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{{Music
|Image    = If We're Together.jpg
|Composer = [[Joss Whedon]]
|Arranger = [[Christophe Beck]]<br>[[Jesse Tobias]]
|Vocalist = [[Anthony Stewart Head]]<br>[[Alyson Hannigan]]<br>[[Nicholas Brendon]]<br>[[Emma Caulfield]]<br>[[Amber Benson]]<br>[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]
|Length   = 2:21
|Appear   = "[[Once More, with Feeling]]"
}}

"'''{{PAGENAME}}'''" is an original song from the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' musical episode "[[Once More, with Feeling]]." It was composed by [[Joss Whedon]] and arranged by [[Christophe Beck]] with [[Jesse Tobias]]. The vocals were performed by [[Anthony Stewart Head]] as [[Rupert Giles|Giles]], [[Alyson Hannigan]] as [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], [[Nicholas Brendon]] as [[Alexander Harris|Xander]], [[Emma Caulfield]] as [[Anya Jenkins|Anya]], [[Amber Benson]] as [[Tara Maclay|Tara]], and [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] as [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]].

==Lyrics==
<poem>GILES:
I've got a theory
That it's a demon
A dancing demon — nyehh, something isn't right there

WILLOW:
I've got a theory
Some kid is dreamin'
And we're all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare

XANDER:
I've got a theory we should work this out

WILLOW, ANYA, TARA:
It's getting eerie
What's this cheery singing all about

XANDER:
It could be witches
Some evil witches
Which is ridiculous 'cause witches they were persecuted Wicca good and love the Earth and woman power
And I'll be over here

ANYA:
I've got a theory
It could be bunnies

TARA:
I've got a—

ANYA:
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses
And what's with all the carrots
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway
Bunnies, bunnies
It must be bunnies
Or maybe midgets

WILLOW:
I've got a theory we should work this fast

GILES AND WILLOW:
Because it clearly could get serious before it's passed.

BUFFY:
I've got a theory
It doesn't matter
What can't we face if we're together
What's in this place that we can't weather
Apocalypse
We've all been there
The same old trips
Why should we care

BUFFY, ANYA, GILES, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER:
What can't we do if we get in it
We'll work it through within a minute
We have to try
We'll pay the price
It's do or die

BUFFY:
Hey, I've died twice

BUFFY, ANYA, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER:
What can't we face if we're together

GILES:
—What can't we face

BUFFY, ANYA, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER:
What's in this place that we can't weather

GILES:
—If we're together

BUFFY, ANYA, TARA, WILLOW, AND XANDER:
There's nothing we can't face

ANYA:
Except for bunnies...
</poem>

==Production==
*Whedon explains "I've Got a Theory": "This whole sequence was there very simply to say, 'Hey, we're in a musical, and we don't like it either!' Because people have trouble accepting musicals. And I got around that because in Sunnydale anything can happen; because ''Buffy'' is so sophomoric it's practically a musical anyway; and because when people suddenly start singing and whipping off their glasses, I've already said 'Well, we don't feel comfortable doing that and we hope it doesn't happen again.' So already they're in the same boat as the audience."<ref name="DVD">[[Joss Whedon]], May 25, 2004. ''[[The Complete Sixth Season on DVD]]'': [[DVD commentaries]] for the episode "[[Once More, with Feeling]]". [DVD]. [[20th Century Studios]].</ref>
*Whedon explains "Bunnies": "This little bit here came from Emma herself. She was always screaming heavy metal at me as a joke on set, for no reason. 'Joss Whedon! He has a show! He's a producer!' Just because she's incredibly silly. And so I had to throw something in there for her because everything is tailored to my actors."<ref name="DVD"/>
*Whedon explains "If We're Together": "I like what's going on here because she's basically wooing Giles. And you can see him as he starts to sing with them, falling under her spell as she says what appears to be a rousing chorus of 'We can handle this, we're a great team,' but what she's actually saying is 'I'm bored, it means nothing to me, they've got nothing new.' And she kind of fools everyone, and Giles is the last one to fall into it because he's the one who suspects what's going on with her."<ref name="DVD"/>

==Collections==
*The song is collected in the episode's albums in [[Once More, with Feeling (CD)|CD]] and [[Once More, with Feeling (LP)|LP]] formats.
*The songbook ''[[Once More, with Feeling (songbook)|Once More, with Feeling]]'' features the arrangements for this song.
*The DVDs ''[[Once More, with Feeling (DVD)|Once More, with Feeling]]'' and ''[[The Complete Sixth Season on DVD]]'' feature the episode in which the song is performed.

==References==
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