What If I Said
| "What If I Said" | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner | |||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Back to You | |||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Daddy Can You See Me"[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | November 3, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Country | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:54 (album version) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | ||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Anita Cochran | ||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Anita Cochran, Jim Ed Norman | ||||||||||||||||||
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"What If I Said" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Anita Cochran as a duet with Steve Wariner. The single was released in November 1997 as was Cochran's only No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, as well as her only Top 40 single on that chart.[1] In addition, the song was Wariner's first chart entry in three years, as well as his first No. 1 since 1989's "I Got Dreams."[2] The song was nominated by the Country Music Association for Vocal Duet of the Year in 1998.[3]
"What If I Said" can be found on Cochran's 1997 album Back to You, as well as Wariner's 1998 album Burnin' the Roadhouse Down.
Content
The song is a ballad with Cochran and Wariner portraying two characters who are in unsatisfying relationships with other people, but express their feelings for each other.
It is in the key of C major with a primary chord pattern of C9-Dm7♭5 and an approximate tempo of 60 beats per minute.[4]
Music video
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in 1997.[5]
Chart positions
| Chart (1997-1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 59 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1998) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[9] | 47 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 22 |
| Preceded by "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single February 28, 1998 |
Succeeded by "Round About Way" by George Strait |
| Preceded by "I Wanna Fall in Love" by Lila McCann |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 2, 1998 |
References
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Whitburn, p. 448
- ↑ Mayor, Alan. The Nashville Family Album: A Country Music Scrapbook. p. 141.
- ↑ "What If I Said". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cmt.com/videos/steve-wariner/385300/what-if-i-said.jhtml
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3467." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 2, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Anita Cochran – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Anita Cochran.
- ↑ "Anita Cochran – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Anita Cochran.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
