From Graceland to the Promised Land

{{Infobox song

| name = From Graceland to the Promised Land

| cover = gracelandpromsiedland.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Merle Haggard

| album = My Farewell to Elvis

| B-side = Are You Lonesome Tonight?

| released = October 3, 1977

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:28

| label = MCA

| writer = Merle Haggard

| producer = Fuzzy Owen

| prev_title = A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Running Kind

| next_year = 1978

}}

"From Graceland to the Promised Land" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in October 1977 as the only single from the album My Farewell to Elvis. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}

Content

The song is a tribute to Elvis Presley.

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1977–1978)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|4|artist=Merle Haggard}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|58|artist=Merle Haggard}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|3

align="left"|Canadian RPM Top Singles

|align="center"|55

References