If I Only Knew
Tom Jones | Artist Essentials
First released: 1994 (year verified)
Original 1994 full studio album presentation, approximately 4:10
MusicAtlas editorial note: The full studio groove gives the rapid vocal phrases and sharply repeated refrain plenty of rhythmic space.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1994 (year verified)
The original full approximately 4:10 studio album presentation was released in 1994. The same-year single context does not establish an earlier year for this selected full presentation; shorter edits and remixes remain separate.
Recording: Original 1994 full studio album presentation, approximately 4:10
Credit: Tom Jones
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The Lead and How to Swing It
The Lead and How to Swing It - original studio program
The licensed original 1994 album includes the approximately 4:10 full studio performance of If I Only Knew. The full album presentation is selected; other featured performances and shorter editions are not substituted. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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About Tom Jones
Tom Jones grew up in Pontypridd, South Wales, and sang in clubs before signing with Decca. His early records placed a powerful voice within compact pop arrangements, while his repertoire continued to draw on rhythm and blues and country music. Reload later brought that voice into explicitly credited collaborations with other performers. His work with Ethan Johns moved toward more exposed studio arrangements, including the live-in-studio performances of Praise & Blame and the varied songwriting repertoire of Spirit in the Room.
Artist background sources
Tom Jones - official artist biography
The artist's biography establishes his upbringing in Pontypridd, South Wales, club work before Decca, broad rhythm-and-blues interests, the 1999 Reload collaborations and later work with Ethan Johns. Praise & Blame was performed live in the studio, not recorded at a public concert; Spirit in the Room followed in 2012. Current commercial totals and promotional superlatives are not reproduced. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Tom Jones interview - recording versus release of It's Not Unusual
In the artist-hosted interview, Jones distinguishes recording It's Not Unusual in 1964 from its public release in 1965. The interview also discusses his broad interpretive song choices. No session year is substituted for the released recording year. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Reload - official original album and collaboration program
The artist's actual discography page identifies Reload as a 1999 album and provides its original seventeen-track duet program. The featured identities are retained from the licensed original track credits rather than abbreviated to a solo credit. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Praise & Blame - official live-in-studio recording context
The artist's discography identifies the 2010 album, Ethan Johns and the live-in-studio approach at Real World. This describes the recording method and does not make the selected performance a concert recording or date it by its session. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Spirit in the Room - official original release
The artist's actual original-album page establishes the May 2012 release and work with Ethan Johns at Real World. This supports the earlier original year of Tower of Song before the later licensed US package date. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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