If I Told You (song)

"If I Told You"
Single by Darius Rucker
from the album When Was the Last Time
ReleasedJuly 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
GenreCountry
Length3:34
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ross Copperman
Darius Rucker singles chronology
"Southern Style"
(2015) 		"If I Told You"
(2016) 		"For the First Time"
(2017)

"If I Told You" is a song written by Ross Copperman along with Shane McAnally and Jon Nite, and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released on July 5, 2016 as the lead single from his fifth country studio album, When Was the Last Time, which was released on October 20, 2017.[1]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at No. 46 on the Hot Country Songs chart on the chart dated July 16, 2016. It also debuted at No. 43 on the Country Airplay chart. The song reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart for the week of June 24, 2017, making it Rucker's first since "Wagon Wheel" in 2013. It sold 31,000 copies in its first full week on sale.[2] The song has sold 359,000 copies in the United States as of July 2017.[3]

Charts

Chart (2016–2017) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 53
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 4
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2017) Position
US Billboard Country Airplay[7] 29
US Billboard Hot Country Songs[8] 32

Certifications

Certifications for If I Told You
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Hudak, Joseph (July 25, 2017). "Darius Rucker Readies New Album 'When Was the Last Time'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Top 30 Digital Country Songs Chart: July 11, 2016 | RoughStock". RoughStock. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  3. ^ Bjorke, Matt (July 11, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: July 11, 2017". Roughstock.
  4. ^ "Darius Rucker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "Darius Rucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  6. ^ "Darius Rucker Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  8. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Darius Rucker – If I Told You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.


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