If It Weren't for Him

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"If It Weren't for Him"
Single by Vince Gill with Rosanne Cash
from the album The Things That Matter
B-side "Savannah (Do You Ever Think of Me)"
ReleasedJune 24, 1985
Genre Country
Length3:29
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash
Producer(s) Emory Gordy Jr.
Vince Gill singles chronology
"True Love"
(1985)
"If It Weren't for Him"
(1985)
"Oklahoma Borderline"
(1985)
Rosanne Cash singles chronology
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
(1985)
"If It Weren't for Him"
(1985)
"Never Be You"
(1985)

"If It Weren't for Him" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Vince Gill and Rosanne Cash. It was released in June 1985 as the second single from Gill's first album The Things That Matter . The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] This became his first Top 10 Hit on that chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks5

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 135.
  2. "Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.