If I Were You (k.d. lang song)

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"If I Were You"
File:If I Were You (k.d. lang song).jpg
Single by k.d. lang
from the album All You Can Eat
Released 1995
Label Warner Bros.[1]
Songwriter(s) k.d. lang, Ben Mink
Producer(s) k.d. lang, Ben Mink
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"Just Keep Me Moving"
(1993)
"If I Were You"
(1995)
"You're OK"
(1996)
Music video
"If I Were You" on YouTube

"If I Were You" is a 1995 single written by k.d. lang and Ben Mink and performed by k.d. lang. The single was the first release from lang's 1995 album All You Can Eat.

"If I Were You" proved to be a hit in lang's native Canada, where it reached number 24 on the RPM Top Singles chart and number four on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. On the US Billboard charts, the single reached number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 was lang's second and last number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Overseas, "If I Were You" peaked at number 23 in Australia, number 50 in New Zealand and number 53 in the United Kingdom. Billboard named it lang's sixth-best song.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 23
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 24
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 50
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] 43
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1] 53
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 15
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[9] 1
US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[10] 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[11] 46

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Archive Chart: 19950930" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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  3. "Australian-charts.com – k.d. lang – If I Were You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2833." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2808." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. "Charts.org.nz – k.d. lang – If I Were You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. "Archive Chart: 19950930". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. "k.d. lang – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for k.d. lang. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. "k.d. lang – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for k.d. lang. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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