It's Hard to Be Humble

"It's Hard to be Humble" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist 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"
ReleasedMarch 1980
GenreCountry
Length4:20
LabelCasablanca
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 Ireland during the fall of the year. The song was covered by Rolf Harris in 1980 and Willie Nelson in 2019. The song was additionally covered in Dutch in 1981 by Peter Blanker under the name of "'t Is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven", which became a top 10 hit in the Netherlands.

Chart history

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.


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