Willie Nelson singles discography

Willie Nelson discography

Willie Nelson performing during a 2006 concert.
Releases
↙Singles 96
↙Music videos 35
↙No. 1 Single (USA) 25
↙No. 1 Single (Overall) 33

The following is a detailed discography of all singles released by country music singer Willie Nelson. A total of twenty-five Nelson singles have reached number one on music charts.

His 1982 single, "Always On My Mind" broke Top 10 in Billboard Hot 100. Two years later, his duet with Julio Iglesias "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" became a world-wide hit. His albums and singles were successful in many countries, especially New Zealand, Australia and some European countries.

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Singles

1960s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US CAN Country
1962 "Willingly" (with Shirley Collie) 10 β€” β€” single only
"Touch Me" 7 109 β€” And Then I Wrote
1963 "Half a Man" 25 129 β€” Here's Willie Nelson
1964 "You Took My Happiness Away" 33 β€” β€” single only
1965 "She's Not for You" 43 β€” β€” Shotgun Willie
"I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" 48 β€” β€” Live - Country Music Concert
1966 "One in a Row" 19 β€” β€” Make Way for Willie Nelson
1967 "The Party's Over" 24 β€” β€” Party's Over
"Blackjack County Chain" 21 β€” β€” single only
"San Antonio Rose" 50 β€” β€” Country Favorites
1968 "Little Things" 22 β€” 8 Good Times
"Good Times" 44 β€” β€”
"Johnny One Time" 36 β€” β€” single only
1969 "Bring Me Sunshine" 13 β€” 38 Spotlight on Willie
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country US CAN Country CAN CAN AC AUS
1970 "I Hope So" 36 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Face of the Fighter
"Once More with Feeling" 42 β€” 35 β€” β€” β€” Both Sides Now
"Laying My Burdens Down" 68 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Laying My Burdens Down
1971 "I'm a Memory" 28 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Willie Nelson and Family
"Yesterday's Wine" 62 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Yesterday's Wine
"Me and Paul" 62 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1972 "Words Don't Fit the Picture" 73 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Words Don't Fit the Picture
1973 "Shotgun Willie" 60 β€” 66 β€” β€” β€” Shotgun Willie
"Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" 22 β€” 26 β€” β€” β€”
1974 "I Still Can't Believe You're Gone" 51 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Phases and Stages
"Bloody Mary Morning" 17 β€” 26 β€” β€” β€”
"Sister's Coming Home" 93 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1975 "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" 1 21 2 40 9 57 Red Headed Stranger
1976 "Fire and Rain" 29 β€” 44 β€” β€” β€” What Can You Do to Me Now
"Remember Me (When the
Candle Lights Are Gleaming)"
2 67 6 78 β€” β€” Red Headed Stranger
"Last Letter" 46 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Country Willie
"I Gotta Get Drunk" 55 101 β€” β€” β€” β€” Both Sides Now
"I'd Have to Be Crazy" 11 β€” 7 β€” β€” β€” The Sound in Your Mind
"If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" 1 β€” 5 β€” β€” β€”
1977 "Uncloudy Day" 4 β€” 4 β€” β€” β€” The Troublemaker
"You Ought to Hear Me Cry" 16 β€” 11 β€” β€” β€” Willie Before His Time
"I'm a Memory" (re-release) 22 β€” 21 β€” β€” β€”
"I Love You a Thousand Ways" 9 β€” 20 β€” β€” β€” To Lefty from Willie
1978 "Georgia on My Mind" 1 84 1 86 16 β€” Stardust
"Blue Skies" 1 β€” 1 β€” 4 53
"All of Me" 3 β€” 4 β€” β€” β€”
"Will You Remember Mine" 67 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Sweet Memories
"There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" 86 β€” 54 β€” β€” β€” There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
1979 "Whiskey River" 12 β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” Willie and Family Live
"Sweet Memories" 4 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” Sweet Memories
"September Song" 15 β€” 5 β€” β€” β€” Stardust
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC IRE NZ NLD BE AUS UK FR
1980 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" 4 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Sings Kristofferson
"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" 1 44 β€” 1 β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Electric Horseman
"Midnight Rider" 6 β€” β€” 1 β€” 10 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"On the Road Again" 1 20 7 2 β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” 64 β€” β€” Honeysuckle Rose
"Family Bible" 92 β€” β€” 74 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 20 of the Best
1981 "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Honeysuckle Rose
"Mona Lisa" 11 β€” β€” 7 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Somewhere Over the Rainbow
"Good Times" (re-release) 25 β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Minstrel Man
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" 26 β€” β€” 25 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Somewhere Over the Rainbow
"Mountain Dew" 23 β€” β€” 39 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Minstrel Man
"Heartaches of a Fool" 39 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be)
1982 "Always on My Mind"[A] 1 5 2 1 10 4 8 β€” 17 β€” 39 49 β€” Always on My Mind
"Let It Be Me" 2 40 11 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" 2 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1983 "Little Old Fashioned Karma" 10 β€” β€” 20 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Tougher Than Leather
"Why Do I Have to Choose" 3 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Take It to the Limit
"Take It to the Limit" (with Waylon Jennings) 8 102 31 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Without a Song" 11 β€” β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Without a Song
1984 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias)[A] 1 5 3 1 1 1 16 2 3 1 4 17 41 Half Nelson
"City of New Orleans" 1 β€” 30 1 β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” City of New Orleans
1985 "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Ray Charles) 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” 6 β€” β€” 29 β€” β€” Half Nelson
"Forgiving You Was Easy" 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Me and Paul
"Are There Any More Real Cowboys" (with Neil Young) β€” β€” β€” 37 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Half Nelson
"Me and Paul" (re-release) 14 β€” β€” 6 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Me and Paul
1986 "Living in the Promiseland" 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” The Promiseland
"I'm Not Trying to Forget You" 21 β€” β€” 23 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1987 "Partners After All" 24 β€” β€” 33 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Partners
"Heart of Gold" 44 β€” β€” 52 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Island in the Sea" 27 β€” β€” 32 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Island in the Sea
1988 "Nobody There But Me" 82 β€” β€” * β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias) 8 β€” β€” * β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 29 93 β€” β€” What a Wonderful World
"Twilight Time" 41 β€” β€” * β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1989 "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” A Horse Called Music
"There You Are" 8 β€” β€” 4 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positions

