"Mine Would Be You" is a song written by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, and Deric Ruttan[1] and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton.

"Mine Would Be You" is a mid-tempo ballad in which the male asks his lover about her thoughts, with the final verse revealing that she is actually departing him.

[4][5] Alexander and Harrington had previously written "I Drive Your Truck" together with Jimmy Yeary, which was then recorded by Lee Brice.

Remarking on how that experience shaped her and Harrington's approach to writing subsequent songs like "Mine Would Be You", Alexander said, "It was so exciting that Connie and I had written all these years, and couldn't get arrested, and with 'I Drive Your Truck' it was like we found the secret.

Ruttan described the scene, saying, "I’ll never forget...we’re tweaking on lines and the door opens and Jon Randall comes in with baked pita chips and he’s serving.

"[4] Alexander insisted to her co-writers that Shelton would react well to the altered lyric, which was used in the final song.

And so that’s what kind of drove the short verses in that song and sticking the title on the endWhile reviewing Based on a True Story... for Taste of Country, Billy Dukes lauded "Mine Would Be You" as the album's "signature song.

"[6] He described the last verse as "absolutely devastating" and called the track "a potential Song of the Year nominee".

[6] After the song was announced as a single, Dukes gave it five stars out of five, writing that "Shelton’s performance is as easy and satisfying as ‘Honey Bee,’ but during each chorus he opens up full-throttle to send a desperate message to the woman he’s longing for.

"[10] In an otherwise negative review of Based on a True Story..., Sam Gazdziak of Country Universe singled out "Mine Would Be You" as one of the few songs from the album that he enjoyed, writing that on the song, Shelton "demonstrates that he is still an outstanding country singer when he wants to be.