Song · Creed
“What If” by Creed
From the album Human Clay (1999)
“What If” by Creed appears on 13 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1999 on the album Human Clay. Its best result is #4 on the K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #54 alternative song of 2000 and #7,722 alternative song of all time.
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"What If" is the snarling side of Creed's 1999 album Human Clay, a Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti song that went out as a single at the start of 2000 and doubled as the lead track from the soundtrack to the slasher film Scream 3.
Tremonti's riff grinds and lurches, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips lock in behind him, and Stapp sings like a man daring someone to take a swing. John Kurzweg produced, engineered and mixed it, keeping everything thick, shiny and heavy. It did as well as the album's other singles; it never cracked the Hot 100 but climbed to No. 3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 105 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 2000 | 50 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 43 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 49 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 4 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 67 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 56 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 22 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 66 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 42 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 41 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 499 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 456 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
Also listed as: What If?.
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