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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Part of The Way I Am, also The Way I Am, Wake Up and I’ll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Merle Haggard wrote 263 songs on fono
Merle Haggard’s most frequent co-writer is Freddy Powers (12 songs together)
Merle Haggard first appears on fono in 1963, 17 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Merle Haggard
- Part of
- The Way I Am
- Released on
- MCA Records
- Written by
- Merle Haggard
- Part of
- The Way I Am
- Released on
- MCA Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: The Way I Am
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: The Way I Am
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: The Way I Am
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be was written by Merle Haggard
Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be was written by Merle Haggard
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2MusicBrainz Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be is part of the release The Way I Am
Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be is part of the release The Way I Am
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3MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be
MCA Records is the label of the song Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be was released on 1980-04
Life’s Just Not the Way It Used to Be was released on 1980-04
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026