Could've Been

Could've Been
"Could've Been"
Single by Tiffany
from the album Tiffany
B-side "The Heart of Love"
Released November 1987
Format 7" single, Cassette, Promo CD
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 3:32
Label MCA Records
Writer(s) Lois Blaisch
Producer George Tobin
Tiffany singles chronology
"I Think We're Alone Now"
(1987)
"Could've Been"
(1988)
"I Saw Him Standing There"
(1988)

"Could've Been" is the third single released from Tiffany, the debut album of American teen-pop singer Tiffany.

Contents

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 Record 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.

The B-side to the single of "Could've Been" was the track "The Heart of Love."

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

The song has Mandy Moore's version for the film, "A Walk to Remember" it is also featured in the movie's soundtrack.

The song has been revived by a Filipina artist named Sarah Geronimo.

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 in the U.S. became Tiffany's second consecutive number-one hit following "I Think We're Alone Now". The song was also a number-one hit on the adult contemporary chart [1] as well as many other countries all over the world.

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 12
Canadian Singles chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 243. 
Preceded by
"Need You Tonight" by INXS
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
February 6 – 13, 1988
Succeeded by
"Seasons Change" by Exposé
Preceded by
"Everywhere" by Fleetwood Mac
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single
February 6, 1988
Succeeded by
"Can't Stay Away from You" by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

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