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1984 single by Merle Haggard
"Someday When Things Are Good"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album That's the Way Love Goes
B-side"If You Hated Me"
ReleasedMarch 24, 1984
GenreCountry
Length3:36
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Leona Williams
Producer(s)Merle Haggard, Ray Baker
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"That's the Way Love Goes"
(1983)
"Someday When Things Are Good"
(1984)
"Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room"
(1984)

"Someday When Things Are Good' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in March 1984 as the third single from his album That's the Way Love Goes. The song was Haggard's thirty-first number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. Haggard wrote the song with then-wife Leona Williams.

Personnel

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Norm Hamlet – steel guitar
  • Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
  • Mark Yeary – keyboards
  • Dennis Hromek – bass
  • Biff Adams – drums
  • Jimmy Belken – fiddle
  • Don Markham – horns

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1984) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) 22

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
  2. "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
Merle Haggard
The Strangers
Norm Hamlet
Ralph Mooney
Tiny Moore
Roy Nichols
Gene Price
Eldon Shamblin
Gordon Terry
Biff Adam
Jimmy Belken
Eddie Burris
Gary Church
Wayne Durham
George French
Dennis Hromek
Don Markham
Johnny Meeks
Marcia Nichols
Ronnie Reno
Clint Strong
Jim Tittle
Jerry Ward
Bobby Wayne
Mark Yeary
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