It Would Be You

It Would Be You is an album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on May 19, 1998 on the Decca Nashville label. This was Allan's second album and it produced three hit singles, "It Would Be You", "No Man in His Wrong Heart", and "I'll Take Today". The title track was a number 7 hit for him on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1998.

Content

"No Judgement Day", the final track on this compilation, is a hidden track. Written by Allen Shamblin, this song is based on the true story of a restaurant owner in Texas, who was murdered by a former employee and two accomplices in search of money.

Several of this album's songs were originally recorded by other artists. "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" was written by Marty Stuart, whose original recording (from his 1990 album Hillbilly Rock) was a number 42 single for him on the country charts in 1989. "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)" was originally recorded by Conway Twitty, and later by George Strait on his 1990 album Livin' It Up. In addition, the single "I'll Take Today" was originally recorded by Tanya Tucker on her 1994 album Fire to Fire, and by Ty England on his 1996 album Two Ways to Fall.

It Would Be You (song)

"It Would Be You" is a song written by Kent Robbins and Dana Hunt Black and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in February 1998 as the lead-off single to the album of the same name. It reached number 7, remaining in the top 10 after 21 weeks of radio play. It is also his second top 10 hit after "Her Man" in 1996–1997, which also reached number 7.

Content

The narrator describes a heartache, making many comparisons to the feeling, and says "But if we're talkin' 'bout a heartache, it would be you".

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Music video

The music video was directed by Gerry Wenner, who also directed the video for his previous top 10 hit "Her Man".

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