"It Would Be You" is a song written by

Kent Robbins Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter. Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote song ...

and Dana Hunt Black and recorded by American

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artist

Gary Allan Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his country music debut with the release of his single " Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album '' U ...

. It was released in February 1998 as the first single and title track from Allan's 1998 album of the same name. It reached No. 7 on the U.S. ''

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chart, remaining in the Top 10 after 21 weeks of radio play. As a result, this song became Allan's second Top 10 hit on the country charts, after his debut single " Her Man" in 1996–1997, which also reached No. 7.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Music video

The music video premiered on ''The CMT Delivery Room'' on February 14, 1998, and was directed by Gerry Wenner.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:It Would Be You (Song) 1998 singles 1998 songs Gary Allan songs Songs written by Kent Robbins Song recordings produced by Byron Hill Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer) Decca Records singles