"If You Want Me To" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie ...

. It was released in December 1990 as the second single from his debut album ''

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) chart. The song was written by Diffie and Larry Williams.

Content

The song illustrates the wishes of the narrator wanting to remain in the life of his love interest, as he promises he will do anything the woman he loves chooses, whether she wants him to stay or to leave. But he makes clear he has a desire to stay, if she’s willing to allow it. And he is giving her the choice whatever it takes to satisfy her.

Music video

This was Diffie's first music video. It was directed by Marius Penczner and premiered in late 1990.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 53 on the

chart dated December 15, 1990. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 2 on the country chart dated March 2, 1991.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1990 singles 1990 songs Joe Diffie songs Songs written by Joe Diffie Song recordings produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter) Epic Records singles {{1990-country-song-stub