What If I Was Nothing

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"What If I Was Nothing"
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Single by All That Remains
from the album A War You Cannot Win
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2013
Recorded2012
Length4:36
Label Razor & Tie
Songwriter(s) Johnny Lee Andrews, Jason Costa, Rob Graves, Oli Herbert, Philip Labonte, Mike Martin
Producer(s) Adam Dutkiewicz
All That Remains singles chronology
"Asking too Much"
(2013)
"What If I Was Nothing"
(2013)
"No Knock"
(2014)

"What If I Was Nothing" is a power ballad by American metal band All That Remains. The song was released as a single from their sixth album, A War You Cannot Win , on September 4, 2014, [1] and a music video was released to YouTube on October 21, 2013. [2] In the U.S., it peaked at number two on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at number 3 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."What If I Was Nothing" (Radio Edit)3:40

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 35
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] 16

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [5] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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