Steve Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His discography comprises nineteen studio albums, six compilation albums, and fifty-five singles. Of his studio albums, three are certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies each: 1991's I Am Ready, and Burnin' the Roadhouse Down and Two Teardrops from 1998 and 1999 respectively. I Am Ready was Wariner's first release for Arista Nashville following tenures on RCA and MCA Nashville, and Burnin' the Roadhouse Down his first for Capitol Records.
| Steve Wariner discography | |
|---|---|
 Wariner performing in 2019. | |
| Studio albums | 19 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 55 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| #1 Singles | 13 |
Out of his fifty-five solo singles, Wariner has reached Number One on the Billboard country charts nine times. His first was "All Roads Lead to You" in 1981, followed by two streaks of three consecutive Number Ones each: "Some Fools Never Learn," "You Can Dream of Me" and "Life's Highway" between 1985 and 1986, and "Small Town Girl," "The Weekend" and "Lynda" between 1986 and 1987, followed by "Where Did I Go Wrong" and "I Got Dreams," both in 1989.[1]
Wariner has also been featured as a guest performer on singles by Nicolette Larson, Glen Campbell, Mark O'Connor, Anita Cochran and Clint Black, and has featured Garth Brooks as a guest vocalist on two of his own singles. Wariner's guest appearance on Cochran's late 1997-early 1998 hit "What If I Said" became Wariner's tenth Number One hit, as well as his first Billboard Hot 100 hit at number 59. Although he never had any Number One country hits after this song, his singles "Two Teardrops" and "I'm Already Taken" (the latter a re-recording of his 1978 debut single, which peaked at 63 that year) reached 30 and 42 on the pop charts while also reaching Top 5 at country.[1] Wariner's last Top Ten country hit was his guest vocal on Black's 2000 single release "Been There," a number 5 country and number 44 pop hit.[1]
Besides his single releases and guest appearances, Wariner collaborated with Lee Roy Parnell and Diamond Rio on a rendition of "Workin' Man Blues" which reached 48 on the country charts credited to Jed Zeppelin.[2] He has also charted with a cover version of "Get Back" from the 1995 Beatles tribute album Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles, and one Christmas release from the multi-artist Capitol Records album Shimmy Down the Chimney.[1]
Studio albums
edit1980s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] | ||
| Steve Wariner |
|
35 |
| Midnight Fire |
|
39 |
| One Good Night Deserves Another |
|
20 |
| Life's Highway |
|
22 |
| It's a Crazy World |
|
30 |
| I Should Be with You |
|
20 |
| I Got Dreams |
|
32 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
1990s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US [4] |
CAN Country [5] | |||
| Laredo |
|
20 | — | — | |
| Christmas Memories |
|
71 | — | — | |
| I Am Ready |
|
28 | 180 | 16 | |
| Drive |
|
51 | — | 19 | |
| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
|
— | — | — | |
| Burnin' the Roadhouse Down |
|
6 | 41 | 15 |
|
| Two Teardrops |
|
6 | 35 | 6 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
2000s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US Indie [7] | ||
| Faith in You |
|
31 | — |
| Steal Another Day |
|
31 | 12 |
| Guitar Christmas |
|
— | |
| This Real Life |
|
— | — |
| My Tribute to Chet Atkins |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
2010s and 2020s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] | ||
| Guitar Laboratory |
|
— |
| It Ain't All Bad |
|
74 |
| All Over the Map |
|
— |
| Feels Like Christmas Time |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US [4] | ||
| Greatest Hits |
|
— | — |
| Down in Tennessee |
|
— | — |
| Greatest Hits |
|
25 | 187 |
| Greatest Hits Volume II |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
edit1970s and 1980s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1978 | "I'm Already Taken" | 63 | — | Non-album singles |
| "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" | 76 | — | ||
| "Marie" | 94 | — | ||
| 1979 | "Beside Me" | 60 | — | |
| 1980 | "The Easy Part's Over" | 41 | — | |
| "Your Memory" | 7 | — | Steve Wariner | |
| 1981 | "By Now" | 6 | 50 | |
| "All Roads Lead to You"[a] | 1 | 19 | ||
| 1982 | "Kansas City Lights" | 15 | — | |
| "Don't It Break Your Heart" | 30 | — | ||
| "Don't Plan On Sleeping Tonight" | 27 | 34 | ||
| 1983 | "Don't Your Mem'ry Ever Sleep at Night" | 23 | 26 | Midnight Fire |
| "Midnight Fire" | 5 | 11 | ||
| "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1984 | "Why Goodbye" | 12 | 16 | |
| "Don't You Give Up on Love" | 49 | 46 | ||
| "What I Didn't Do" | 3 | 1 | One Good Night Deserves Another | |
| 1985 | "Heart Trouble" | 8 | 15 | |
| "Some Fools Never Learn" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "You Can Dream of Me" | 1 | 1 | Life's Highway | |
| 1986 | "Life's Highway" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Starting Over Again" | 4 | 11 | ||
| "Small Town Girl" | 1 | 1 | It's a Crazy World | |
| 1987 | "The Weekend" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Lynda" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1988 | "Baby I'm Yours" | 2 | 1 | I Should Be with You |
| "I Should Be with You"[b] | 2 | 1 | ||
| "Hold On (A Little Longer)" | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1989 | "Where Did I Go Wrong" | 1 | 1 | I Got Dreams |
