It 's a Great Day to Be Alive - Wikipedia It 's a Great Day to Be Alive `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' Single by Travis Tritt from the album Down the Road I Go B - side `` Best of Intentions '' Released December 18, 2000 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 01 Label Columbia Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Darrell Scott Producer ( s ) Travis Tritt Billy Joe Walker, Jr. Travis Tritt singles chronology `` Best of Intentions '' ( 2000 ) `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' ( 2000 ) `` Love of a Woman '' ( 2001 ) `` Best of Intentions '' ( 2000 ) `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' ( 2000 ) `` Love of a Woman '' ( 2001 ) `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' is a song written by Darrell Scott. It was originally recorded by American country music artist Jon Randall. It was to have been included on an album titled Great Day to Be Alive, which would have been released in the late 1990s via BNA Records. The song was also recorded by The Sky Kings, an American country - rock supergroup consisting of Bill Lloyd ( Foster & Lloyd ), Rusty Young ( Poco ), and John Cowan ( New Grass Revival ) around 1995 / 1996. Their version sat unreleased until Rhino Handmade released the compilation `` From Out Of The Blue '' in 2000. The song was later covered more famously by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in December 2000 as the second single from his album Down the Road I Go. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 33 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was subsequently covered by Pat Green and Cory Morrow on their March 2001 album Songs We Wish We 'd Written. Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Music video 3 Chart positions 3.1 Year - end charts 4 Covers 5 Parodies 6 References 7 External links Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine in her review of the album, called the song a `` what - the - hell anthem '' and a `` sunny single. '' Music video The music video is a short live recording directed by Jon Small, and begins with Travis Tritt performing a cover of Elvis Presley 's 1975 hit `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E ''. It shows him performing the song to a packed crowd, with occasional cut - aways to Travis performing some of his daily routines ( such as riding horseback and cruising on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. ) It ends with the crowd singing the song 's hook back to him, which he applauds. It was released in early January 2001. The video was recorded at the Historic Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. Chart positions `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 16, 2000. Chart ( 2000 -- 2001 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 33 Year - end charts Chart ( 2001 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) Covers In 2015, the song was covered by Country and Irish artist Lee Matthews with an accompanying music video released in September 2015. Parodies American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of `` It 's A Great Day to Be Alive '' titled `` It 's A Great Day to Be a Guy '' on his 2002 album Cledus Envy. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 427 -- 428. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Jon Randall biography ''. CMT. Retrieved 27 September 2010. Jump up ^ Billboard, October 21, 2000 Jump up ^ `` Travis Tritt Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Travis Tritt Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2001 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012. Jump up ^ Music video for `` a Great Day to Be Alive '' by Lee Matthews External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Travis Tritt singles Country Club `` Country Club '' `` Help Me Hold On '' `` I 'm Gonna Be Somebody '' `` Put Some Drive in Your Country '' `` Drift Off to Dream '' It 's All About to Change `` Here 's a Quarter ( Call Someone Who Cares ) '' `` Anymore '' `` The Whiskey Ai n't Workin ' '' ( With Marty Stuart ) `` Nothing Short of Dying '' T-R-O-U-B-L-E `` Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man '' `` Can I Trust You with My Heart '' `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E '' `` Looking Out for Number One '' `` Worth Every Mile '' Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof `` Foolish Pride '' `` Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof '' `` Between an Old Memory and Me '' `` Tell Me I Was Dreaming '' Greatest Hits : From the Beginning `` Sometimes She Forgets '' `` Only You ( And You Alone ) '' The Restless Kind `` More Than You 'll Ever Know '' `` Where Corn Do n't Grow '' `` She 's Going Home with Me '' `` Helping Me Get Over You '' ( With Lari White ) `` Still in Love with You '' No More Looking over My Shoulder `` If I Lost You '' `` No More Looking Over My Shoulder '' `` Start the Car '' Down the Road I Go `` Best of Intentions '' `` It 's a Great Day to Be Alive '' `` Love of a Woman '' `` Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde '' Strong Enough `` Strong Enough to Be Your Man '' `` Country Ai n't Country '' My Honky Tonk History `` The Girl 's Gone Wild '' `` What Say You '' ( with John Mellencamp ) `` I See Me '' The Storm `` You Never Take Me Dancing '' `` Something Stronger Than Me '' The Calm After... `` Sometimes Love Just Ai n't Enough '' ( With Tyler Reese ) Other songs `` This One 's Gonna Hurt You ( For a Long, Long Time ) '' ( with Marty Stuart ) `` Take It Easy '' `` The Devil Comes Back to Georgia '' ( With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart ) `` Honky Tonkin 's What I Do Best '' ( With Marty Stuart ) `` Hope '' `` Here 's Your Sign ( Get the Picture ) '' ( With Bill Engvall ) `` Same Old Train '' `` Out of Control Raging Fire '' ( with Patty Loveless ) `` Southern Boy '' ( with Charlie Daniels ) `` Bible Belt '' ( with Little Feat ) `` Move It On Over '' `` Lonesome, On'ry and Mean '' This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote its a great day to be alive
Answer: Darrell Scott