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

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

1992 single by Randy Travis

"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.

Quick Facts Single by Randy Travis, from the album Greatest Hits, Volume One ...

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.

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Year-end charts

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References

  1. [1]
    Billboard, August 8, 1992
  2. [2]
    "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1913." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 31, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. [4]
    "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.


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