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词条 What I'd Say
释义

  1. Content

  2. Cover versions

  3. Chart performance

     Year-end charts 

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = What I'd Say
| cover = ETC - What Id Say single.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Earl Thomas Conley
| album = The Heart of It All
| B-side = Carol
| released = October 31, 1988
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:52
| label = RCA
| writer = Robert Byrne
Will Robinson
| producer = Emory Gordy, Jr.
Randy Scruggs
| prev_title = We Believe in Happy Endings
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Love Out Loud
| next_year = 1989
}}

"What I'd Say" is a song written by Robert Byrne and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from his album, The Heart of It All. "What I'd Say" was Earl Thomas Conley's seventeenth number one country single. The single went to number one on the U.S. and Canadian country chart's and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the U.S. country chart.[1]

Content

The song talks of a man holding imaginary conversations with the woman who'd left him, rehearsing what he might say if he ever ran into her. He doesn't know whether he would express his feelings, compliment her, or tell her to "go to hell." The song concludes by the man stating that his ex-lover would have to wait until the day they meet again to find out what he would say to her.

Cover versions

The song was also covered by Gary Allan on his 2001 album Alright Guy and by Irish singer/songwriter Paul Harrington whose version was the title track of his debut album in 1988.

Chart performance

"What I'd Say" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 12, 1988.

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Chart (1988–1989)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[2]1

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]27
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]52

References

1. ^{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=88}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+49-No.+16-February+13-18%2C+1989.pdf|title=RPM 100 Country Singles|work=RPM|date=February 13, 1989}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6640&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989|work=RPM|date=December 23, 1989|accessdate=August 28, 2013}}
4. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1989: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1989| accessdate=August 28, 2013}}

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|earl-thomas-conley|what-id-say}}
{{Earl Thomas Conley}}{{1988-country-song-stub}}

10 : 1988 singles|Earl Thomas Conley songs|Gary Allan songs|Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles|Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr.|Songs written by Robert Byrne (songwriter)|RCA Records singles|Songs written by Will Robinson (songwriter)|1988 songs|RPM Country Tracks number-one singles

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