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.

"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(s)	Mac Davis
Producer(s)	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

A version by T.R. Dallas became a Top 20 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".

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 9 Canada RPM Top Singles 14 Canada RPM Country 4 New Zealand[3] 3 UK Singles Chart 27 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 43 U.S. Billboard Country 10 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [5] 35 Chart (1981) Peak position South Africa (Springbok)[6] 8 T.R. Dallas cover Chart (1980) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[7] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 28 Canada [8] 87 New Zealand [9] 14 U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[10] 247

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11]	Platinum	100,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[12]	Gold	75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[13]	Gold	10,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.