| What a Difference You've Made in My Life | |
| Cover: | What_a_Difference_You've_Made_in_My_Life_-_Ronnie_Milsap.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ronnie Milsap |
| Album: | It Was Almost Like a Song |
| B-Side: | Selfish |
| Released: | November 1977 |
| Recorded: | April 1977 |
| Genre: | Country, inspirational |
| Length: | 3:59 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Ronnie Milsap, Tom Collins |
| Prev Title: | It Was Almost Like a Song |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Only One Love in My Life |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"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.
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.
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 (1977–1978) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 96 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 43 |
. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 232.