What If I Do

{{Infobox song

| name = What If I Do

| cover = McCready_-_What_If_I_Do_single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = If I Don't Stay the Night

| released = {{Start date|1997|09|15}}{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=Radio & Records|page=71|date=September 12, 1997|issue=1214}}

| recorded = 1997

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Country-pop|country rock}}

| length = 3:13 (album version)
3:08 (radio remix)

| label = BNA

| writer = {{hlist|David Malloy|Ed Hill|Mark D. Sanders}}

| 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 by American country music artist Mindy McCready, taken from her second studio album If I Don't Stay the Night (1997). Written by David Malloy, Ed Hill and Mark D. Sanders, and produced by Malloy, it was released on September 15, 1997, as the lead single from the album.

Content

The song is in the key of D major with a moderate tempo and a vocal range of A3-D5.{{cite web | url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0041248 | title='What If I Do' sheet music | date=15 January 2002 | publisher=MusicNotes.com | accessdate=October 9, 2021}} In it, the female narrator questions whether or not to pursue a further relationship with her date.

Critical reception

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."{{cite web | url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/07/23/400-greatest-singles-of-the-nineties-250-226/ | title=400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #250-#226 | publisher=Country Universe | date=July 23, 2010 | accessdate=October 9, 2021}}

Charts

"What If I Do" peaked at number 26 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=223}}

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!align="left"|Chart (1997)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|19|chartid=3393|publishdate=December 1, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}

References

Category:1997 singles

Category:Mindy McCready songs

Category:Songs written by David Malloy

Category:Songs written by Mark D. Sanders

Category:Song recordings produced by David Malloy

Category:BNA Records singles

Category:Songs written by Ed Hill

Category:1997 songs