What If (Babyface song)

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"What If"
Babyface - What If single cover.jpg
Single by Babyface
from the album Face2Face
B-side "Lover and Friend" [1]
ReleasedJune 19, 2001 (2001-06-19) [2]
Genre R&B
Length4:06
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Kenneth Edmonds [3]
Producer(s)
Babyface singles chronology
"There She Goes"
(2001)
"What If"
(2001)
"The Loneliness"
(2004)
Music video
"What If" on YouTube

"What If" is a song written, [3] co-produced [4] and performed by American contemporary R&B musician Babyface, issued as the second official single from his sixth studio album Face2Face (following the promotional single "Baby's Mama"). [5] The song peaked at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001. [6]

Contents

Music video

The official music video for "What If" was directed by Bille Woodruff. [7]

Personnel and credits

Credits adapted from album liner notes. [8]

Chart positions

Chart (2001) [6] Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 80
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ( Billboard )28

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