Regina Belle- If I Could (1996)

World renowned singer Regina Belle performs one of her biggest hits live

[@travisalves3236]

At my auntie funeral they played this song for her slide show she’ll be dearly missed🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@JJ-nd8rd]

My favorite live version, and the audience appears to be sleeping. Do you not hear perfection?

[@mssimone2631]

This is my first time seeing this performance. Before I read your comment I said, BORING AUDIENCE!!

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

They are enjoying it ! Do you want them to jumping around with their phones out and taking Tik toks? Make it make sense. Choose one. Phones or having an audience to sit and appreciate incredible music

[@ronaldtaylor7565]

When your background singers are clapping to the notes you are hitting when they should be singing is a testament to how well she's singing this beautiful song.

[@lesegomogotsi3403]

Pitty I can only hit the like button once...

[@marygrosso3391]

What a magnificent voice such beauty n class I heard this song so many many years ago and till today I tell my beautiful daughter this song is from me to her n hopefully when she gets married I dedicate this song to her always

[@DrPaynesTrain]

Lord GOD!!!!! She is amazing!!!!

[@Fanouvvi]

Only Regina can do it, she sings "if I Could" like no other. I love listening to her sultry voice.

[@khajahkool]

YES!!!!

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Fanouvvi 😢😭😭❤❤❤

[@kmallory100]

Agreed. I heard Gladys sing it and it wasn't the same.

[@terrenceragin5555]

She always could sing. Love her voice and this song.

[@shirleygoerg6272]

GIFTED REGINA BELL OWNS THIS SONG FOR MANY YEARS!!! HER EXTREME EXQUISTE RANGES IN HER VOCALS ARE INCREDIBLE AND A TREASURE TO LISTEN TOO..I'VE SENT THIS SONG TO MY FAMILY OF LOVE ONES THRU THE YEARS. AS MOTHERS N GRANDMOTHERS, PARENTS, ETC., WE WANT THE BEST AND TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES. THIS SONG SAYS IT ALL. GOD BLESS YOU REGINA!!!.💕💕💕

[@therealshebajordan8395]

And THAT’S how it’s done ladies and gentlemen! ❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@JJ-nd8rd]

I’ve rediscovered Regina. Oh my, what talent...

[@yvonnescully5037]

A very difficult song in terms of the tunes...but an excellent one. She did it with flying colours....tremendous voice👍👍☝️☝️🌹♥️

[@ashleybridgers113]

LIKE A SHOT OF Liquor, Amazing

[@mamarose317able]

Such a classic, performed by a classy lady.

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

mamarose317able AMEN!! 😢😢

[@rjenellwomack4512]

🌹Tremendously Spectacular 🌹💯💫👏👈

[@sddunlop]

I cry every time...I love this song..She sounds better than the album.She is truly Blessed...Thanks for this songms. Belle

[@rudolphmcneill515]

You too? I'm here 2020 and this Lady is still one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES!

[@sddunlop]

@@rudolphmcneill515 yyees I song this at my brother funeral last month.. powerful...

[@rudolphmcneill515]

@@sddunlop OMG!! I am so so very sorry for your loss. I'm not just saying that. I mean it. I know he heard you and embraced you and the love he felt for you. Big HUGS. 🥺🥺💙💙💙

[@sddunlop]

@@rudolphmcneill515 thanks Blessings and LOVE..

[@tinamiller6517]

I danced with my mom at my wedding 2 this song. Everyone cried.

[@pamelamark3609]

You better sing this song.... Miss. Belle.👍☺️

[@San47di]

When my brother died I had them play this at his funeral in dedication to his children who had to continue growing up without him. Every time I hear this song it brings back fond memories of him.

[@timatkinson5899]

This song was sung for a very dear friend whose Mom died...the queen who sang it did it perfectly...

[@ddesign63]

When the time comes, a time when my work is done here, I will join you my daughter. Missing you as the year moves into 2015. My life has a hole in it without you here. Happy New Year...., Love Dad!

[@garonpresley]

Yes you see each other again, and it will be glorious!

[@JJ-nd8rd]

ddesign63 you just made me Cry. Sending Love

[@kajuntrailssouthernlouisia2973]

God bless you.

[@mojitogonzalez]

MISSSSSS YOU REGINA!!

[@likesmusic11]

I mean, damn! I knew she could sing, but never heard her sing this live... I'm speechless.

[@lisaleve0714]

Best Mother/Son wedding dance song❣❣

[@comeagyn]

Back when they used to let grown folk do music. You didn't have to be 15 and 1/2 to have a hit....a good song was a good song....

[@Rachfication]

dedicated this song to my only son. Every word baby....love you Richard Christopher

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Rachfication ❤❤❤

[@keshianserenity]

This woman, Lawd!!!

