What a Difference You've Made in My Life

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"What a Difference You've Made in My Life"
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Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album It Was Almost Like a Song
B-side "Selfish"
ReleasedNovember 1977
RecordedApril 1977
Genre Country, inspirational
Length3:59
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Archie Jordan
Producer(s) Ronnie Milsap, Tom Collins
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"It Was Almost Like a Song"
(1977)		"What a Difference You've Made in My Life"
(1977)		"Only One Love in My Life"
(1978)

"What a Difference You've Made in My Life" is an inspirational song written by Archie Jordan and first made famous by two artists during 1977: then-teenage Christian music singer Amy Grant and country music singer Ronnie Milsap.

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Song history

Amy Grant's version was included on her self-titled debut album, which was sold largely in Christian bookstores and outlets. The song was released as a single to Christian-oriented radio stations, charted at No. 5 on the US Christian charts, and helped Grant become well known in what was then a small sub-genre of religious-themed music.[ citation needed ]

However, Milsap's version became better-known. It was released in November 1977 as the second single from the album It Was Almost Like a Song . The song soon scored the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and was his ninth No. 1 song on that chart. Milsap re-recorded the song for his 2009 country gospel album, Then Sings My Soul .

In 1978, B. J. Thomas covered the song on his Happy Man album, which became a Top 10 Christian hit.

Chart history

Chart (1977–1978)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [1] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 80
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles96
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks43

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 232.
  2. ↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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