If I Don't Stay the Night

If I Don't Stay the Night
Studio album by Mindy McCready
Released	November 4, 1997
Genre	Country
Length	41:16
Label	BNA
Producer	David Malloy
Mindy McCready chronology
Ten Thousand Angels (1996) If I Don't Stay the Night (1997) I'm Not So Tough (1999)

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If I Don't Stay the Night is the second album from American country singer Mindy McCready. The album was released on November 4, 1997 via BNA Records. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, "What If I Do", "The Other Side of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know". The album sold 825,000 copies and was certified gold by the RIAA, despite not producing a Top Ten country hit. The track "Oh Romeo" crossed over the United Kingdom, where it reached #41 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What If I Do"	Ed Hill, David Malloy, Mark D. Sanders	3:13
2.	"This Is Me"	Malloy, Sunny Russ, Tim Johnson	3:04
3.	"If I Don't Stay the Night"	Russ	3:33
4.	"Cross Against the Moon"	Kris Bergsnes, Brian Dean Maher	4:29
5.	"For a Good Time Call"	Johnson, Malloy, Mindy McCready	3:12
6.	"Oh Romeo"	Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison	4:15
7.	"The Other Side of This Kiss"	Bob DiPiero, Malloy, Sanders	3:04
8.	"You'll Never Know"	Angelo Petraglia, Kim Richey	4:00
9.	"Fine Art of Holding a Woman"	Leslie Satcher, Kevin "Swine" Grantt	3:58
10.	"Only a Whisper"	Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, Bobby Fischer	3:54
11.	"Long, Long Time"	Gary White	4:29

Personnel

From liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

• Bob Bellamy - hammer dulcimer
• Richard "Spady" Brannan - bass guitar
• Kathy Burdick - background vocals
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Dann Huff - electric guitar
• Jeff King - electric guitar
• Michael Landau - electric guitar
• Paul Leim - drums, percussion
• B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
• David Malloy - background vocals
• Larry Marrs - background vocals
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Mindy McCready - lead vocals
• Jimmy Nichols - keyboards, background vocals, string arrangements on tracks 7, 9, and 11

Additional background vocals on "Oh Romeo": Cynthia French, Randi Michaels, Kim Parent, Melissa Ashworth

Technical

• Derek Bason - recording
• Kevin Beamish - recording, mixing
• David Malloy - production
• Denny Purcell - mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	83
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12

References

1. If I Don't Stay the Night (CD booklet). Mindy McCready. BNA Records. 1997. 67504.