It's Hard to Be Humble

"It's Hard to be Humble" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mac Davis from his LP, Hard To Be Humble. It became an international hit in the spring of 1980.

B-side"The Greatest Gift of All"

ReleasedMarch 1980

GenreCountry^[1]

Length4:20

Quick facts Single by Mac Davis, from the album 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
Genre	Country[1]
Length	4:20
Label	Casablanca
Songwriter	Mac Davis
Producer	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)
45 RPM side label
US release

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A version by T.R. Dallas became a Top 10 hit in Ireland during the fall of the year. The song was covered by Rolf Harris in 1980 and Willie Nelson in 2019. The song was additionally covered in Dutch in 1981 by Peter Blanker under the name of "'t Is moeilijk bescheiden te blijven", which became a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, and in German (by Peter Petrel) under the title "Ich bin viel zu bescheiden". In 2022, the Slovenian folk band Fehtarji covered it in Slovene under the title "Gospod, težko sem ponižen".