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 | September 15, 1997[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 3:13 (album version) 3:08 (radio remix) | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | David Malloy | |||
| Mindy McCready singles chronology | ||||
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"What If I Do" is a song by American country music artist Mindy McCready, taken from her second studio album If I Don't Stay the Night (1997). Written by David Malloy, Ed Hill and Mark D. Sanders, and produced by Malloy, it was released on September 15, 1997, as the lead single from the album.
Content
[edit | edit source]The song is in the key of D major with a moderate tempo and a vocal range of A3-D5.[2] In it, the female narrator questions whether or not to pursue a further relationship with her date.[3]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]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."[3]
Charts
[edit | edit source]"What If I Do" peaked at number 26 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.[4]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 19 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[6] | 2 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 26 |
References
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- ^ "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.
