I Could Not Ask for More - Wikipedia I Could Not Ask for More `` I Could Not Ask for More '' Single by Edwin McCain from the album Messenger Released 1999 Format CD single Genre Rock Length 4 : 36 ( album version ) 4 : 09 ( radio edit ) Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Diane Warren Producer ( s ) Matt Serletic and Noel Golden Edwin McCain singles chronology `` What Matters '' ( 1998 ) `` I Could Not Ask for More '' ( 1999 ) `` Go Be Young '' ( 2000 ) `` What Matters '' ( 1998 ) `` I Could Not Ask for More '' ( 1999 ) `` Go Be Young '' ( 2000 ) `` I Could Not Ask for More '' is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February, 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain as part of the original soundtrack of the romantic drama film Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was a featured track in his third studio album Messenger and became a Billboard - charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999. In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly covered the song, sending her rendition to No. 2 on Billboards Hot Country Songs chart. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Sara Evans version 2.1 Music video 2.2 Chart performance 2.2. 1 Year - end charts 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Peak position Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) Canada ( RPM ) 12 US Billboard Hot 100 37 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks US Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 6 US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 21 Year - end charts Chart ( 1999 ) Position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 61 Sara Evans version `` I Could Not Ask for More '' Single by Sara Evans from the album Born to Fly B - side `` Born to Fly '' Released February 12, 2001 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 05 Label RCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Diane Warren Producer ( s ) Sara Evans, Paul Worley Sara Evans singles chronology `` Born to Fly '' ( 2000 ) `` I Could Not Ask for More '' ( 2001 ) `` Saints & Angels '' ( 2001 ) `` Born to Fly '' ( 2000 ) `` I Could Not Ask for More '' ( 2001 ) `` Saints & Angels '' ( 2001 ) Music video `` I Could Not Ask for More '' at CMT.com Released in February 2001, Sara Evans ' cover version of the song was the second single from her 2000 album, Born to Fly. Evans ' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts. Music video The Sara Evans music video features her in White Sands National Monument singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video. Chart performance `` I Could Not Ask for More '' debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached # 2 on that chart, behind `` I 'm Already There '' by Lonestar. Chart ( 2001 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 35 Year - end charts Chart ( 2001 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 18 References Jump up ^ Canadian AC peak Jump up ^ Canadian peak ^ Jump up to : `` Edwin McCain - I Could Not Ask for More ( Billboard chart history ) ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved August 18, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles - Volume 70, No. 8, December 13, 1999 ''. RPM. December 13, 1999. Retrieved November 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sara Evans Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Sara Evans Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2001 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Sara Evans Discography Studio albums Three Chords and the Truth No Place That Far Born to Fly Restless Real Fine Place Stronger Slow Me Down At Christmas Words Compilation albums Greatest Hits Playlist : The Very Best of Sara Evans Notable singles `` Three Chords and the Truth '' `` No Place That Far '' `` Fool, I 'm a Woman '' `` Born to Fly '' `` I Could Not Ask for More '' `` Saints & Angels '' `` I Keep Looking '' `` Backseat of a Greyhound Bus '' `` Perfect '' `` Suds in the Bucket '' `` A Real Fine Place to Start '' `` Cheatin ' '' `` Coalmine '' `` You 'll Always Be My Baby '' `` As If '' `` Some Things Never Change '' `` Feels Just Like a Love Song '' `` A Little Bit Stronger '' `` My Heart Ca n't Tell You No '' `` Slow Me Down '' `` Put My Heart Down '' Guest singles `` That 's the Beat of a Heart '' Related articles Jay Barker This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote i could not ask for more
Answer: American songwriter Diane Warren