1990s

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1990 "Highway" 52 71 A Horse Called Music
"Ain't Necessarily So" 17 29 Born for Trouble
1991 "The Piper Came Today" 70 β€”
"Ten With a Two" 45 35
1993 "Graceland" 70 41 Across the Border Line
"Still Is Still Moving to Me" β€” β€”
1995 "Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing" β€” 86 Six Hours at Pedernales
1998 "I Never Cared for You" β€” β€” Teatro
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country US
2002 "Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) 22 113 The Great Divide
"Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" 41 β€”
2003 "Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones) β€” β€” Live and Kickin'
2005 "I'm a Worried Man" β€” β€” Countryman
"The Harder They Come" β€” β€”
2006 "You Don't Know Me" β€” β€” You Don't Know Me
"Cowboys Are Frequently,
Secretly Fond of Each Other
"
β€” 52 single only
2008 "Gravedigger" β€” β€” Moment of Forever
"You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore" β€” β€”
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Singles from collaboration albums

Year Single Peak chart positions[1] Album
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1976 "Good Hearted Woman" (with Waylon Jennings) 1 25 16 5 β€” 6 Wanted! The Outlaws
1978 "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up
to Be Cowboys
" (with Waylon Jennings)
1 42 33 1 57 42 Waylon and Willie
"I Can Get Off On You" (with Waylon Jennings) 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"If You Can Touch Her at All" 5 104 β€” 5 β€” β€”
1979 "Heartbreak Hotel" 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” One for the Road (with Leon Russell)
"Crazy Arms" 16 β€” β€” 10 β€” β€” San Antonio Rose (with Ray Price)
1979 "Night Life" 20 β€” β€” 9 β€” β€” Willie Nelson and Danny Davis
(with Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass)
"Funny How Time Slips Away" 41 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
1980 "Faded Love" 3 β€” β€” 3 β€” β€” San Antonio Rose (with Ray Price)
1981 "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" 11 β€” β€” 18 β€” β€”
1982 "Old Friends" (with Ray Price) 19 β€” β€” 18 β€” β€” Old Friends (with Roger Miller)
"In the Jailhouse Now" 72 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” In the Jailhouse Now (with Webb Pierce)
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" 13 β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” WWII (with Waylon Jennings)
1983 "Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way)"
(with Dolly Parton)
7 102 19 5 β€” 2 The Winning Hand
"Reasons to Quit" 6 β€” β€” 7 β€” β€” Pancho and Lefty (with Merle Haggard)
"You're Gonna Love Yourself (In the Morning)"
(with Brenda Lee)
43 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” The Winning Hand
"Pancho and Lefty" 1 β€” 21 1 β€” β€” Pancho and Lefty (with Merle Haggard)
1984 "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around" 46 β€” β€” 35 β€” β€” Music from Songwriter (with Kris Kristofferson)
1991 "If I Can Find a Clean Shirt" 51 β€” β€” 25 β€” β€” Clean Shirt (with Waylon Jennings)
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart positions[1] Album
US Country US CAN Country NLD BEL NOR
1967 "Chet's Tune" Some of Chet's Friends 38 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” single only
1974 "After the Fire Is Gone" Tracy Nelson 17 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Tracy Nelson
1977 "Lily Dale" Darrell McCall 32 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” singles only
"You Are My Sunshine" Duane Eddy (with Waylon Jennings,
Kin Vassy and Deed Eddy)
69 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" Waylon Jennings 1 25 1 β€” β€” β€” Ol' Waylon
1978 "Something to Brag About" Mary Kay Place 9 β€” 14 β€” β€” β€” Aimin' to Please
"Ain't Life Hell" Hank Cochran 77 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” With a Little Help From My Friends
1980 "A Little Bitty Tear" 57 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Make the World Go Away
