would hover around Michelle's cassette player, as her Keanu Reeves and “A Hard Man is Good to Find” posters looked down on us from her bedroom walls, listening to the melodious a cappella song and sing along, which for some reason includes odd and deep atonal grunts along the way. We thought it was hilarious, but with all the day dreaming promise of romance that the song gave my friends and me, we genuinely loved it – and I still do.
Regarded as a one hit wonder of sorts, Shai actually had success with a few more songs like Comforter and Baby I'm Yours, that pale in comparison to this song. All ugliness of the 90's aside (how about that neon Baja on the cover), it's hard to deny that this isn't a very silky smooth love making kind of a song. Interestingly enough, it was this song that launched their career when they passed the demo along to a radio station who played it that week. The single immediately led to a recording contract and a guest appearance on what was the biggest show on TV at the time, Family Matters.
But what do you think?