| If I Didn't Have You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Randy Travis |
| Album: | Greatest Hits, Volume One |
| B-Side: | "I'd Surrender All"/"I Told You So" |
| Released: | August 3, 1992 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:07 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Producer: | Kyle Lehning |
| Prev Title: | I'd Surrender All |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Look Heart, No Hands |
| Next Year: | 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.
The song's verses are written with an unusual 7/4 meter, and the chorus is in common 4/4 time.
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]
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in mid-1992.
"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) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 9 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 53 |