| What If Jesus Comes Back Like That | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Collin Raye |
| Album: | I Think About You |
| B-Side: | The Time Machine |
| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Genre: | Christian country |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Paul Worley, Ed Seay, John Hobbs |
| Prev Title: | Love Remains |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | On the Verge |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"What If Jesus Comes Back Like That" is a song written by Pat Bunch and Doug Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer Collin Raye. It was released in November 1996 the fifth single from his album I Think About You.
The song is in E mixolydian (an E major scale with the seventh tone lowered by a half-step). Its main chord pattern is E-D/E-A/E.[1] In the song, the narrator questions how people would react to Jesus returning in the modern day as a hobo or a child born of a drug-addicted parent.[2] [3]
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave it a positive review, saying that it "may be his most risky venture yet."[4]
The song entered the Hot Country Singles chart dated November 25, 1995, peaking at No. 57 on the December 16, 1995, chart. It spent 11 weeks on the chart in this timespan, receiving unsolicited airplay alongside Raye's then-current single "Not That Different". Upon its official release as a single, it re-entered in November 1996, reaching a new peak of No. 21 on the January 4, 1997, chart. Overall, it spent 22 weeks on the charts between its two runs.[5] [6]