"If I Didn't Have You" | ||||
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Single by Randy Travis | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits, Volume 1 | ||||
B-side | "I'd Surrender All"/"I Told You So" | |||
Released | August 3, 1992 | |||
Format | CD Single, 7" 45 RPM | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Ewing, Max D. Barnes | |||
Producer(s) | Kyle Lehning | |||
Randy Travis singles chronology | ||||
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"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 1 compilation album. The song became Travis' thirteenth Number One single on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.
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."
The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in mid-1992.
"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.