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 US CAN Country A Thousand Winding Roads Release date: September 7, 1990 Label: Epic Records Formats: CD, cassette 23 — — Regular Joe Release date: January 14, 1992 Label: Epic Records Formats: CD, cassette 22 132 25 US: Gold Honky Tonk Attitude Release date: April 20, 1993 Label: Epic Records Formats: CD, cassette 10 67 — CAN: Gold US: Platinum Third Rock from the Sun Release date: July 26, 1994 Label: Epic Records Formats: CD, cassette 6 53 9 CAN: Platinum US: Platinum 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 CAN: Gold US: Gold 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 US Blue-grass USIndie In Another World Release date: October 30, 2001 Label: Monument Records Formats: CD, cassette 56 — — Tougher Than Nails Release date: June 1, 2004 Label: Broken Bow Records Formats: CD, music download 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 chartpositions US Country US Greatest Hits Release date: June 9, 1998 Label: Epic Records Formats: CD, cassette 21 131 16 Biggest Hits Release date: February 19, 2002 Label: Epic/Legacy Recordings Formats: CD 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 US CAN Country 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 — 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 US Country Airplay US CAN CAN Country 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 — — — Tougher Than Nails "If I Could Only Bring You Back" 50 — — — 2013 "All in the Same Boat" — — — — — All in the Same Boat "Girl Ridin' Shotgun" — — — — — rowspan="3" 2018 "I Got This" — — — — — "Quit You" — — — — — 2023 "Pickup Man" 34 44 — 80 57 Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1992 "Not Too Much to Ask" 15 12 Come On Come On 1998 "Same Old Train" 59 — Tribute to Tradition 2009 "No Trash in My Trailer" — — 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) Blake Judd
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