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"If It Weren't for Him" is a song written and recorded by American country music artists Vince Gill and Rosanne Cash. It was released in June 1985 as the second single from Gill's first album The Things That Matter. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. This became his first Top 10 Hit on that chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 135.
"Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

v t e Vince Gill
Studio albums	The Things That Matter The Way Back Home When I Call Your Name Pocket Full of Gold I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You High Lonesome Sound The Key Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Next Big Thing These Days Guitar Slinger Bakersfield Down to My Last Bad Habit Okie
Compilation albums	Souvenirs Icon
Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Extended plays	Turn Me Loose
Notable singles	"If It Weren't for Him" "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Next Big Thing"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" "House of Love" "I Will Always Love You" "It's Not Over" "If You Ever Leave Me" "Building Bridges" "Don't Rush" "I Just Can't Help Believing" "Sober Saturday Night" "Dear Hate" "Heaven by Then"
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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v t e Rosanne Cash
Discography
Studio albums	Rosanne Cash Right or Wrong Seven Year Ache Somewhere in the Stars Rhythm & Romance King's Record Shop Interiors The Wheel 10 Song Demo Rules of Travel Black Cadillac The List The River & the Thread She Remembers Everything
Compilation albums	Hits 1979–1989 Retrospective The Very Best of Rosanne Cash
Notable singles	"No Memories Hangin' Round" "Couldn't Do Nothin' Right" "Seven Year Ache" "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" "Blue Moon with Heartache" "Ain't No Money" "I Wonder" "It Hasn't Happened Yet" "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" "Never Be You" "Hold On" "Second to No One" "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "If You Change Your Mind" "Runaway Train" "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "What We Really Want"
Guest singles	"If It Weren't for Him" (with Vince Gill) "It's Such a Small World" (with Rodney Crowell)
Related music	"Never Alone" Ghost Brothers of Darkland County The Wexford Carols
Related people and acts	Johnny Cash Tommy Cash John Carter Cash Rodney Crowell John Leventhal

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