[@patriceshields215]

Sing Regina....OMG.....MOTHERS 🎵 SONG TO HER KIDS & GRANKIDS. EVERY WORD!!!! IF I COULD ERIC JR, ERIC lll, & EMORI.....SHIELDS

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Oh Regina. 😥😥

[@Themsak2]

I remember the day I heard this song...I became one of her biggest fans!

[@antwanjohnson7369]

same here

[@DarkChocolateAngel]

I love this. I thought I knew the intensity of this song when I cried the first time I heard it BUT it went to a whole different level when I had my sons. This is is a true love song- the purity and depth of real mother’s love. MUCH LOVE❤️to my sons (RIP MAH).

[@bienvenidaherrera7769]

Love Nancy Wilson, but Regina Belle took"If I Could" to a new level

[@themagicpurplesmoke9266]

Superb LIVE performance! ❤❤❤

[@kweetacarol4145]

LORDJESUS REGINA BELL "IF I COULD" "DREAM IN COLOR" THERE SHOULD HAVE THE CATEGORY ..... THE MOST PRETTYest SNG N THE WORLD.

[@lovesmith7204]

Excellent delivery

[@kajuntrailssouthernlouisia2973]

Me and my oldest son dance to this song on his wedding day.

[@1brookshire2]

I love her!

[@shirleygoerg6272]

MAGICAL GIFTED HEALING SONG N LYRICS.

[@OzlemCraig]

she sounds like Whitney Houston. Wtf how many different ranges can she sing? It's unbelievable.

[@agnesthepoetess9073]

Yes I would if I could.

[@lancomelvr]

Love her.. amazing

[@rudolphmcneill515]

OMG!! Is anyone else getting teary-eyed here in October of 2020? I'm bout to break down into serious crying. I'm in public so I'm trying to hold it in. 🥺🥺😥😥😢😭

[@timatkinson5899]

It's September 5th, 2023 and I'm bawling....

[@rudolphmcneill515]

​@timatkinson5899 2024 here now. I've been confined to a wheelchair this past February and I can't stop crying. This Lady is absolutely breaking my heart. I so miss my Mom and my Nanzie. 🥺🥺🥹🥹🥹😢😢

[@alley1433]

She is underrated & phenomenal!

[@elenorawhite9751]

Beautiful voice,Beautiful woman the words are absolutely true,Thank you GOD for her and amazing voice!!!# Love 🎵😌😍🙂👆❤

[@empressdougla]

I love this song, I dedicate it forever to my children Rashid & Amelia, I love you.

[@susancartwright9660]

I love this song

[@alexanderromanos3428]

Fantastic performance...

[@camilleinlondon]

Amazing

[@rovingeye5]

great song, message and performer!

[@stevegilpin-payne516]

Regina & Whitney have so much in common

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Where are these beautiful ladies? 😢😢😢😢

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

OH LAWD THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY TO US. 😢😢😢

[@sabrinalizares-sabo4425]

Rudolph Mcneill All hail the great Nancy Wilson.

[@navarrolane2822]

Never gets old

[@eraldobatista7277]

AMO DE PAIXÃO REGINA BELLE

[@LaCheleWallace]

This is really pretty, Auntie Gene. This song gets me every time.....

[@lifeofneacy3891]

LaCheleWallace I love your auntie she's a God gift singer

[@CriminalLaw45]

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo

[@thefourelevensAO]

Good God Almighty this song, delivered by Regina!, gives me the chills!

[@needahandle]

Wonderful. Simply

[@lifeofneacy3891]

In every Birthday my kids want me and their daddy to play " If I could I guess I was playing this song while I was pregnant with them and now my oldest daughter Adrennie Armstead is playing the same song to her unborn baby girl I glade that my husband Jermone Armstead Sr. I had raised them well now it's her turn my work isn't done yet 2 more to go my oldest two is on their own

[@nana60575]

Como está música é linda, adoraria que tivesse tradução, mais é lindo do mesmo jeito.

[@judyhill8641]

TO MY SONS WAYNE AND MICHAEL AND MY GRANDCHILDREN WAYNE ,KAYLEE, LOGAN, MICHAEL LAINEY AND DAVID AND MY HUSBAND WHO IS NOW GONE IF I COULD LIKE THE MUSIC SAYS I WOULD BEAR ALL FOR YOU I WILL LOVE YOU TO THE HEAVENS AND BACK SEE YOU MY LOVES

[@TheSusiyp]

To all my kids; biological or not. I love you all.

[@bdr5518]

🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿

[@attackdog2691]

Dammm sister

[@kenallen5674]

I will watch u grow so I can let u go. Every parents wish

[@victoribass77]

Great song! Written by Ray Charles.

