Merle Haggard discography
 | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 76 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 48 |
| ↙Singles | 96 |
| ↙No.1 Single | 38 |
The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes a selection of compilation albums.
Studio albums
1960s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Strangers |
|
9 | — |
| Swinging Doors |
|
1 | — |
| I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
|
3 | 165 |
| Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose |
|
1 | 167 |
| Sing Me Back Home |
|
1 | — |
| The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde |
|
6 | — |
| Mama Tried |
|
4 | — |
| Pride in What I Am |
|
11 | 189 |
| Same Train, A Different Time |
|
1 | 67 |
| A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
|
3 | 99 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
1970s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | ||
| A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) |
|
2 | 58 | — | — |
| Hag |
|
1 | 66 | — | 63 |
| Someday We'll Look Back |
|
4 | 108 | — | — |
| Let Me Tell You About a Song |
|
7 | 166 | — | — |
| It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| If We Make it Through December |
|
4 | 190 | — | — |
| Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| Keep Movin' On |
|
1 | 129 | — | — |
| It's All in the Movies |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| My Love Affair with Trains |
|
7 | — | — | — |
| The Roots of My Raising |
|
8 | — | — | — |
| Ramblin' Fever |
|
5 | — | — | 20 |
| A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
|
28 | — | — | — |
| My Farewell to Elvis |
|
6 | 133 | — | — |
| I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
|
17 | — | 9 | — |
| Serving 190 Proof |
|
17 | — | 1 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] |
Certifications[2] (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| The Way I Am |
|
16 | — | — | |
| Back to the Barrooms |
|
8 | — | — | |
| Big City |
|
3 | 161 | — |
|
| Going Where the Lonely Go |
|
3 | — | — | |
| That's the Way Love Goes |
|
8 | — | — | |
| It's All in the Game |
|
1 | — | 6 | |
| Kern River |
|
8 | — | — | |
| A Friend In California |
|
15 | — | — | |
| Out Among the Stars |
|
2 | — | — | |
| Chill Factor |
|
8 | — | 14 | |
| 5:01 Blues |
|
28 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1990s
| Title | Album details | Peak positions [1] |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Blue Jungle |
|
47 |
| 1994 |
|
60 |
| 1996 |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
2000s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Indie | ||
| If I Could Only Fly |
|
26 | 10 |
| Roots, Volume 1 |
|
47 | 26 |
| The Peer Sessions |
|
— | — |
| Haggard Like Never Before |
|
40 | 20 |
| Unforgettable |
|
39 | — |
| Chicago Wind |
|
54 | — |
| The Bluegrass Sessions |
|
43 | 34 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
2010s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Indie | ||
| I Am What I Am |
|
18 | 77 | 11 |
| Working in Tennessee |
|
30 | 155 | 25 |
Collaborations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] |
Certifications[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens) |
|
4 | — | |
| Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
36 | — | |
| Introducing My Friends the Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
34 | — | |
| Getting to Know Strangers (with The Strangers) |
|
44 | — | |
| Honky Tonkin' (with The Strangers) |
|
34 | — | |
| Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...) (with The Strangers) |
|
23 | — | |
| A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) |
|
4 | 123 | |
| Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) |
|
1 | 37 |
|
| Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) |
|
44 | — | |
| Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) |
|
39 | — | |
| Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) |
|
31 | — | |
| Kicking Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) |
|
25 | — | |
| Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) |
|
7 | 64 | |
| Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson) |
|
To be released | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Gospel albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions [1] |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| The Land of Many Churches |
|
15 |
| Songs for the Mama That Tried |
|
46 |
| Cabin in the Hills |
|
— |
| Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley) |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Christmas albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions [1] |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| A Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New) |
|
4 |
| Goin' Home for Christmas |
|
41 |
| I Wish I Was Santa Claus |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] |
Certifications[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN | |||
| Okie from Muskogee |
|
1 | 46 | 96 |
|
| The Fightin' Side of Me |
|
1 | 68 | — |
|
| I Love Dixie Blues |
|
1 | 126 | — | |
| Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium |
|
20 | — | — | |
| The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) |
|
28 | — | — | |
| Amber Waves of Grain |
|
25 | — | — | |
