| If You Want Me To | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joe Diffie |
| Album: | A Thousand Winding Roads |
| B-Side: | Home |
| Released: | December 11, 1990 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:42 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Johnny Slate, Bob Montgomery |
| Prev Title: | Home |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
"If You Want Me To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from his debut album A Thousand Winding Roads. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The song was written by Diffie and Larry Williams.
The song illustrates the wishes of the narrator wanting to remain in the life of his love interest, as he promises he will do anything the woman he loves chooses, whether she wants him to stay or to leave. But he makes clear he has a desire to stay, if she's willing to allow it. And he is giving her the choice whatever it takes to satisfy her.
This was Diffie's first music video. It was directed by Marius Penczner and premiered in late 1990.
The song debuted at number 53 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated December 15, 1990. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 2 on the country chart[1] dated March 2, 1991.
| Chart (1991) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 47 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 37 |