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".
| Joe Diffie discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 38 |
| Music videos | 24 |
Studio albums
edit1990s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] |
CAN Country [3] | |||
| A Thousand Winding Roads |
|
23 | — | — | |
| Regular Joe |
|
22 | 132 | 25 | |
| Honky Tonk Attitude |
|
10 | 67 | — | |
| Third Rock from the Sun |
|
6 | 53 | 9 | |
| Mr. Christmas |
|
24 | 129 | — | |
| Life's So Funny |
|
28 | 167 | 14 | |
| Twice Upon a Time |
|
33 | — | — | |
| A Night to Remember |
|
23 | 189 | 25 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
2000s and 2010s
edit| 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 |
|
— | 10 | — |
| All in the Same Boat (with Sammy Kershaw and Aaron Tippin) |
|
70 | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [2] | ||
| Greatest Hits |
|
21 | 131 |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
|
4 | 38 |
| Super Hits |
|
— | — |
| The Essential Joe Diffie |
|
— | — |
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
— | — |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Joe Diffie |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
edit1990s
edit| 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
edit| 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 | |||||||
As a featured artist
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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]
- ^ "Tougher Than Nails" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.[16]
- ^ "Pickup Man" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number five on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[24]
- ^ 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
edit- ^ a b c "Joe Diffie Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ a b "Joe Diffie Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Regular Joe". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – H0onky Tonk Attitude". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Honky Tonk Attitude". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Third Rock from the Sun". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Bluegrass Albums - November 13, 2010 - Greatest Gainer". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Joe Diffie - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Joe Diffie - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Joe Diffie - Country Singles". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Canada Country". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Diffie, Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin - All In The Same Boat (Radio Edit)". Play MPE. March 5, 2013.
- ^ "Joe Diffie - Girl Ridin' Shotgun". Play MPE. June 4, 2013.
- ^ "Joe Diffie - I Got This". Play MPE. June 27, 2018.
- ^ "Joe Diffie, 'Quit You' (Exclusive Premiere)". The Boot. October 30, 2018.
- ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Joe Diffie : Girl Ridin' Shotgun". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 9, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
External links
edit- Joe Diffie discography discography at Discogs