"My Life" is an American country music

Country music

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 song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.

Originally released in March 1969

1969 in country music

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, the song became Anderson's fourth solo No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles

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 chart late that spring, and soon became one of his signature songs.

Despite spending just two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, "My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" was named the No. 1 song of 1969. Several other songs - most notably Johnny Cash

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's "Daddy Sang Bass

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"Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with some lines from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart. The song went to number one on the country charts for six weeks and spent a...

" and "A Boy Named Sue

A Boy Named Sue

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," and Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

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's "Okie from Muskogee

Okie from Muskogee (song)

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" - had longer runs at No. 1.

Chart performance

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2