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If I Were You (Kasey Chambers song)

2002 song performed by Kasey Chambers

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ28453610 ↗
Source-derived summary

"If I Were You" is a song by Australian country music singer-songwriter Kasey Chambers, produced by her brother Nash Chambers for her second studio album, Barricades & Brickwalls (2001). It was released as the album's fifth and final single on 14 October 2002, peaking at number 32 on the Australian Singles Chart.

Track listing

Australian CD single

"If I Were You" – 4:10

"Nullarbor Song" (live) – 4:52

"Changed the Locks" (live) – 4:20

"Million Tears" (live) – 5:08

Tracks two to four are taken from the DVD Kasey Chambers – Behind the Barricades.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “If I Were You (Kasey Chambers song)” as 2002 song performed by Kasey Chambers. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kasey, Chambers and song.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002-10. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kasey, Chambers and song providing the first useful test.
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28453610. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “If I Were You (Kasey Chambers song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.