If I Know Me

"If I Know Me"
Single by George Strait
from the album Chill of an Early Fall
B-side "Home in San Antone"
Released March 12, 1991
Format 7" single, CD single
Recorded September 24, 1990
Genre Country
Length 2:42
Label MCA 54052
Writer(s) Pam Belford, Dean Dillon
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"I've Come to Expect It from You"
(1990)
"If I Know Me"
(1991)
"You Know Me Better Than That"
(1991)

"If I Know Me" is a song written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and performed by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1991 as the first single to his album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at number 1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[1]

Content

The narrator has just left his lover, but he knows that if he knew himself, then he'd turn his car around, and not get out of town, and come running back to her.

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and filmed at Victoria's Black Swan Inn in San Antonio.

Chart positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 6
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 10
Preceded by
"Rockin' Years"
by Dolly Parton with Ricky Van Shelton
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

May 11-May 18, 1991
Succeeded by
"In a Different Light"
by Doug Stone
Preceded by
"Drift Off to Dream"
by Travis Tritt
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

June 1, 1991

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1532." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 1, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "George Strait – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Strait.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

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