"Things Aren't Funny Anymore" is a song written and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
artist
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...
and
The Strangers. It was released in February 1974 as the first single from the album ''
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album''. The song was Merle Haggard and
The Strangers seventeenth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent ten weeks on the country chart.
Chart performance
References
Merle Haggard songs
1974 singles
Songs written by Merle Haggard
Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (American record producer)
Capitol Records singles
1974 songs
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