Patti LaBelle - If Only You Knew (Audio) 

It's 2024. Anyone still listening?

My Fiance's song to me...... He sang it to me after reuniting after over 20 years apart. He got his wings on January 13, 2021. I cry every time I hear this song..... RIH Baby. God willing we'll see each other again one day.

Sitting in the nursing home visiting my mother who has been battling dementia for 5 years and I played this song and all of a sudden she lit up and smiled through the entire song and tapped her feet..that in itself just made my whole day! Thank you Jesus!

It’s 2024 and We are still here ❤ Thank you Ms. LaBelle

Heard this at work long ago after wife and I had a spat of epic proportions. After I got home we both listened to this song, and it literally saved our marriage. 47 years and still going strong. Thank you Ms Patti LaBelle,we owe/ love you so much!!

I was battling cancer 2 years ago. My 2 daughters and husband played this song everyday until I beat this illness. Thank you God .

I am a 22 year old boy vibing to this song in my class when suddenly five classmates entered and asked me what am i listening to. They laughed at me that i vibe to songs like these but one classmate stood up and said "no disrespect to legend Patti labelle " ... " the r&b trap yall vibin to are all because songs like these were there..." She's my girlfriend now ❤

My mom used to sing this song to me when I was 5 years old. She died in 2019. I miss her so much. This song makes me smile and brings tears of sadness to my eyes at the same time. 😌😥💛💛

This is the type of music that just fills you up with warmth and love. Classic song.

I miss R&B like this that gives you chills.

God is good. March 9, 2024 myself, my man, and my children were in a terrible car accident. There so much I can say but honestly blessing to you all. God knows!

Happy 80th Birthday Patti LaBelle!(Born May 24, 1944)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🎀🌷🌹💐👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

Almost died last year… medical emergency.. bout 5 hours away from going to My King. He wasn’t ready.. I have important things to do with my Sons. My oldest fell 30 feet at work and was paralyzed from the chest down. All the bones in his face were broken and he suffered a traumatic brain injury. So BLESSED to be here on Memorial Day,, God bless all who sacrificed for our freedom,, with all of you,, listening to My Lady Marmalade. She just celebrated her 80th birthday and said she was gonna party like it’s 1999!!! God bless and thank you Patti. For all the music and all the memories. ♥️🙏

My husband of 52 years passed away recently I always think of him when I hear this song. We loved Patti LaBelle

Its 1984, I'm 14yrs old, Bridgeport, CT listening to Night Beat on 98.7💋 Kiss FM. Fast Forward, its 2024 I'm 54yrs old listening to Patti on RU-vid. I'm still in my feelings.

I dedicated this song to my wife when we were dating and I still dedicate it to her 32 yrs later.

WHO'S jamming to this classic in 2020 🤘🤘

Who is singing right along with Patti in 2020 still???🤔👌🎯💯

Thank you everyone for your warm and supportive comments about "If Only You Knew". We wrote this song for Patti in 1980, and it is still a favorite today even among a new generation of fans. For this I am truly thankful and I am greatly humbled so many can relate to this song. On another note, please be advised there has been a Christina Clark (a/k/a DJ PR Girl on RU-vid), who has been wrongfully claiming I am her aunt on several social media fronts. Although it is nice to be thought of as an aunt to this person, please know Christina is no relation to me and my family. She has recently been claiming my youngest brother, 1984 Super heavyweight Olympic Gold Medalist Tyrell Biggs as her cousin, and may have received unconscionable enrichment for such false claims. These are truly difficult and desperate times for many people. Let us stay strong, prayerful and positive in our energy. With that, you'd be surprised what we can overcome. Again, humble and earnest thanks for helping keep our song, If Only You Knew by the incomparable Patti LaBelle, alive. Peace and much love. Cynthia Biggs El, TSOP songwriter (All Rights Reserved Allodial without Prejudice/Recourse)

No disrespect to Miss Gladys, but Miss Patti is, and always will be, the Queen of love ballads. Anybody with me?

Reading these Beautiful Comments Got me Tearing up😢

I always loved this song. My husband, the love of my life passed away in Oct of 2019. I miss him so much. I still need him. My heart is broken 💔😢🙏🏽

My grandma is in the hospital rn fighting for her life 🥲🙏🏽&she love her some patti & this song just came to me man only if my grandma know how much I need her rn 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Im 31 and in 2023 she is still my favorite female vocalist. Luther Vandross and Patti Labelle will always be the best.

