If There Hadn't Been You

"If There Hadn't Been You"
Single by Billy Dean
from the album Billy Dean
B-side "Small Favors"
Released August 17, 1992
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:19
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Tom Shapiro
Ron Hellard
Producer(s) Chuck Howard
Tom Shapiro
Billy Dean singles chronology
"Billy the Kid"
(1992)
"If There Hadn't Been You"
(1992)
"Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark"
(1993)

"If There Hadn't Been You" is a song written by Tom Shapiro and Ron Hellard, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in August 1992 as the fourth and final single from Dean's album Billy Dean. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1992[1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada the following month.[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart performance

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 39
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 49
Preceded by
"Seminole Wind"
by John Anderson
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

December 5, 1992
Succeeded by
"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
by Alabama

References

  1. Billy Dean Chart History
  2. RPM Country Tracks
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1871." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-169-1.
  5. "Billy Dean – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Billy Dean.
  6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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