| I Could Not Ask for More | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Edwin McCain |
| Album: | Messenger |
| Released: | February 1999 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Matt Serletic and Noel Golden |
| Prev Title: | What Matters |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Go Be Young |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American singer-songwriter Edwin McCain for the original soundtrack of the 1999 romantic drama film Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was also on his third studio album Messenger (1999) and became a Billboard-charted top 40 single in the summer of 1999.
In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly covered the song on her third studio album Born to Fly (2000). Her rendition was released as the album's second single and peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
The music video features McCain walking and taking a taxi through a busy city decorated like a 19th century village with people in 19th century costumes. While McCain is traveling, a number of people are sitting in a park tree. He reaches the tree just as a branch a woman is sitting on breaks and manages to catch her as she falls.
| Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[1] | 1 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] | 12 |
| Chart (1999) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] | 61 | |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] | 29 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 18 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[6] | 23 | |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[7] | 64 |
| I Could Not Ask for More | |
| Cover: | I Could Not Ask for More.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sara Evans |
| Album: | Born to Fly |
| B-Side: | Born to Fly |
| Released: | February 12, 2001 |
| Recorded: | 2000 |
| Genre: | Country, country pop |
| Length: | 4:47 |
| Label: | RCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Sara Evans, Paul Worley |
| Prev Title: | Born to Fly |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Saints & Angels |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
American country music singer Sara Evans' cover version of the song was released in February 2001 as the second single from her 2000 album Born to Fly. Evans' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts.
The music video for Evans' rendition was directed by Peter Zavadil, and features shots of her on location in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video.
"I Could Not Ask for More" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached number 2 on that chart.