[@doloresboston8571]

@ Victori Bass • WHAAAAAAT?!!! I‘ve never heard that, not even when tributes or documentaries were done about him. Wow!

[@Gserra78]

😢😢

[@jacquelinerogers372]

to Grady and James and Amy.

[@bilalel6981]

That audience must be tone deaf.. she told that song up go ahead Regina

[@Kuklapolitan]

Good God...what a departure from the hit that was so very special and that so many tremendous artists covered. Regina Belle took the low road when she took to running scales in the middle of every beautiful note and lyric of this iconic song. She went with a trend that is still the demise of every beautifully crafted song on the market. Instead of doing some magical things with her voice for effect in a song....because she can do that...she pandered to the audience reaction to all the newer singers.way of singing It's an audience reaction that will surely wane when people come back to their senses and understand that scales and ridiculous riffs are there for practicing and honing your art and not finalizing it. It makes every song as boring as hell.

[@brianhankerson9169]

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[@brianhankerson9169]

Yeah, I thought the same thing about your comment. The problem is because you don't understand the culture behind the running of those scales (which she barely did, there were more trills than scales if any at all), you attack it as invalid. That's why there are more than one version. Listen to the version you like. And you should probably lay off the porn sites. That will help you to properly say dictionary and not just stop at some juvenile attempt at humor and save face. I'm sure there is a mirror somewhere near you look in it and find yourself.

[@Kuklapolitan]

Brian Hankerson Save face? I have never found the need to save face and that certainly would hold true here considering your ilk. Whether you think my little play on words is funny or not is immaterial. Never having studied voice, you don't actually understand what trills are but I was not referring to her trilling technique. Her interpretation of this song borders on the annoying runs one might find in a half-baked Fitzgerald or even a Carey piece. Culture, little man, has so little to do with this piece that it's ludicrous to go there. Don't tell me I do not or cannot fathom the culture that spawned this style of singing! I do understand it and happen to adore Belle's voice and her culture and I do not negate or dismiss the piece as invalid! She is incredibly gifted and talented beyond belief but I cannot fathom why every song has to have that ethnic BS of over running the scales, and yes, even excess trilling, and making a 15 note exclamation point out of every fourth note in and on every song...past or present. No other artists do this and it is, at times, done to the detriment of the piece. There is a time, a place and songs for all techniques within the context of presentation and this one is only borderline objectionable...but for me, I want to hear this song in its original format because the words and the melody need no further punctuation. For ME, it detracts from what was one of the finest songs of the era and needs nothing further. Perfection cannot be improved upon...even if you don't think so or do not agree. When you listen to the original release you remain glued to your seat and find yourself enveloped in a myriad of emotional complexities. When you listen to this version you get up from your seat, applaud heavily and think...damn, she's so good...her voice is so rich, so fluid, so right on pitch and tone and she gave it her all...but you're not thinking about and have lost the impact of the story she has laid herself bare to. One is about the words and the music and the other about technique in presentation. Apples and oranges, I assure you.

[@brianhankerson9169]

Kuklapolitan To be totally honest, I didn't even read the entirety of what you posted. I may have made the same mistake that you have made. You underestimated me. I majored in music and have been Minister of music for several mega churches. I own a recording studio in Miami. I also play 5 different instruments and am a volunteering vocal coach at the school of the arts. As well, I am 6'2, 210 LBS. Not hardly a "little man". My picture looks youthful, but it was taken 7 years ago. Even then, I was in my thirties. You are not talking to a child or an ignorant cyber gangster. I will offer you time and place to discuss however you feel in person. However my post was in accordance to what you have a right to... your opinion. Mine differs. Are you upset that your words weren't taken as authority? Check yourself sir. and your little ego. You don't know who you may encounter because of it. There is a reason that I use my real name and real pictures of myself. I do not hide behind a keyboard. I have no reason to. I do have every reason to my opinion. As do you. Good day Kuklapolitan

[@brianhankerson9169]

As a matter of fact I'll be singing at a wedding in May. I'd love to invite you so you can share your opinions in a more personal manner. Let me know if you are interested.

[@sabrinalizares-sabo4425]

No one can beat Nancy Wilson's version ever.

[@johndegraffenried64]

YOU SANG, BUT YOU DIDN'T SING. F--K THE BULLSHIT!! I CAN BULLSHIT AND LALEEE GAG WITH THE BEST OF THEM, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME, I TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. MY LORD, THE AMAZING GREAT MAJESTIC HAS GROOMED ME. PRAY ON IT!!!! AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT. JAY DEE

[@martinwaaldijk5501]

The boss regina belle u are so adorable and and an a amazing singer u always bring the a game to the table good bless u