Other Cover Versions
- German Eurodance group Chyp-Notic's 1990 single "If I Can't Have U" contains an interpolation of "If I Can't Have You".
- Eve's Plum, a pop rock band that existed from 1991 to 1998, recorded a cover in 1995 which found its way onto a compilation CD.
- An abbreviated version of "If I Can't Have You" was included in the "70's Moment Medley" featured on the 1998 Gloria Estefan single release "Don't Let This Moment End".
- LFO reworked "If I Can't Have You" as "Can't Have You" for their 1999 self-titled album only replicating the choruses, the verses being changed to rapping.
- Wilber Pan recorded a Mandarin language version for his 2003 album Pass Me the Mic.
- Australian group Young Divas covered the song in 2007 for their second album New Attitude.
- DJ Khaled sampled part of this song in his 2007 single "Brown Paper Bag".
- Adam Lambert performed the song as his selection during disco week of season 8 of American Idol. Instead of performing the song the original way, Lambert made it into a ballad, which was highly praised by the judges.
- Sharleen Spiteri covered the song for her 2010 album The Movie Songbook.
- In 2012, the song was covered by Naya Rivera in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.
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