"Whatever Comes First" is the debut song written by Drew Womack, Walt Aldridge and Brad Crisler, and recorded by American country music group

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. It was released in February 1997 as the first single and title track from the album ''

Whatever Comes First ''Whatever Comes First'' is the debut studio album by American country music band Sons of the Desert. The album was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Epic Records. It produced three singles for them on the ''Billboard'' country sin ...

''. The song reached #10 on the ''

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chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Roger Pistole and premiered in March 1997.

Chart performance

"Whatever Comes First" debuted at number 54 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 8, 1997.

Year-end charts

References

1997 debut singles 1997 songs Sons of the Desert (band) songs Songs written by Brad Crisler Songs written by Walt Aldridge Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer) Epic Records singles {{1997-country-song-stub