If I Know Me Explained

If I Know Me
Type:single
Artist:George Strait
Album:Chill of an Early Fall
B-Side:Home in San Antone
Released:March 12, 1991
Recorded:September 24, 1990
Genre:Country
Length:2:42
Label:MCA
Producer:
Prev Title:I've Come to Expect It from You
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:You Know Me Better Than That
Next Year:1991

"If I Know Me" is a song written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1991 as the first single to his album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at number 1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1]

Content

The narrator has just left his lover, but he knows that if he knew himself, then he'd turn his car around, and not get out of town, and come running back to her.

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and filmed at Victoria's Black Swan Inn in San Antonio.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 6
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 10

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 336.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991. RPM. December 21, 1991. August 16, 2013.
  3. Web site: Best of 1991: Country Songs . . . 1991. August 16, 2013.