It Was Almost Like a Song - Wikipedia It Was Almost Like a Song `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' Single by Ronnie Milsap from the album It Was Almost Like a Song B - side `` It Do n't Hurt to Dream '' Released May 1977 ( U.S. ) Format 7 '' Recorded April 1977 Genre Country, pop Length 3 : 35 Label RCA 10976 Songwriter ( s ) Hal David and Archie Jordan Producer ( s ) Tom Collins and Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap singles chronology `` Let My Love Be Your Pillow '' ( 1976 ) `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' ( 1977 ) `` What a Difference You 've Made in My Life '' ( 1977 ) `` Let My Love Be Your Pillow '' ( 1976 ) `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' ( 1977 ) `` What a Difference You 've Made in My Life '' ( 1977 ) `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' is a song written by Hal David and Archie Jordan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in May 1977 as the first single and title track from the album It Was Almost Like a Song. It became one of the greatest hits of his recording career upon its release in 1977. In July 1977, `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' was Milsap 's eighth No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs chart. The song also became his first Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, peaking No. 16. and also on Billboard 's Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart, where it peaked at No. 7. `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' provided the basis for the title of Milsap 's biography, Almost Like a Song, which he co-wrote with Tom Carter. Chart performance Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 16 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 7 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 12 Canadian RPM Top Singles 7 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 6 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 232. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 171. Jump up ^ `` Ronnie Milsap -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Ronnie Milsap. Jump up ^ `` Ronnie Milsap -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Ronnie Milsap. Jump up ^ `` Ronnie Milsap -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Ronnie Milsap. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` I 'll Be Leaving Alone '' by Charley Pride Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single July 16 - July 30, 1977 Succeeded by `` Rollin ' with the Flow '' by Charlie Rich Ronnie Milsap Studio albums Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20 / 20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There 's No Gettin ' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul Compilation albums Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 40 # 1 Hits 16 Biggest Hits # 1 singles `` Pure Love '' `` Please Do n't Tell Me How the Story Ends '' `` ( I 'd Be ) A Legend in My Time '' `` Daydreams About Night Things '' `` What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down '' `` ( I 'm A ) Stand by My Woman Man '' `` Let My Love Be Your Pillow '' `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' `` What a Difference You 've Made in My Life '' `` Only One Love in My Life '' `` Let 's Take the Long Way Around the World '' `` Back on My Mind Again '' `` Nobody Likes Sad Songs '' `` Why Do n't You Spend the Night '' `` My Heart '' `` Cowboys and Clowns '' `` Smoky Mountain Rain '' `` Am I Losing You '' `` ( There 's ) No Gettin ' Over Me '' `` I Would n't Have Missed It for the World '' `` Any Day Now '' `` He Got You '' `` Inside '' `` Stranger in My House '' `` Do n't You Know How Much I Love You '' `` Show Her '' `` Still Losing You '' `` She Keeps the Home Fires Burning '' `` Lost in the Fifties Tonight ( In the Still of the Night ) '' `` Happy, Happy Birthday Baby '' `` In Love '' `` How Do I Turn You On '' `` Snap Your Fingers '' `` Make No Mistake, She 's Mine '' ( with Kenny Rogers ) `` Where Do the Nights Go '' `` Do n't You Ever Get Tired ( Of Hurting Me ) '' `` A Woman in Love '' `` Stranger Things Have Happened '' Other songs `` Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry '' `` Just in Case '' `` In No Time at All '' `` Prisoner of the Highway '' `` Old Folks '' ( with Mike Reid ) `` Button Off My Shirt '' `` Houston Solution '' `` Are You Lovin ' Me Like I 'm Lovin ' You '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Turn That Radio On '' `` All Is Fair in Love and War '' `` True Believer '' Related articles Discography Book : Ronnie Milsap This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote it was almost like a song
Answer: Hal David and Archie Jordan