| What If I Said | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner |
| Album: | Back to You |
| B-Side: | "Daddy Can You See Me" |
| Released: | November 3, 1997 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:52 (album version) |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
"What If I Said" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Anita Cochran as a duet with Steve Wariner. The single was released in November 1997 as was Cochran's only No. 1 single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, as well as her only Top 40 single on that chart.[1] In addition, the song was Wariner's first chart entry in three years, as well as his first No. 1 since 1989's "I Got Dreams."[2] The song was nominated by the Country Music Association for Vocal Duet of the Year in 1998.[3]
"What If I Said" can be found on Cochran's 1997 album Back to You, as well as Wariner's 1998 album Burnin' the Roadhouse Down.
The song is a ballad with Cochran and Wariner portraying two characters who are in unsatisfying relationships with other people, but express their feelings for each other.
It is in the key of C major with a primary chord pattern of C9-Dm75 and an approximate tempo of 60 beats per minute.[4]
From Back to You liner notes.[5]
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in 1997.[6]
| Chart (1998) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 47 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] | 22 |