What a Difference You 've made in My Life - Wikipedia What a Difference You 've made in My Life `` What a Difference You 've Made in My Life '' Single by Ronnie Milsap from the album It Was Almost Like a Song B - side `` Selfish '' Released November 1977 Format 7 - inch Recorded April 1977 Genre Country, inspirational Length 3 : 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 ) `` 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 : teenaged Christian music singer Amy Grant and country music singer Ronnie Milsap. Contents 1 Song history 2 Chart positions 3 References 4 External links Song History 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 subgenre of religious - themed music. It was Milsap 's version, however, that 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 magazine Hot Country Singles 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. Chart positions Chart ( 1977 - 1978 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles US Billboard Hot 100 80 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 96 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 43 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 232. Jump up ^ `` Ronnie Milsap Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Take This Job and Shove It '' by Johnny Paycheck Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single January 21, 1978 Succeeded by `` Out of My Head and Back in My Bed '' by Loretta Lynn Preceded by `` My Way '' by Elvis Presley RPM Country Tracks number - one single February 4 -- 11, 1978 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 country song -- related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote what a difference you made in my life
Answer: Archie Jordan