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{{Infobox song
| name       = Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good
| cover      = Lord,_I_Hope_This_Day_Is_Good_-_Don_Williams.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Don Williams]]
| album      = [[Especially for You (Don Williams album)|Especially for You]]
| B-side     = Smooth Talkin' Baby
| released   = November 1981
| format     =
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[Sound Emporium Studios|Sound Emporium]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 4:06
| label      = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer     = Dave Hanner
| producer   = Don Williams<br />[[Garth Fundis]]
| prev_title = [[If I Needed You]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Listen to the Radio]]
| next_year  = 1982
}}
"'''Lord, I Hope This Day is Good'''" is a song written by Dave Hanner, and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Don Williams]].  It was released in November 1981 as the third single from the album  ''[[Especially for You (Don Williams album)|Especially for You]]''.  The song was Williams' twelfth number one on the country chart.  The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twenty weeks on the country music charts.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=463|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> Hanner also recorded the song as a member of [[Corbin/Hanner]], who released it as the [[b-side]] to the 1982 single "One Fine Morning."<ref>Whitburn, p. 104</ref>
==Cover versions==
*[[Anne Murray]] recorded a version of the song on her 1999 inspirational album.
*[[Lee Ann Womack]] also recorded a version of the song on her 2000 album ''[[I Hope You Dance (album)|I Hope You Dance]]''.
*[[Keb' Mo']] covered the song of the Williams tribute album ''Gentle Giants: The Songs of Don Williams''.
* Paul Brewster recorded a cover on his album ''Everybody's Talkin'''.
* [[Brandon Rhyder]] recorded a cover on his album '''Live at Billy Bob's Texas'''.
* Jr Williams recorded a cover on a single released by Mountain Fever Records in April, 2022.
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1981–1982)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Don Williams}}
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|1
|}
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1982)
!Position
|-
|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|}
==References==
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{{Don Williams}}
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[[Category:1981 singles]]
[[Category:1981 songs]]
[[Category:Don Williams songs]]
[[Category:Anne Murray songs]]
[[Category:Lee Ann Womack songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Garth Fundis]]
[[Category:MCA Records singles]]
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