I must have rehearsed my lines A thousand times Until I had them memorized But when I get up the nerve To tell you the words Just never seem to Come out right Hmmm If only you knew How much I do Do love you Oh, if only you knew How much I do Do love you I dream of moments we share But you're not there I'm living in a fantasy 'Cause you don't even suspect Could probably care less About the changes I've been Going through Oh, if only you knew How much I do Do love you Oh, if only you knew How much I do Do need you 'Cause you don't even suspect Could probably care less About the changes I've been Going through If only you knew How much I do Do love you Oh, if only you knew How much I do Do need you Oh, oh if only you knew How much I do Do love you Oh if only you knew How much I do I do need you Oh, if If If I love you, yes You don't know I said you don't know how much I need you, suga Oh, I said you don't know That I love you And I will show I love you

I have played this song consistently over the last 8 months for my unborn baby boy. We have one month left and it has been such a trying pregnancy. So grateful that this will always be the song he will know his mommy shared with him. Even if something ever happens to me, he will know how much he was loved and how much he was needed ❤

I cry every time i hear this song because 19 years ago the love of my life left this world and want up to heaven and now he is my angel. I still miss him to this day. Rest in peace baby 🕊️

I hope I'm not the only one listening to this masterpiece in 2021.

WHY COULDN'T I APPRECIATE THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER?! WHY DID I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I WAS OLD?! WHY?! Do not wait until you're old to appreciate GREAT music!

Listening to the lyrics, I can only imagine the number of lonely souls that played this one throughout the night...

It's 2024 and this song puts tears to my eyes every time! A pure classic!

The people who gave this a thumbs down......Have never loved and probably never will.

The moment you're upset with him and choose this song of all the songs with some red roses and a card saying he loves you and he's sorry. smile..... Ms. Patti LaBelle you just helped him melt down my heart.

my all time favorite If you only knew....wow....nobody sings like her..............+

2022...still a classic!

Ms. Patti LaBelle performed in concert at the Saenger Theater (on Rampart and Canal Street) in New Orleans 1989. I were a member of the WYLD radio station's gospel choir (under the direction of Pastor Jimmy Macdonald). We opened the show for Ms LaBelle. It was wonderful 🍓 Later, I got to meet her, and got her autograph. She's a beautiful person 🍓

When my dad was in the Navy, while in SE Asia, he sent my mom a mixed tape with this song on it. My dad isn't one to express his feelings, yet he told my mom that this song expressed how he felt about her, so far from her. I was just a preteen girl at the time, but knew that this is what I wanted to feel when the time came to love a man. Years later, this song was a wedding song.

This song make you feel so in love, I'm 70 and it still do 💕

I’m still enjoying Patty in 2021, after surviving corvic19, Lord I thank you for your grace and mercy 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽❤️thank you loving us 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Heard this song so many times, yet it still sounds like the first time I heard it. That’s timeless music for you

When you want and long for intimacy not just sex. When you actually enjoy his/her company. Thank you Auntie Patti!💗🔥

I need a God fearing husband that loves this type of music told school is the best school now and forever

Her voice just hits the soul.

I lost my grandma recently and this is the song I dedicated to her to show her how much I love her and that I miss her a lot

Still gives me chills in 2022. Timeless classic.

I played this song at my 50th birthday celebration to my family to let them know how much I love them. And every time I hear this song tears comes to my eyes.

My oldest niece passed away last year at the tender age of 24, this song came on when I received the call that she went home to be with God. I was on my way to be there by her and my sister's side. I didn't make it. But this song gives me comfort..she knew how much I loved her and she also letting me know she loves me too😢❤

One of Patti's greatest songs of all time. I'll never forget it.

A (man or a woman) can NEVER! Go wrong when u play this cut❣️💞❣️💞❣️💘💟👅

This is STILL the jam. Getting ready for the Veruz between Gladys Knight and Patti Labelle on Sunday.

“2023” If only you knew! Let’s not wait until it’s too late and let ‘em know now. God bless!🙏

This beautiful song breaks my heart💔 when my husband passed away 😭May 28, 2017 He love this song so much R I P ❤ my Love until we meet again.

2024 I'm here 😢

This was my mama favorite song and she got the chance to do Patti LaBelle's hair omg what a big thing

Reading your beautiful testimonies while listening to this amazing song just makes it too much of a masterpiece. I’m here in 2024 and will be here until God decides it’s my time to join him ❤️

I'm 22, found out searching for old songs. I just went through a weird break up in the end of January. I'm trying to recover my love for romantic songs. May someday I come back here saying I'm dancing to it with my soulmate. May god bless us. 8.4.2024

Hard listening to this song since my dad died .. I miss you pops 🕊️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thinking about my mom when I hear this lost her in December 2020! If only you knew how much I do, do love you mom! Do need you, rest in heaven🙏😘🙏

These songs will NEVER EVER get old

One of the best singers all over the world.

