"What If" is a song recorded by American recording artist

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. It was written by Caillat, Rick Nowels and Jason Reeves, and produced by John Shanks. The song was released as a promotional single from the soundtrack of the film ''

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'' and later was included on her third studio album '' All of You''.

Background and reception

"What If" was included on the

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of the film ''

'', on May 14, 2011 as a "brand new track", alongside her other song "You Got Me", which is on her second album ''

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''. Only, on July 12, 2011, the song was included on her third studio album '' All of You''. Gary Graff wrote for ''

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'' that "it's hard to not appreciate the smooth craft of the song".

Chart performance

Due to strong digital downloads when the album was released, the song debut at number 47 on the

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chart and at number 77 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Charts

References

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