What If I Do
"What If I Do" | ||||
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Single by Mindy McCready | ||||
from the album If I Don't Stay the Night | ||||
B-side | "If I Don't Stay the Night" | |||
Released | October 3, 1997[1] | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:13 (album version) 3:08 (Radio Remix) | |||
Label | BNA | |||
Songwriter(s) | David Malloy, Ed Hill, Mark D. Sanders | |||
Producer(s) | David Malloy | |||
Mindy McCready singles chronology | ||||
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"What If I Do" is a song written by David Malloy, Ed Hill and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Mindy McCready. It was released on October 3, 1997 as the first single from Mindy's gold-selling second album If I Don't Stay the Night. The song reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2]
Content
The song is in the key of D major with a moderate tempo and a vocal range of A3-D5.[3] In it, the female narrator questions whether or not to pursue a further relationship with her date.[4]
Critical reception
Dan Milliken of the blog Country Universe wrote that "McCready gives a fantastically entertaining performance, speak-singing her lines with a bold campiness that most other gals wouldn’t dare."[4]
Chart performance
"What If I Do" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 20, 1997.
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 19 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6] | 2 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 26 |
References
- ^ http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/mccready_mindy/542806/album.jhtml [dead link]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 223.
- ^ "'What If I Do' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. 15 January 2002. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #250-#226". Country Universe. July 23, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3393." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 1, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Mindy McCready Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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