I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

{{Infobox song

| name = I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Aaron Tippin

| album = Read Between the Lines

| B-side = What I Can't Live Without

| released = June 22, 1992

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:11

| label = RCA Nashville

| writer = Butch Curry, Aaron Tippin

| producer = Emory Gordy Jr.

| prev_title = There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = I Was Born with a Broken Heart

| next_year = 1992

}}

"I Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. It was released in June 1992 as the second single from the album, Read Between the Lines. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was written by Tippin and Butch Curry.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|date=August 2008|pages=207|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "bright, feisty, and up-tempo manifesto of individuality, somewhat in the vein of Tippin's previous hit 'You've Got to Stand for Something.'"Billboard, July 4, 1992

Music video

The music video was directed by Marius Penczner and premiered in May 1992. The video shows employees buying and running the factory that was about to be sold out from under them.

Chart performance

"I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of June 20, 1992

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!align="left"|Chart (1992)

!align="center"|Peak
position

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=Year-end charts=

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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1992\| accessdate=August 15, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 60

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scope="col"|Chart (1992)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1861&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992|work=RPM|date=December 19, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}}

| align="center" | 94

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1992: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1992| accessdate=August 15, 2013}}

| align="center" | 60

References

Category:1992 singles

Category:Aaron Tippin songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr.

Category:Songs written by Aaron Tippin

Category:RCA Records Nashville singles

Category:1992 songs