What If (Creed song)

"What If"
Single by Creed
from the album Human Clay and Scream 3: The Album
ReleasedJanuary 4, 2000 (2000-01-04)
Length
  • 5:18 (album version)
  • 4:55 (radio edit)
LabelWind-up
Songwriters
ProducerJohn Kurzweg
Creed singles chronology
"Higher"
(1999)
"What If"
(2000)
"With Arms Wide Open"
(2000)
Music video
"What If" on YouTube

"What If" is a song by American rock band Creed. It was released on January 4, 2000, as the second single from their second studio album, Human Clay (1999), and as the lead single from Scream 3: The Album (2000), the first of two albums released to promote the 2000 slasher film Scream 3. Written by singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti, the song has been compared to "Bullets" from the band's third studio album, Weathered (2001).

"What If" was similarly successful to the other three singles from Human Clay. While not entering the US Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and No. 2 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.