What If I Do

"What If I Do"
Single by Mindy McCready
from the album If I Don't Stay the Night
B-side	"If I Don't Stay the Night"
Released	September 15, 1997 (1997-09-15)[1]
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country-pop country rock
Length	3:13 (album version) 3:08 (radio remix)
Label	BNA
Songwriter(s)	David Malloy Ed Hill Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s)	David Malloy
Mindy McCready singles chronology
"A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" (1997) "What If I Do" (1997) "You'll Never Know" (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.[2] In it, the female narrator questions whether or not to pursue a further relationship with her date.[3]

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."[3]

Charts

"What If I Do" peaked at number 26 on the US Hot Country Songs chart.[4]

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5]	19
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[6]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	26

References

1. "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1214. September 12, 1997. p. 71.
2. "'What If I Do' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. 15 January 2002. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
3. "400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #250-#226". Country Universe. July 23, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 223.
5. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3393." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 1, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
6. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
7. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.