"What If" is a song recorded by Russian singer

Dina Garipova Dina Fagimovna Garipova (russian: Дина Фагимовна Гарипова, tt, Динә Фәһим кызы Гарипова, Dinä Fähim kyzy Garipova; born 25 March 1991) is a Russian singer. In 2012, Garipova won the Russian version o ...

. The song was written by Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg and Leonid Gutkin. It represented Russia in the

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to be held in

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, Sweden. The song qualified the first semi-final of the competition on 14 May 2013 and placed 5th in the final on 18 May 2013, scoring 174 points. Dina also sang the song at the closing ceremonies of 2013 Summer Universiade in her hometown

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

Track listing

;Digital download # What If – 3:04 # What If (Karaoke version) – 3:05

Controversies

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, "Painting Flowers" by

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, "All Over The World" by Brian Kennedy and "Carried Away" by

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. However, the songwriters have denied the allegations.

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 2013 singles Eurovision songs of 2013 Eurovision songs of Russia 2013 songs Universal Music Group singles Songs written by Gabriel Alares English-language Russian songs