It's Hard to Be Humble

"It's Hard to be Humble" is a song by Mac Davis from his LP, Hard To Be Humble. It became an international hit in the spring of 1980.

"It's Hard to be Humble"
Single by Mac Davis
from the album Hard To Be Humble
B-side	"The Greatest Gift of All"
Released	March 1980
Genre	Country
Length	4:20
Label	Casablanca
Songwriter(s)	Mac Davis
Producer(s)	Larry Butler
Mac Davis singles chronology
"Every Now and Then" (1976) "It's Hard to be Humble" (1980) "Let's Keep It That Way" (1980)
45 RPM side label
US release

A version by Stout became a Top 20 hit in the UK and Ireland during the fall of the year. The song was covered by Willie Nelson in 2019.

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 9 Canada RPM Top Singles 14 Canada RPM Country 4 New Zealand [1] 3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 43 U.S. Billboard Country 10 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 35 Chart (1981) Peak position South Africa (Springbok)[4] 8 Stout cover Chart (1980) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[5] 18 UK 27

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Rank Australia [6] 28 Canada [7] 87 New Zealand [8] 14 U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[9] 247

References

1. NZ Top 40 Singles, 29 September 1980
2. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
3. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 31, 1980
4. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – It's Hard to be Humble". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. "Top 100 Singles (1980)". RPM. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
8. http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869
9. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• Listen to "It's Hard to Be Humble" on YouTube