How Was I to Know (Reba McEntire song)

{{Infobox song

| name = How Was I To Know

| cover = HowWasIToKnow.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Reba McEntire

| album = What If It's You

| B-side = Just Looking for Him

| released = December 16, 1996

| recorded = May 1996

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:42

| label = MCA

| writer = Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith

| producer = John Guess and Reba McEntire

| prev_title = The Fear of Being Alone

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = I'd Rather Ride Around with You

| next_year = 1997

}}

"How Was I To Know" is a song written by Stephony Smith, Cathy Majeski and Sonny Russ, and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released in December 1996 as the second single from the album What If It's You. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=227}}

John Michael Montgomery recorded an unrelated song of the same title later in the year.