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"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)"
SinglebyMerle Haggard
from the album That's the Way Love Goes
B-side"I Think I'll Stay"
ReleasedJuly 16, 1983
GenreCountry
Length3:31
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Merle Haggard
Producer(s)Merle Haggard, Ray Baker
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"Pancho and Lefty"
(1983) 		"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)"
(1983) 		"That's the Way Love Goes"
(1983)

"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. It was released in July 1983 as the first single from the album That's the Way Love Goes. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] In 2019, Montgomery Gentry released the song off the album Outskirts.

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1983) Peak
position
USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 148.
  • ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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