If It Wasn't True

"If It Wasn't True"
Single by Shamir
from the album Northtown
ReleasedJune 6, 2014
GenreDisco, acid house
Length3:58
LabelGodmode
Songwriter(s)Shamir Bailey
Producer(s)Nick Sylvester
Shamir singles chronology
"If It Wasn't True"
(2014)
"On the Regular"
(2014)

"If It Wasn't True" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Shamir Bailey, better known by his stage name Shamir, and included as the opening track on his debut extended play (EP) Northtown. Musically, "If It Wasn't True" is an R&B, pop, and dance song. Shamir has called the track "a breakup song, but not a typical one," and Vogue magazine in 2014 dubbed it "Your New Favorite Breakup Song."