Who's back for more in 2020?

Oh my goodness. From 2:40 to the end, that voice just pounds my heart, especially the final :57 seconds. And the 3 guitar chords at 3:54 perfectly set us up for her powerful finish. PHILLY PROUD!

I wanna dedicate this song to the one who made me feel that i wasn’t alone. He gave me the strength to fight ma demons and trauma that i once had experienced. I’m 17 and ik what love is. I know ma worth. I know ma heart and his heart as well. We both been for abt a month and now i feel that it was meant to be. I feel safe, free, at ease, and all of the above! Tysm for helpin me learn how to love u like u love me. U r truly special and from this moment forward, our future will be brighter than the stars! I LOVE U BABY!!!🥹💙💜

I just started crying after hearing her hit those notes because we will probably never hear a voice that could compare to Patti's and a combination of the right words and melodies again! 🥲

One of the most beautiful love songs ever. Her vocal range and emotion are amazing. 💜💜🎶🎶 (03.01.19)

such heartfelt lyrics, every woman wants to hear those words.

Gamble & Huff said Patti recorded this while smiling..... you can feel that through the song.

My mom said this is all she sang to me while in her belly. I love you mommy. I never forget the moments we share, I thank Allah for my beautiful mother.

Who's listening in 2019?? Hit like..

It's funny. As a child growing up in Detroit, when this song came on. Everybody got quiet and just listened. Thank you Patti

Im do Isolated from my family..i remember this was my favorite aunt and uncles song ..i love and miss them so much ❤

74 baby I was fortunate enough to grow up with pattie.

Only woman who has the most beautiful voice that can put chills on the audience 😍

As a Jamaican we would say...TUNE!!!

This era would have been a time to grow up in😩😍timeless music

Every time I hear this song it’s a reminder of someone I’ve secretly have feeling for. Working side by side he may never know

No one can sing like Ms. PattiLaBelle always give me chills when I hear her sing

If you grew up to this type of music I envy wow

We used to sing it with my Grandma who’s now late 😢, so it’ll forever be my favourite❤ Whenever I’m listening to it , tears just fall down🥹😩

Miss Patti Labelle in concert. Still hitting those notes 🎤🎶🎵

Here In 2020 and I’m 18. Thanks grandma for leaving this song with me that I love so deeply.💞💞

If only you knew how much we love you Patti 🌹❤️🌹

Nothing LIKE this!!!!!!! Peep HOW she freaked the ending!!!!!!!! Breathless, timeless, classic!!!!!!!! I dare someone trying to touch it!!!!!!!

Now this is a love song, and when you hear it ,it makes you think of a one sided love. The one that makes you cry.

This is how you replenish your soul, the vibrations awaken docile cells.

Who's coming back in 3020 to hear it some more? This is Patti at her BEST!

Patti is just the ultimate singer songwriter and entertainer of our lifetime. A living LEGEND. Thank you God ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My most FAVORITE song by Patti LaBelle.

Rest easy Ma 💔 she loved patti...people actually sang about how much they loved you!!

I lost my mom in 2019 and she used to play this when she would clean and be cooking breakfast. I miss those days wish I could hug her again, just one more conversation with her about life also hearing her laugh at my jokes when I will try and sing this. R.I.H my QUEEN 👑 see you again. NEVER DEATH ONLY LIFE!!!

I love you Patti for giving me all of this beautiful music to enjoy, I lost my dad in November of 2023 I always told him how much I loved him but I wish I could see his face again to tell him again how much I love him Rip Daddy until I see you again, enjoy your beautiful beautiful home in heaven I miss you daddy oh daddy I miss you I’m your first born daughter and I want my daddy 😢😢😢

Should be sleep,but instead laying here wide awoke listening to Patti wishing I could get him out of my system....If 🎶🎶🎶

Slow dancing with the one your loving ❤

Patti, Luther, Aretha Whitney and Michael and Marvin Gaye ARE GIFTED ISRAELITES FROM OUR GOD.

Who still listening to this in 2023???

Some people just do not understand real love.

I LOVE MY SISTER PATTI LABELLE YOU HAVE MADE ME SO PROUD. YOU ARE SUCH A CLASSY AND ELEGANT SISTER.

Rest easy sweetheart. I remember when we were moving from Florida to Georgia this song came on and my husband grabbed my hand and held it so tight. He drove the rest of the way smiling at me everytime I looked over at him. I miss him so much. God decided to call him home May 13th 2022 at 11:48pm. Until we meet again sweetheart #congestiveheartfailureawareness #strokeawareness

I didn't hear anyone in my era who sang the way she could 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥🔥

Patti’s knees started to shake at around about 3:37. Y’all know it’s over when she does that. 🤣