If I Don't Stay the Night is the second studio album by American country music artist Mindy McCready. It was released on November 4, 1997 by BNA Records. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and featured three singles, "What If I Do", "The Other Side of This Kiss", and "You'll Never Know". The album sold 825,000 copies and was certified gold by the RIAA, despite not producing a Top Ten country hit. The track "Oh Romeo" crossed over the United Kingdom, where it reached #41 on the UK Singles Chart. This album is unavailable on streaming services for unknown reasons.

Track listing

International Tracklist

Personnel

From liner notes.

If I Don't Stay the Night

Musicians

Bob Bellamy - hammer dulcimer

Richard "Spady" Brannan - bass guitar

Kathy Burdick - background vocals

Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar

Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar

Rob Hajacos - fiddle

Dann Huff - electric guitar

Jeff King - electric guitar

Michael Landau - electric guitar

Paul Leim - drums, percussion

B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar

David Malloy - background vocals

Larry Marrs - background vocals

Brent Mason - electric guitar

Mindy McCready - lead vocals

Jimmy Nichols - keyboards, background vocals, string arrangements on tracks 7, 9, and 11

If I Don't Stay the Night

Additional background vocals on "Oh Romeo": Cynthia French, Randi Michaels, Kim Parent, Melissa Ashworth

If I Don't Stay the Night

Technical

Derek Bason - recording

Kevin Beamish - recording, mixing

David Malloy - production

Denny Purcell - mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1997 albums

BNA Records albums

Mindy McCready albums

Albums produced by David Malloy