It Was Almost Like a Song

"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 Don't Hurt to Dream"
Released	May 1977 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 1977
Genre	Country
Length	3:35
Label	RCA
Songwriters	Hal David and Archie Jordan
Producers	Tom Collins and Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology

B-side"It Don't Hurt to Dream"

ReleasedMay 1977 (U.S.)

RecordedApril 1977

GenreCountry

"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. ^[1] It became one of the greatest hits of his recording career upon its release in 1977.

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Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	81
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	16
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	12
Canadian RPM Top Singles	7
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	6

Chart (1977)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	5

v t e 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 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
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don'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 Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don'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" "Don'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 Don't Have You" "Turn That Radio On" "All Is Fair in Love and War" "True Believer"
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