It Would Be You (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = It Would Be You

| cover = It Would Be You single - Copy.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gary Allan

| album = It Would Be You

| B-side = "Send Back My Heart"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=21–22|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

| released = February 10, 1998

| recorded = 1998

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:55

| label = Decca Nashville 72039

| writer = Dana Hunt Black
Kent Robbins

| producer = Byron Hill
Mark Wright

| prev_title = Living in a House Full of Love

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = No Man in His Wrong Heart

| next_year = 1999

}}

"It Would Be You" is a song written by Kent Robbins and Dana Hunt Black and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in February 1998 as the first single and title track from Allan's 1998 album of the same name. It reached No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, remaining in the Top 10 after 21 weeks of radio play. As a result, this song became Allan's second Top 10 hit on the country charts, after his debut single "Her Man" in 1996–1997, which also reached No. 7.

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1998)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|23|chartid=3606|publishdate=June 29, 1998|accessdate=July 14, 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|1|artist=Gary Allan|artistid=166883}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|7|artist=Gary Allan|artistid=166883}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (1998)

!scope="col"|Position

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1998: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1998| accessdate=July 14, 2013}}

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Music video

The music video premiered on The CMT Delivery Room on February 14, 1998, and was directed by Gerry Wenner.

References