1981 "There's a Crazy Man" Jody Payne 65 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” single only
1982 "Just to Satisfy You" Waylon Jennings 1 52 2 β€” β€” β€” Black on Black
1983 "They All Went to Mexico" Carlos Santana β€” β€” β€” 7 8 β€” Havana Moon
1984 "Wabash Cannonball" Hank Wilson 91 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” single only
1985 "We Are the World" USA for Africa 76 1 β€” 1 1 1 We Are the World
1986 "I've Already Cheated On You" David Allan Coe 56 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Son of the South
"Mind Your Own Business" Hank Williams Jr.
(with Reba McEntire, Tom Petty
and Reverend Ike)
1 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” Montana Cafe
1987 "If I Could Only Fly" Merle Haggard 58 β€” 50 β€” β€” β€” Seashores of Old Mexico
1990 "Gulf Coast Highway" Emmylou Harris β€” β€” 52 β€” β€” β€” Duets
1999 "Two Sleepy People" Crystal Gayle β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael
2003 "Beer for My Horses" Toby Keith 1 22 * β€” β€” β€” Unleashed
2007 "On the Road Again" Deana Carter β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” The Chain
2008 "My Medicine" Snoop Dogg (with Everlast) β€” β€” β€” 26 β€” β€” Ego Trippin
"Lost Highway" Kurt Nilsen β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Rise to the Occasion
2011 "Superman" Snoop Dogg β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Doggumentary
"Sunny Side of the Street" Tony Bennett β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Duets II
"β€”" denotes releases that did not chart
* denotes unknown peak positions

Other charted songs

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
2004 "Please Come Home for Christmas" 50 A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
"Pretty Paper" (with Kenny Chesney) 45 All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan (Kenny Chesney album)
2008 "That Lucky Old Sun" (with Kenny Chesney) 56 Lucky Old Sun (Kenny Chesney album)
2010 "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Norah Jones) 55 American Classic

Music videos

Year Video Director
1975 "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
1982 "Always on My Mind"
1983 "Pancho and Lefty" (with Merle Haggard) Lana Nelson
1984 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (with Julio Iglesias)
1985 "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Ray Charles)
"Are There Any More Real Cowboys" (with Neil Young) Lana Nelson
1986 "Living in the Promiseland"
1989 "There You Are" Richard Kooris
1991 "If I Can Find a Clean Shirt" (with Waylon Jennings) Deaton-Flanigen Productions
1993 "Don't Give Up" (with SinΓ©ad O'Connor) Peter Israelson
"Still Is Still Moving to Me" John Williamson
1994 "Afraid" Joseph Kahn
"December Day"
"Once You're Past the Blues" (with Curtis Potter)
1995 "Turn Me Loose and Let Me Swing" (with Curtis Potter)
1996 "She Is Gone" Liam Lunson
1998 "I Never Cared for You" Wim Winders
"My Own Peculiar Way"
2001 "Rainbow Connection" Greg Pritikin
2002 "Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) Mark Seliger
"Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)"
2003 "Always on My Mind" (with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora) Jeb Brien
"Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith) Michael Salomon
"Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones) Jeb Brien
2004 "Shotgun Willie/Shotgun Bobby" (with Kid Rock)
2005 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (with Jessica Simpson) Brett Ratner
"I'm a Worried Man" (with Toots Hibbert) Ras Kassa
"The Harder They Come"
2006 "Big Booty" Willie Nelson
"You Don't Know Me" Danny Clinch
2007 "I Give" (with Shawn King)
2008 "Gravedigger" Dean Karr
"You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore" David Anderson/Lana Nelson
"My Medicine" (with Snoop Dogg) Pook Brown
2009 "Back to Earth" (with Melonie Cannon) Scott Hansen
"Hesitation Blues" (with Asleep at the Wheel) Zalman King

Notes

  • A^ Certified Platinum by the RIAA.[2]

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