Released August 3, 1992 Genre Country Label Warner Bros. Nashville | Format CD Single, 7" 45 RPM Length 3:07 | |
B-side "I'd Surrender All"/"I Told You So" | ||
"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.
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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."
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.