If You Could Only See Me Now

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"If You Could Only See Me Now"
Single by T. Graham Brown
from the album Bumper to Bumper
B-side "We Tote the Note"
ReleasedApril 7, 1990
Genre Country
Length3:10
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Susan Longacre, Rick Giles
Producer(s) Barry Beckett, T. Graham Brown
T. Graham Brown singles chronology
"Never Say Never"
(1989)
"If You Could Only See Me Now"
(1990)
"Don't Go Out"
(1990)

"If You Could Only See Me Now" is a song written by Susan Longacre and Rick Giles, and recorded by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. It was released in April 1990 as the first single from the album Bumper to Bumper . The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 68
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 62

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  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1274." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. July 21, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
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