If I Were a Carpenter
~ Recording by Four Tops
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | 660, MS-660 |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | STML 11056 |
| 2.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | The Best of the Four Tops | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | M 764D |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | M5-149V1 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | Compact Command Performances: 19 Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD 72220, WD72220 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | ?:?? | Four Tops | Compact Command Performances: 19 Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | ZD72220 |
| 2.3 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06188MD2 |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WD72067 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | Motown Hits of Gold, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD72402 |
| 1.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:48 | Four Tops | Motown Chartbusters, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WD 72672 |
| 2.3 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746308092 |
| 4.10 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:50 | Four Tops | 25 Years of Great Original Hits: The Motown Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD 231-236 |
| 2.3 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746308092 |
| 1.15 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | Motown’s Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 016 - 2 |
| 1.15 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | Motown's Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | POCT-1011 |
| 1.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:46 | Four Tops | Tour of Duty 5: The Strongest Popclassics From the 60's and 70's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 515 760-2 |
| 1.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:48 | Four Tops | Motown Chartbusters, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 554 145‐2 |
| 1.8 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Tour of Duty: The Final Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 553 929-2 |
| 1.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | The Best Sixties Love Album... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 235 |
| 2.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:46 | Four Tops | Greatest Hits of the Millennium: 60’s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321 673342 |
| 3.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Tamla Motown Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 016301-2 |
| 2.14 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:48 | Four Tops | Motown Chartbusters, Volumes 1-3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum (UK label), Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 544 712-2 |
| 3.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:50 | Four Tops | Motown Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 067 685-2 |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | [none] |
| 1.17 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | Anthology 50th Anniversary | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B0000488-02 |
| 1.12 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:47 | Four Tops | Motown Chart Hits, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | UTD018 |
| 1.15 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:52 | Four Tops | True Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 984 262-1 |
| 3.16 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:52 | Four Tops | 100 Essential Motown on 5 CDs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 9843939 |
| 3.16 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:52 | Four Tops | 100 Motown Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Belgium | 0602498472095 |
| 39.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:49 | Four Tops | The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 8: 1968 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Select, Motown | B0009708-02 |
| 1.9 | If I Were a Carpenter | ?:?? | Four Tops | Colour Collection | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 0602498483787 |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:50 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | UICY-75796 |
| 3.6 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:46 | Four Tops | Tamla Motown Gold: The Sound of Young America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand | |
| 1.4 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:50 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | UICY-78891 |
| 1.13 | If I Were a Carpenter | 2:51 | Four Tops | 19 Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09042MD |
Relationships
| producer: | Lamont Dozier Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) |
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| recording of: | If I Were a Carpenter (cover) |
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Related works
If I Were a Carpenter
| lyricist and composer: | Tim Hardin |
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| publisher: | Allen Stanton Productions Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Faithful Virtue Music |
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| later translated versions: | Kdybych já byl kovářem Om jag vore arbetslös Si j'étais un charpentier (French version) Si yo fuera un carpintero Wenn ich nur ein Trucker wär (If I Were a Carpenter) |
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