If I Didn't Have You (Randy Travis song)

"If I Didn't Have You"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album Greatest Hits, Volume One
B-side	"I'd Surrender All"/"I Told You So"
Released	August 3, 1992
Genre	Country
Length	3:07
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Skip Ewing, Max D. Barnes
Producer(s)	Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis singles chronology
"I'd Surrender All" (1992) "If I Didn't Have You" (1992) "Look Heart, No Hands" (1992)

"If I Didn't Have You" is a song written by Skip Ewing and Max D. Barnes, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was released in August 1992 as the lead-off single from his Greatest Hits, Volume One compilation album. The song became Travis' thirteenth Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.

The song's verses are written with an unusual 7/4 meter, and the chorus is in common 4/4 time.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Travis "showcases his George Jones influence on a frolicking copyright, but he seems to strain in places." She goes on to call the song "hip musicianship."[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart positions

"If I Didn't Have You" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 15, 1992.

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	9
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	53

References

1. Billboard, August 8, 1992
2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1913." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 31, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
3. "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
5. "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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