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Could've Been (Tiffany song)

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"Could've Been"
Song
B-side"The Heart of Love"

"Could've Been" is the third single released from Tiffany, the debut album of American teen-pop singer Tiffany. Commercially, the song proved to be a successful follow-up to her debut single "I Think We're Alone Now", peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100, the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart, and the Irish Singles Chart in early 1988. It also reached number four on the UK Singles Chart and number five in New Zealand.

Song information

The song was discovered by Music Industry Insiders Don McGovern and Brad Schmidt when they stumbled into a Hungry Tiger Restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California and heard a local performer, Lois Blaisch singing the song. Then McGovern and Schmidt brought the song to producer George Tobin and encouraged Tobin to record the song... The song is a slow ballad about the love that "could've been so beautiful, could've been so right." Both Tiffany's label, MCA Records, and her manager, George Tobin, felt concern that she was not old or mature enough to handle a song with such emotional depth. In the end, Tiffany convinced them that she could, and the song was recorded and put on her debut album, becoming its third single.

For the music video, music video stations played a live version of "Could've Been" where fans sang along to Tiffany's performance.[citation needed]

Track listings and formats

7" Single and cassette single

  1. Could've Been – 4:00
  2. The Heart Of Love – 3:57

Chart performance

"Could've Been" shot up the charts right away and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Tiffany's second consecutive number-one hit following "I Think We're Alone Now". The song was also a number-one hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, as well as on the charts of Ireland and Canada.

Cover versions

  • Lois Blaisch finally released her own version in 1997 when she included it on her album "Through Thick and Thin".
  • Country singer Carrie Underwood covered the song on American Idol.
  • The song has been revived by a Filipina artist named Sarah Geronimo.

The song was heard in the television series Growing Pains, on the episode "Nasty Habits".

See also

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 310. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. ^ "Tiffany – Could've Been" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0932." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8772." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Could've Been". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 21, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Tiffany – Could've Been" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  8. ^ "Tiffany – Could've Been". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Tiffany Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Tiffany Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  13. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1988". ARIA. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  14. ^ "End Of Year Charts 1988". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Songs of 1988 - Billboard Year End Charts". Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Tiffany – Could've Been". Music Canada.
  17. ^ "Japanese single certifications – Tiffany – Could've Been" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan.
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