| Live from Austin Texas |
|
— | — | — | |
| Live from Austin, Texas '78 |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] |
Certifications[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| The Best of Merle Haggard |
|
3 | — |
|
| Close-Up |
|
23 | — | |
| The Best of the Best |
|
1 | 137 |
|
| Songs I'll Always Sing |
|
15 | — | |
| Eleven Winners |
|
9 | — | |
| The Way It Was in '51 |
|
30 | — | |
| Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits |
|
37 | — | |
| His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) |
|
41 | — |
|
| His Best |
|
38 | — | |
| Greatest Hits of the 80's |
|
— | — | |
| Super Hits |
|
— | — | |
| Super Hits, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — |
|
| Super Hits, Vol. 3 |
|
— | — | |
| Down Every Road 1962–1994 |
|
— | — | |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
|
55 | — |
|
| For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
|
38 | — |
|
| Cheatin' |
|
— | — | |
| Drinkin' |
|
— | — | |
| Hurtin' |
|
— | — | |
| Prison |
|
— | — | |
| 40 #1's |
|
60 | — | |
| Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard |
|
59 | — | |
| 10 Great Songs |
|
75 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Singles
1960s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[3] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1963 | "Sing a Sad Song" | 19 | — | Strangers |
| 1964 | "Sam Hill" | 45 | — | |
| "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" | 10 | — | ||
| 1965 | "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | "Swinging Doors" | 5 | — | Swinging Doors |
| "The Bottle Let Me Down" | 3 | — | ||
| "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" | 1 | — | I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | |
| 1967 | "I Threw Away the Rose" | 2 | — | Branded Man |
| "Branded Man" | 1 | — | ||
| "Sing Me Back Home" | 1 | 7 | Sing Me Back Home | |
| 1968 | "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" | 1 | 3 | The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde |
| "Mama Tried" | 1 | 1 | Mama Tried | |
| "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" | 3 | 1 | Pride in What I Am | |
| 1969 | "Hungry Eyes" | 1 | 2 | A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
| "Workin' Man Blues" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Okie from Muskogee"[A] | 1 | 3 | Okie from Muskogee | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1970s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[3] | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1970 | "The Fightin' Side of Me" | 1 | 92 | 1 | — | The Fightin' Side of Me |
| "Street Singer" | 9 | 124 | 1 | — | Introducing My Friends The Strangers | |
| "Jesus, Take a Hold" | 3 | 107 | 3 | — | Hag | |
| "I Can't Be Myself " | 3 | 106 | 2 | — | ||
| 1971 | "Soldier's Last Letter" | 3 | 90 | 4 | — | |
| "Someday We'll Look Back" | 2 | 119 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back | |
| "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song | |
| "Carolyn" | 1 | 58 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back | |
| 1972 | "Grandma Harp" | 1 | — | 5 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song |
| "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" | 1 | — | 1 | — | It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | |
| "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" | 1 | — | 1 | — | I Love Dixie Blues | |
| 1973 | "The Emptiest Arms in the World" | 3 | — | 12 | — | |
| "Everybody's Had the Blues" | 1 | 62 | 1 | — | ||
| "If We Make It Through December"[B] | 1 | 28 | 1 | 30 | If We Make It Through December | |
| 1974 | "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
| "Old Man from the Mountain" | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Kentucky Gambler" | 1 | — | 1 | — | Keep Movin' On | |
| 1975 | "Always Wanting You" | 1 | — | 3 | — | |
| "Movin' On" | 1 | — | 15 | — | ||
| "It's All in the Movies" | 1 | — | 11 | — | It's All in the Movies | |
| 1976 | "The Roots of My Raising" | 1 | — | 7 | — | The Roots of My Raising |
| "Here Comes the Freedom Train" | 10 | — | 1 | — | My Love Affair with Trains | |
| "Cherokee Maiden" | 1 | — | 1 | — | The Roots of My Raising | |
| 1977 | "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" | 2 | — | 2 | — | Ramblin' Fever |
| "Ramblin' Fever" | 2 | — | 3 | — | ||
| "From Graceland to the Promised Land" | 4 | 58 | 3 | 55 | My Farewell to Elvis | |
| 1978 | "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" | 2 | — | 2 | — | I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
| "It's Been a Great Afternoon" | 2 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "The Bull and The Beaver" (with Leona Williams) | 8 | — | 25 | — | N/A | |
| 1979 | "Red Bandana" | 4 | — | 2 | — | Serving 190 Proof |
| "My Own Kind of Hat" | 4 | — | 4 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1980s and 1990s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[3] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "The Way I Am" | 2 | 1 | The Way I Am |
| "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) | 1 | 1 | Bronco Billy (soundtrack) | |
| "Misery and Gin" | 3 | 4 | Back to the Barrooms | |
| "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | 1 | 29 | ||
| 1981 | "Leonard" | 9 | 7 | |
