| What If I Do | |
| Cover: | McCready_-_What_If_I_Do_single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mindy McCready |
| Album: | If I Don't Stay the Night |
| B-Side: | If I Don't Stay the Night |
| Released: | October 3, 1997[1] |
| Recorded: | 1997 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:13 (album version) 3:08 (Radio Remix) |
| Label: | BNA |
| Producer: | David Malloy |
| Prev Title: | A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do) |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | You'll Never Know |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"What If I Do" is a song written by David Malloy, Ed Hill and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Mindy McCready. It was released on October 3, 1997 as the first single from Mindy's gold-selling second album If I Don't Stay the Night. The song reached number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2]
The song is in the key of D major with a moderate tempo and a vocal range of A3-D5.[3] In it, the female narrator questions whether or not to pursue a further relationship with her date.
Dan Milliken of the blog Country Universe wrote that "McCready gives a fantastically entertaining performance, speak-singing her lines with a bold campiness that most other gals wouldn’t dare."[4]
"What If I Do" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 20, 1997.
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 223.