If There Was a Way

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If There Was a Way
Studio album by Dwight Yoakam
Released	October 30, 1990
Recorded	Capitol Studios
Genre	Country
Length	48:13
Label	Reprise
Producer	Pete Anderson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Review
Dwight Yoakam chronology
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (1988) If There Was a Way (1990) This Time (1993)

If There Was a Way is the fourth album by Dwight Yoakam. Five of its tracks would rise into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1991 and 1992. They were "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" at #11, "You're the One" at #5, "Nothing's Changed Here" at #15, "It Only Hurts When I Cry" at #7 "Send a Message to My Heart", (a duet with fellow Pikeville, Kentucky native Patty Loveless) at #47, and finally the #18 "The Heart That You Own". The album rose to #7 on the Country Albums chart.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Awards and Charts 3.1 Billboard charts 3.1.1 Albums 3.1.2 Singles 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Dwight Yoakam except where noted.

1. "The Distance Between You and Me" - 2:41
2. "The Heart That You Own" - 3:08
3. "Takes a Lot to Rock You" - 2:59
4. "Nothing's Changed Here" (Dwight Yoakam, Kostas) - 2:56
5. "Sad, Sad Music" - 3:53
6. "Since I Started Drinkin' Again" - 3:52
7. "If There Was a Way" - 2:54
8. "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" (Kostas, Wayland Patton) - 3:23
9. "It Only Hurts When I Cry" (Yoakam, Roger Miller) - 2:33
10. "Send a Message to My Heart" (Kostas, Kathy Louvin) - 3:15
    • duet with Patty Loveless
11. "I Don't Need It Done" (John Sieger) - 4:44
12. "You're the One" - 3:57
13. "Dangerous Man" - 4:15^A
14. "Let's Work Together" (Wilbert Harrison) - 3:33^A

^ATracks omitted from cassette version.

[edit] Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Pete Anderson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar
• Tom Brumley – steel guitar
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Jeff Donavan – drums
• Skip Edwards – keyboards
• Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
• Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
• Jim Lauderdale – background vocals
• Roger Miller – background vocals
• Tim O'Brien – mandolin, background vocals
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Al Perkins – banjo, Dobro, steel guitar
• Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar, six-string bass guitar
• Amy Ray – background vocals
• Don Reed – fiddle
• Bill Ross – strings
• Emily Saliers – background vocals
• Dwight Yoakam – lead vocals, acoustic guitar

[edit] Awards and Charts

[edit] Billboard charts

[edit] Albums

Chart	Peak
The Billboard 200	96
Top Country Albums	7

[edit] Singles

Single	Chart	Peak	Year
Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	11	1990
It Only Hurts When I Cry	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	7	1991
Nothing's Changed Here	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	15	1991
You're the One	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	5	1991
Send a Message to My Heart	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	47	1992
The Heart That You Own	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	18	1992

[edit] External links

• "Send a Message to My Heart" performance