| "Rainbow Stew" (live) | 4 | 17 | Rainbow Stew | |
| "My Favorite Memory" | 1 | 3 | Big City | |
| 1982 | "Big City" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" |
2 | 1 | ||
| "Going Where the Lonely Go" | 1 | 1 | Going Where the Lonely Go | |
| 1983 | "You Take Me for Granted" | 1 | 9 | |
| "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" | 3 | 2 | That's the Way Love Goes | |
| "That's the Way Love Goes" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1984 | "Someday When Things Are Good" | 1 | 1 | His Epic Hits |
| "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" | 1 | 9 | It's All in the Game | |
| "A Place to Fall Apart" (featuring Janie Fricke) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1985 | "Natural High" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Kern River" | 10 | 10 | Kern River | |
| "Amber Waves of Grain" | 36 | 38 | Amber Waves of Grain | |
| "American Waltz" | 60 | 41 | ||
| 1986 | "I Had a Beautiful Time" | 5 | 4 | A Friend in California |
| "A Friend in California" | 9 | 12 | ||
| "Out Among the Stars" | 21 | 22 | Out Among the Stars | |
| 1987 | "Almost Persuaded" | 58 | 54 | |
| "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" | 1 | 1 | Chill Factor | |
| 1988 | "Chill Factor" | 9 | 12 | |
| "We Never Touch at All" | 22 | * | ||
| "You Babe" | 23 | * | ||
| 1989 | "5:01 Blues" | 18 | 14 | 5:01 Blues |
| "A Better Love Next Time" | 4 | 10 | ||
| "If You Want to Be My Woman" | 23 | 15 | ||
| 1990 | "Broken Friend" | — | 78 | |
| "When It Rains It Pours" | 60 | — | Blue Jungle | |
| 1994 | "In My Next Life" | 58 | — | 1994 |
| 1999 | "That's the Way Love Goes" (re-recording with Jewel) | 56 | 71 | For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions | ||||
Other singles
Singles from collaboration albums
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US AC | CAN Country | ||||
| 1964 | "Just Between the Two of Us" | Bonnie Owens | 28 | — | — | Just Between the Two of Us |
| 1982 | "Yesterday's Wine" | George Jones | 1 | — | 5 | A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
| "C.C. Waterback" | 10 | — | 18 | |||
| "Reasons to Quit" | Willie Nelson | 6 | — | 7 | Pancho & Lefty | |
| 1983 | "Pancho and Lefty" | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||
| "We're Strangers Again" | Leona Williams | 42 | — | — | Heart to Heart | |
| 1987 | "If I Could Only Fly" | Willie Nelson | 58 | — | 50 | Seashores of Old Mexico |
| 2000 | "Wreck on the Highway" | Chester Smith | — | — | — | California Blend |
| 2015 | "It's All Going to Pot" | Willie Nelson | 48 | — | — | Django & Jimmie |
| — denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | ||||
| 1978 | "Willie" | Hank Cochran | 91 | — | With a Little Help from My Friends |
| 1979 | "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb | 31 | 18 | The Legend and the Legacy |
| 1981 | "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" | Johnny Paycheck | 41 | 41 | Mr. Hag Told My Story |
| "Lefty" | David Frizzell | 45 | — | Carryin' on the Family Names | |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" | Various artists | 59 | — | Tribute to Tradition |
| 2005 | "Politically Uncorrect" | Gretchen Wilson | 23 | * | All Jacked Up |
| 2013 | "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | Hank Williams, Jr. | — | * | Old School New Rules |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions | |||||
B-sides
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | A-Side | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1966 | "Someone Told My Story" | 32 | — | — | "The Fugitive" |
| 1970 | "Sidewalks of Chicago" | flip | flip | — | "I Can't Be Myself" |
| 1972 | "Turnin' Off a Memory" | flip | — | — | "Grandma Harp" |
| 1976 | "What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana" | flip | — | — | "Cherokee Maiden" |
| 1977 | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" | flip | — | — | "Ramblin' Fever" |
| 1978 | "Making Believe" | flip | — | — | "Running Kind" |
| "Love Me When You Can" | flip | — | — | "It's Been a Great Afternoon" | |
| 1979 | "I Must Have Done Something Bad" | flip | — | — | "Red Bandana" |
| "Heaven Was a Drink of Wine" | flip | — | — | "My Own Kind of Hat" | |
| 1981 | "Our Paths May Never Cross" | — | — | 55 | "Leonard" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Other charted songs
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1977 | "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" | 16 | 8 | A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
| 1978 | "Running Kind" | 12 | 10 | |
| "The Way It Was in '51" | 82 | 58 | The Way It Was in '51 | |
| 1982 | "Dealing with the Devil" | 49 | — | Rainbow Stew |
| 1983 | "It's All in the Game" | 54 | — | It's All in the Game |
| 1985 | "Make Up and Faded Blue Jeans" | 55 | 49 | Back to the Barrooms |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) | |
| 2000 | "Motorcycle Cowboy" | David Abbott |
| "(Think About A) Lullaby" | Piper Ferguson | |
| 2001 | "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" | Bobby G. |
| 2003 | "Farmer's Blues" (with Marty Stuart) | Deb Haus |
| 2004 | "That's the News" | |
| 2005 | "America First" | Traci Goudie |
| 2006 | "Politically Uncorrect" (with Gretchen Wilson) | Deaton-Flanigen |