If There Hadn't Been You

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"If There Hadn't Been You"

Single by Billy Dean

from the album Billy Dean

B-side

"Small Favors"

Released

August 17, 1992

Genre

Country

Length

3:19

Label

Capitol Nashville

Songwriter(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"
(1992)

"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. Filmed at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway in New York City, it features Dean performing both outside and inside the theater, both on stage and on a balcony, as well as in the parking garage of the theater.

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

References

^ "Billy Dean Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
^ RPM Country Tracks
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1871." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 5, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
^ "Billy Dean Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

v t e Billy Dean
Studio albums	Young Man Billy Dean Fire in the Dark Men'll Be Boys It's What I Do Real Man Let Them Be Little
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Only Here for a Little While" "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" "You Don't Count the Cost" "Only the Wind" "Billy the Kid" "If There Hadn't Been You" "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" "I Wanna Take Care of You" "I'm Not Built That Way" "We Just Disagree" "Cowboy Band" "It's What I Do" "That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me" "I Wouldn't Be a Man" "Real Man" "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" "Let Them Be Little"
Guest singles	"Buy Me a Rose"
Related articles	Discography

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