"What If" is a song written,
co-produced
and performed by American
contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre, originating from African Americans, African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip-hop, ...
musician
Babyface, issued as the second official
single from his sixth studio album ''
Face2Face'' (following the
promotional single
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"Baby's Mama").
The song peaked at #80 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2001.
Music video
The official
music video
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for "What If" was directed by
Bille Woodruff
Bille Woodruff is a director of film, television and music videos, noted for directing many videos for a number of R&B and hip-hop artists since the mid-1990s. These artists include Joe, for whom Woodruff has directed 9 music videos since 1994, ...
.
Actress
Sanaa Lathan, portray Babyface love interest in the music video.
Personnel and credits
Credits adapted from album liner notes.
[Babyface – Face2Face (CD liner notes) Arista Records 07822-14667-2]
*
Babyface: lead vocals, background vocals, writer, producer, drum & keyboard programming, bass
* Wayne Lindsey: electric piano
*
Paul Boutin: recording engineer
* Jean-Marie Horvat: mix engineer
* Josean Posey: assistant mix engineer
Chart positions
References
External links
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2001 songs
2001 singles
Arista Records singles
Babyface (musician) songs
Music videos directed by Bille Woodruff
Song recordings produced by Babyface (musician)
Song recordings produced by Andre Harrell
Songs written by Babyface (musician)
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