She'd Give Anything (song)

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"She'd Give Anything"
Single by Boy Howdy
from the EP She'd Give Anything
ReleasedOctober 25, 1993
Genre Country
Length3:38
Label Curb
Songwriter(s) Chris Farren
Vince Melamed
Jeffrey Steele, Julian Williams
Producer(s) Chris Farren
Boy Howdy singles chronology
"A Cowboy's Born with a Broken Heart"
(1993)
"She'd Give Anything"
(1993)
"They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"
(1994)

"She'd Give Anything" is a song written by Julian Williams Jeffrey Steele, Chris Farren and Vince Melamed, and recorded by American country music group Boy Howdy. It was released in October 1993 as the first single and title track from their EP She'd Give Anything . [1] The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1994. [2]

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Music video

The music video was directed by Sara Nichols and premiered in late 1993.

Chart performance

Chart (1993–1994)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 4
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 72
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 60

Gerald Levert version

"I'd Give Anything"
Single by Gerald Levert
from the album Groove On
ReleasedAugust 15, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre R&B, pop, soul
Length4:11
Label EastWest
Songwriter(s) Chris Farren
Vince Melamed
Jeffrey Steele
Producer(s) David Foster

The song was covered by R&B singer Gerald Levert under the title "I'd Give Anything" as the lead single from his 1994 second album Groove On . [7] His version was produced by David Foster.

Chart performance

Chart (1994)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [8] 28
US Hot R&B Singles [9] 4
US Rhythmic Top 40 21

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [8] 98

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