"What If I Said" | ||||
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Single by Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner | ||||
from the album Back to You | ||||
B-side | "Daddy Can You See Me" [1] | |||
Released | November 3, 1997 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:52 (album version) | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Anita Cochran | |||
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Anita Cochran singles chronology | ||||
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Steve Wariner singles chronology | ||||
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"What If I Said" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Anita Cochran as a duet with Steve Wariner. The single was released in November 1997 as was Cochran's only No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles &Tracks chart,as well as her only Top 40 single on that chart. [1] In addition,the song was Wariner's first chart entry in three years,as well as his first No. 1 since 1989's "I Got Dreams." [2] The song was nominated by the Country Music Association for Vocal Duet of the Year in 1998. [3]
"What If I Said" can be found on Cochran's 1997 album Back to You ,as well as Wariner's 1998 album Burnin' the Roadhouse Down .
The song is a ballad with Cochran and Wariner portraying two characters who are in unsatisfying relationships with other people,but express their feelings for each other.
It is in the key of C major with a primary chord pattern of C9-Dm7♭5 and an approximate tempo of 60 beats per minute. [4]
From Back to You liner notes. [5]
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in 1997. [6]
Chart (1997-1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 59 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 1 |
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [10] | 47 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 22 |
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