What a Difference You've Made in My Life

"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: then-teenage Christian music singer Amy Grant and country music singer Ronnie Milsap.

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Song history

Amy 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 sub-genre of religious-themed music.^{[citation needed]}

However, Milsap's version 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 Hot Country Songs 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.

In 1978, B. J. Thomas covered the song on his Happy Man album, which became a Top 10 Christian hit.

Chart history

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles^[1]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	80
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	96
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	43

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 232.
^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

External links

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 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 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"
Related articles	Discography

v t e B. J. Thomas
Discography
Albums	On My Way Longhorns & Londonbridges Reunion You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer) Love Shines The Living Room Sessions
Singles	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "Mama" "Hooked on a Feeling" "It's Only Love" "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" "I Just Can't Help Believing" "Most of All" "No Love at All" "Long Ago Tomorrow" "Rock and Roll Lullaby" "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" "Don't Worry Baby" "What a Difference You've Made" "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" "New Looks from an Old Lover" "Two Car Garage" "Night Life" "The Part of Me That Needs You Most"

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