It 's Hard to be Humble - Wikipedia It 's Hard to be Humble `` 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 Format Single Genre Pop 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 ) `` 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 `` 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. A version by Stout became a Top 20 hit in the UK and Ireland during the fall of the year. Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 9 Canada RPM Top Singles 14 Canada RPM Country New Zealand U.S. Billboard Hot 100 43 U.S. Billboard Country 10 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 35 Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position South Africa ( Springbok ) 8 Stout cover Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position Ireland ( IRMA ) 18 UK 27 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Rank Australia 28 Canada 87 New Zealand 14 U.S. ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 247 References Jump up ^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 29 September 1980 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 31, 1980 Jump up ^ `` SA Charts 1965 -- March 1989 ''. Retrieved 1 September 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- It 's Hard to be Humble ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 16, 2018. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Singles ( 1980 ) ''. RPM. Retrieved 2017 - 07 - 21. Jump up ^ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3869 Jump up ^ 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 This 1980s song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=It%27s_Hard_to_Be_Humble&oldid=866528164 '' Categories : 1981 songs Mac Davis songs Songs written by Mac Davis Casablanca Records singles Song recordings produced by Larry Butler ( producer ) 1980s song stubs Hidden categories : Pages using citations with format and no URL Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 22 : 00 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote it's hard to be humble
Answer: Mac Davis