What If (Creed song)

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"What If"
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Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay and Scream 3: The Album
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
Length
  • 5:18 (album version)
  • 4:55 (radio edit)
Label Wind-up
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"Higher"
(1999)		"What If"
(2000)		"With Arms Wide Open"
(2000)
Music video
"What If" on YouTube

"What If" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on January 31, 2000, as the second single from their second studio album, Human Clay (1999), and as the lead single from Scream 3: The Album (2000), the first of two albums released to promote the 2000 slasher film Scream 3. Written by singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, the song has been compared to "Bullets", from the band's third studio album, Weathered (2001). [1]

Contents

"What If" was similarly successful to the other three singles from Human Clay. While not entering the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at No. 15 on the Alternative Airplay charts, No. 3 on the Mainstream Rock charts, and No. 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts. [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by David Meyers and it features David Arquette reprising his role as Dewey Riley. The story revolves around Dewey getting call at 11:36 pm from Ghostface that sets off a chain of events at Sunrise Studios, the fictional filming location seen in Scream 3 where the Stab films were filmed. Each member of the band gets "killed" by the killer while their respective girlfriends run away, only to reveal to them and Dewey towards the end of the video that the guys created the prank. The real killer calls Dewey again, saying they're not finished yet before he starts attacking him from above which then cuts to black. [3] The music video can be found in the home media releases of Scream 3.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "What If"
Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [4] 2
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [5] 15
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [6] 3

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "What If"
Chart (2000)Position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) [7] 11
US Modern Rock (Billboard) [8] 49

References

  1. ↑ Lamothe, Dan (December 5, 2001). "Inconsistency mars Creed's new album". Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Creed Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  3. ↑ "What If - Creed". Vevo. September 15, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Creed Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Creed Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Creed Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Most Played Mainstream Rock Songs of 2000" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 33. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 2000" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 38. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
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