| "I Got Dreams" | 1 | 3 | ||
| "When I Could Come Home to You" | 5 | 10 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1990s and 2000s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [1] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "The Domino Theory" | 7 | — | 3 | Laredo |
| "Precious Thing" | 8 | — | 13 | ||
| "There for Awhile" | 17 | — | 16 | ||
| 1991 | "Leave Him Out of This" | 6 | — | 11 | I Am Ready |
| 1992 | "The Tips of My Fingers" | 3 | — | 19 | |
| "A Woman Loves" | 9 | — | 12 | ||
| "Crash Course in the Blues" | 32 | — | 45 | ||
| 1993 | "Like a River to the Sea" | 30 | — | 12 | |
| "If I Didn't Love You" | 8 | — | 8 | Drive | |
| "Drivin' and Cryin'" | 24 | — | 65 | ||
| 1994 | "It Won't Be Over You" | 18 | — | — | |
| "Drive" | 63 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Get Back" | 72 | — | — | Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles |
| 1998 | "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" | 2 | — | 2 | Burnin' the Roadhouse Down |
| "Road Trippin'" | 55 | — | 56 | ||
| "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" (with Garth Brooks) | 26 | — | 14 | ||
| "Every Little Whisper" | 36 | — | 48 | ||
| 1999 | "Two Teardrops" | 2 | 30 | 5 | Two Teardrops |
| "I'm Already Taken" (re-recording) | 3 | 42 | 10 | ||
| 2000 | "Faith in You" | 28 | — | 60 | Faith in You |
| "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Garth Brooks) | 22 | —[c] | 10 | ||
| 2003 | "Snowfall on the Sand" | 52 | — | — | Steal Another Day |
| "I'm Your Man" | 58 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
As a featured artist
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] |
US [1] |
CAN Country | ||||
| 1986 | "That's How You Know When Love's Right" (Nicolette Larson with Steve Wariner) |
9 | — | 9 | Rose of My Heart | |
| 1987 | "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (Glen Campbell with Steve Wariner) |
6 | — | 6 | Still Within the Sound of My Voice | |
| 1991 | "Restless" (Mark O'Connor with Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and Steve Wariner) |
25 | — | 19 | The New Nashville Cats | |
| "Now It Belongs to You" (Mark O'Connor with Steve Wariner) |
71 | — | 62 | |||
| 1994 | "Workin' Man's Blues" (as Jed Zeppelin)[d] |
48 | — | — | Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard | |
| 1997 | "What If I Said" (Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner) |
1 | 59 | 1 | Back to You | |
| 2000 | "Been There" (Clint Black with Steve Wariner) |
5 | 44 | 1 | D'lectrified | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
Christmas singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] | |||
| 2000 | "Christmas in Your Arms" | 65 | Shimmy Down the Chimney: A Country Christmas |
Promotional singles
edit| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "When We're Together"[9] | Greatest Hits (RCA) |
| 1986 | "You Make It Feel So Right"[10] | Down in Tennessee |
Charted B-sides
edit| Year | B-side | Peak positions |
Original A-side |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] | |||
| 1979 | "Forget Me Not" | 49 | "Beside Me" |
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Why Goodbye" | Hogan Entertainment |
| 1987 | "The Weekend" | Michael Salomon |
| 1988 | "I Should Be with You" | |
| 1990 | "The Domino Theory" | Jerry Simer |
| 1991 | "Leave Him Out of This" | Michael Merriman |
| 1992 | "The Tips of My Fingers" | Deaton-Flanigen Productions |
| "Crash Course in the Blues" | Julie Cypher | |
| 1993 | "If I Didn't Love You" | Deaton-Flanigen Productions |
| "Drivin' and Cryin'" | ||
| 1994 | "Drive" | |
| 1995 | "Get Back" | Steven Goldmann |
| 1998 | "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" | Michael Salomon |
| 1999 | "Two Teardrops" | Charley Randazzo |
| "I'm Already Taken"[11] | ||
| 2000 | "Faith in You" | Peter Zavadil |
Guest appearances
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Restless" (with Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs) |
|
| "Now It Belongs to You" (with Mark O'Connor) | Gustavo Garzon | |
| 1994 | "Workin' Man Blues" (with Diamond Rio and Lee Roy Parnell; credited as Jed Zeppelin) |
Deaton Flanigen |
| 1997 | "This Night Won't Last Forever" (with Sawyer Brown and Mac McAnally) (Live) |
Michael Salomon |
| "What If I Said" (with Anita Cochran) | Jim Shea | |
| 2000 | "Been There" (with Clint Black) | Clint Black |
Notes
edit- ^ "All Roads Lead to You" also peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
- ^ "I Should Be with You" also peaked at number 43 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.[8]
- ^ "Katie Wants a Fast One" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[1]
- ^ Jed Zeppelin is a multi-artist collaboration consisting of Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, and Steve Wariner.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 447–448. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ Whitburn, p. 206
- ^ a b c d e "Steve Wariner Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "Steve Wariner Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c "RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Steve Wariner Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
- ^ "Single releases" (PDF). Cash Box. March 30, 1985. p. 25. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ "Feature picks" (PDF). Cash Box: 50. March 8, 1986.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Steve Wariner : I'm Already Taken". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.[dead link]