"What If I Said"
Single by Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner
from the album Back to You
B-side"Daddy Can You See Me"[1]
ReleasedNovember 3, 1997
GenreCountry
Length4:52 (album version)
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)Anita Cochran
Producer(s)
Anita Cochran singles chronology
"Daddy Can You See Me"
(1997)		 "What If I Said"
(1997)		 "Will You Be Here"
(1998)
Steve Wariner singles chronology
"Get Back"
(1995)		 "What If I Said"
(1997)		 "Holes in the Floor of Heaven"
(1998)

"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.

Content

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]

Personnel

From Back to You liner notes.[5]

Musicians

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in 1997.[6]

Chart positions

Chart (1997-1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 59
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10] 47
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 22

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, p. 448
  3. ↑ Mayor, Alan (18 November 2014). The Nashville Family Album: A Country Music Scrapbook. p. 141. ISBN 9781466885677.
  4. ↑ "What If I Said". MusicNotes.com. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Back to You (CD booklet). Anita Cochran. Warner Nashville. 1997. 9 46395-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ http://www.cmt.com/videos/steve-wariner/385300/what-if-i-said.jhtml
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3467." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 2, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Anita Cochran Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "Anita Cochran Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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