Joe Diffie discography

Joe Diffie discography
Releases
Studio albums 9
Compilation albums 2
Singles 35
Music videos 21
No.1 Single 7

Joe Diffie is an American country music artist. His discography comprises nine studio albums, two compilation albums and thirty-five singles. Among his albums, 1993's Honky Tonk Attitude and 1994's Third Rock from the Sun are his best-selling, having been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of one million copies. His singles include five Number Ones on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Home" (his debut single), as well as "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)," "Third Rock from the Sun," "Pickup Man" and "Bigger Than the Beatles."

Contents

Studio albums

1990s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
A Thousand Winding Roads 23
Regular Joe
  • Release date: January 14, 1992
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
22 132 25
Honky Tonk Attitude
  • Release date: April 20, 1993
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10 67
Third Rock from the Sun
  • Release date: July 26, 1994
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6 53 9
  • CAN: Platinum[7]
  • US: Platinum[8]
Life's So Funny
  • Release date: December 5, 1995
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
28 167 14
Twice Upon a Time
  • Release date: April 22, 1997
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
33
A Night to Remember
  • Release date: June 1, 1999
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
23 189 25
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
US
Indie

[11]
In Another World 56
Tougher Than Nails 42 16
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s albums

Title Album details Peak positions
US Grass
[12]
Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
  • Release date: October 26, 2010
  • Label: Rounder Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
10

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: June 9, 1998
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
21 131
16 Biggest Hits
Super Hits
  • Release date: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Epic/Legacy Recordings
  • Formats: CD
The Essential Joe Diffie
  • Release date: April 1, 2003
  • Label: Epic/Legacy Recordings
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Rounder Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Playlist: The Very Best of Joe Diffie
  • Release date: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Epic/Legacy Recordings
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Holiday albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Mr. Christmas
  • Release date: September 19, 1995
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
24 129

Singles

1990s singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[13]
US
[14]
CAN Country
[15]
1990 "Home" 1 1 A Thousand Winding Roads
"If You Want Me To" 2 1
1991 "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" 1 4
"New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" 2 2
"Is It Cold in Here" 5 4 Regular Joe
1992 "Ships That Don't Come In" 5 3
"Next Thing Smokin'" 16 17
"Startin' Over Blues" 41 44
1993 "Honky Tonk Attitude" 5 11 Honky Tonk Attitude
"Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" 3 122 2
"John Deere Green" 5 69 6
1994 "In My Own Backyard" 19 10
"Third Rock from the Sun" 1 84 1 Third Rock from the Sun
"Pickup Man" 1 60 9
1995 "So Help Me Girl" 2 84 1
"I'm in Love with a Capital “U”" 21 22
"That Road Not Taken" 40 41
"Bigger Than the Beatles" 1 1 Life's So Funny
1996 "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" 23 27
"Down in a Ditch"
"Whole Lotta Gone" 23 21
1997 "This Is Your Brain" 25 32 Twice Upon a Time
"Something Like This" 40 76
"The Promised Land" 61
1998 "Texas Size Heartache" 4 15 Greatest Hits
"Poor Me" 43 49
1999 "A Night to Remember" 6 38 10 A Night to Remember
"The Quittin' Kind" 21 90 40
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[13]
US
[14]
2000 "It's Always Somethin'"[A] 5 57 A Night to Remember
"Better Off Gone"
2001 "In Another World" 10 66 In Another World
2002 "This Pretender" 49
2004 "Tougher Than Nails" 19 110 Tougher Than Nails
"If I Could Only Bring You Back" 50
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[13]
1995 "LeRoy the Redneck Reindeer" 33 Mr. Christmas
1996 "LeRoy the Redneck Reindeer" (re-entry) 46
1997 "LeRoy the Redneck Reindeer" (re-entry) 54
1998 "Behind Closed Doors" 64 Tribute to Tradition

Featured singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[13]
CAN Country
[15]
1992 "Not Too Much to Ask" Mary Chapin Carpenter 15 12 Come On Come On
1998 "Same Old Train" Various artists 59 Tribute to Tradition
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1990 "If You Want Me To" Marius Penczner
1991 "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" Michael Salomon
"Is It Cold in Here" Peter Lippman
1992 "Ships That Don't Come In" Jack Cole
"Startin' Over Blues" Richard Jernigan
1993 "Honky Tonk Attitude"
"Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" Deaton Flanigen
"Beverely Hillbillies Medley"
(with Lorrie Morgan and Jim Varney)
Charlie Randazzo
1994 "In My Own Backyard" Richard Jernigan
"Third Rock from the Sun" Roger Pistole
"Pickup Man" Deaton Flanigen
1995 "So Help Me Girl" Gerry Wenner
"I'm in Love With a Capital “U”" Bud Schaetzle/Dean Tschetter
"Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" Dean Tschetter
"Bigger Than the Beatles" Deaton Flanigen
1996 "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y"
1997 "This Is Your Brain" Roger Pistole
"Something Like This" Bob Gabrielsen
1998 "Texas Size Heartache" Michael Oblowitz
"Poor Me" chris rogers
1999 "A Night to Remember" Michael Oblowitz
"It's Always Somethin'" Jon Small

Notes

  • A^ "It's Always Somethin'" also peaked at number 11 on the RPM Country Tracks chart.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joe-diffie/chart-history/2323?f=320&g=Albums. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joe-diffie/chart-history/2323?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM (magazine). http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11cskc2jvl7vc30t5hhbfhqrs4&q1=Joe+Diffie&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  4. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Regular Joe". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Regular+Joe%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  5. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – H0onky Tonk Attitude". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=H0onky+Tonk+Attitude&sa=Joe+Diffie&smt=0. 
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Honky Tonk Attitude". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Honky+Tonk+Attitude%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  7. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Third+Rock+from+the+Sun&sa=Joe+Diffie&smt=0. 
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Third+Rock+from+the+Sun%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Life%27s+So+Funny&sa=Joe+Diffie&smt=0. 
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Life%27s+So+Funny%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  11. ^ "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joe-diffie/chart-history/2323?f=326&g=Albums. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Bluegrass Albums - November 13, 2010 - Greatest Gainer". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/bluegrass-albums?chartDate=2010-11-13&order=gainer. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  13. ^ a b c d "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joe-diffie/chart-history/2323?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  14. ^ a b "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joe-diffie/chart-history/2323?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
  15. ^ a b c "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=lhjkmavmkffmp4c9qmehfhgu21&q1=Joe+Diffie&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. Retrieved October 30, 2011.