It's Been a Great Afternoon

"It's Been a Great Afternoon"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
Released	July 24, 1978
Genre	Country
Length	2:50
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Merle Haggard
Producer(s)	Fuzzy Owen Hank Cochran
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" (1978) "It's Been a Great Afternoon" (1978) "The Bull and the Beaver" (1978)

"It's Been a Great Afternoon" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in July 1978 as the second single from the album I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 147.
2. "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.