Joe Diffie discography

Joe Diffie discography
Studio albums12
Compilation albums6
Singles38
Music videos24

Joe Diffie was an American country music artist. His discography comprises 12 studio albums, six compilation albums and 38 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".

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]
Mr. Christmas
  • Release date: September 19, 1995
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 24 129 —
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 and 2010s

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
[1] 		US Blue-
grass
[11] 		US
Indie
[12]
In Another World 56 — —
Tougher Than Nails 42 — 16
Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
  • Release date: October 26, 2010
  • Label: Rounder Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
 — 10 —
All in the Same Boat
(with Sammy Kershaw and Aaron Tippin)
  • Release date: May 28, 2013
  • Label: Big Hit Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
 70 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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 4 38
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

Singles

1990s

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 —[a] 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
"Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" 33 — — Mr. Christmas
1996 "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" 23 — 27 Life's So Funny
"Whole Lotta Gone" 23 — 21
1997 "This Is Your Brain" 25 — 32 Twice Upon a Time
"Somethin' Like This" 40 — 76
"The Promised Land" 61 — —
1998 "Texas Size Heartache" 4 — 15 Greatest Hits
"Poor Me" 43 — 49
"Behind Closed Doors" 64 — — Tribute to Tradition
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–2020s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[13] 		US Country Airplay
[17] 		US
[14] 		CAN
[18] 		CAN Country
[15][19]
2000 "It's Always Somethin'" 5 57 — 11 A Night to Remember
2001 "In Another World" 10 66 — — In Another World
2002 "This Pretender" 49 — — —
2004 "Tougher Than Nails" 19 —[b] — — Tougher Than Nails
"If I Could Only Bring You Back" 50 — — —
2013 "All in the Same Boat"
(with Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw)[20] 		— — — — — All in the Same Boat
"Girl Ridin' Shotgun"
(with D-Thrash of Jawga Boyz)[21] 		— — — — — Non-album singles
2018 "I Got This"[22] — — — — —
"Quit You"[23] — — — — —
2023 "Pickup Man"
(featuring Post Malone) 		34 44 —[c] 80 57 Hixtape, Vol. 3: Difftape
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[13] 		CAN Country
[15]
1992 "Not Too Much to Ask"
(Mary Chapin Carpenter with Joe Diffie) 		15 12 Come On Come On
1998 "Same Old Train"[d] 59 — Tribute to Tradition
2009 "No Trash in My Trailer"
(Colt Ford featuring Joe Diffie) 		— — Ride Through the Country
"—" 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
"Beverly Hillbillies Medley"
(with Lorrie Morgan and Jim Varney) 		Charley 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
2013 "All in the Same Boat"
(with Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw)
"Girl Ridin' Shotgun" (with Jawga Boyz)[25] Blake Judd

Notes

  1. ^ "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[16]
  2. ^ "Tougher Than Nails" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[16]
  3. ^ "Pickup Man" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[24]
  4. ^ All-star collaboration featuring Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joe Diffie Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Joe Diffie Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Regular Joe". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – H0onky Tonk Attitude". Music Canada.
  6. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Honky Tonk Attitude". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Music Canada.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Recording Industry Association of America.
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Music Canada.
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Recording Industry Association of America.
  11. ^ "Bluegrass Albums - November 13, 2010 - Greatest Gainer". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  12. ^ "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  13. ^ a b c "Joe Diffie - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Joe Diffie - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "Joe Diffie - Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  16. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  17. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  19. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Canada Country". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin - All In The Same Boat (Radio Edit)". Play MPE. March 5, 2013.
  21. ^ "Joe Diffie - Girl Ridin' Shotgun". Play MPE. June 4, 2013.
  22. ^ "Joe Diffie - I Got This". Play MPE. June 27, 2018.
  23. ^ "Joe Diffie, 'Quit You' (Exclusive Premiere)". The Boot. October 30, 2018.
  24. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  25. ^ "CMT : Videos : Joe Diffie : Girl Ridin' Shotgun". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.