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If I Didn't Have You (Randy Travis song)

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"If I Didn't Have You"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Greatest Hits, Volume One
B-side "I'd Surrender All"/"I Told You So"
ReleasedAugust 3, 1992
Genre Country
Length3:07
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriters Skip Ewing, Max D. Barnes
Producer Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I'd Surrender All"
(1992)		"If I Didn't Have You"
(1992)		"Look Heart, No Hands"
(1992)

"If I Didn't Have You" is a song written by Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in August 1992 as the lead-off single from his Greatest Hits, Volume One compilation album. The song became Travis' thirteenth Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.

Contents

The song's verses are written with an unusual 7
4 meter, and the chorus is in common 4
4 time.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Travis "showcases his George Jones influence on a frolicking copyright, but he seems to strain in places." She goes on to call the song "hip musicianship." [1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart positions

"If I Didn't Have You" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 15, 1992.

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 9
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 53

References

  1. ↑ Billboard , August 8, 1992
  2. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1913". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard .
  4. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM . December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
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