I Could Not Ask for More
| "I Could Not Ask for More" | ||||
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| Single by Edwin McCain | ||||
| from the album Messenger | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length |
4:36 (album version) 4:09 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Diane Warren | |||
| Producer(s) | Matt Serletic and Noel Golden | |||
| Edwin McCain singles chronology | ||||
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"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February, 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain as part of the original soundtrack for the Kevin Costner/Robin Wright film Message in a Bottle. It was a featured track in his third studio album, Messenger and became a Billboard-charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999.
In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly covered the song, sending her rendition to No. 2 on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart.
Chart performance
| Chart (1999–2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[1] | 1 |
| Canada (RPM)[2] | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 37 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[3] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks[3] | 6 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Top 40[3] | 21 |
Sara Evans version
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| Single by Sara Evans | |||||||
| from the album Born to Fly | |||||||
| B-side | "Born to Fly" | ||||||
| Released | February 12, 2001 | ||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||
| Genre | Country | ||||||
| Length | 4:05 | ||||||
| Label | RCA Nashville | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Diane Warren | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Sara Evans, Paul Worley | ||||||
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Released in February 2001, Sara Evans' cover version of the song was the second single from her 2000 album, Born to Fly. Evans' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts.
Music video
The Sara Evans music video features her in White Sands National Monument singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video.
Chart performance
"I Could Not Ask for More" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached #2 on that chart, behind "I'm Already There" by Lonestar.
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 35 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 18 |
References
- ↑ Canadian AC peak
- ↑ Canadian peak
- 1 2 3 4 "Edwin McCain - I Could Not Ask for More (Billboard chart history)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Sara Evans – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sara Evans.
- ↑ "Sara Evans – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Sara Evans.
- ↑ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.