Steve Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His discography comprises 23 studio albums, six compilation albums and 55 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.
Out of his 55 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.
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. 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.
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.Whitburn, p. 206 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.
Studio albums 1980s Title Album details Peak positions US Country Steve Wariner Release date: 1982 Label: RCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 35 Midnight Fire Release date: 1983 Label: RCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 39 One Good Night Deserves Another Release date: 1985 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 20 Life's Highway Release date: 1985 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 22 It's a Crazy World Release date: 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 30 I Should Be with You Release date: March 7, 1988 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 20 I Got Dreams Release date: 1989 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 32 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US CAN Country Laredo Release date: February 28, 1990 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette 20 — — Christmas Memories Release date: October 16, 1990 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette 71 — — I Am Ready Release date: October 22, 1991 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 28 180 16 US: Gold Drive Release date: July 27, 1993 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 51 — 19 No More Mr. Nice Guy Release date: March 12, 1996 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette — — — Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Release date: April 21, 1998 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 6 41 15 US: Gold Two Teardrops Release date: May 4, 1999 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 6 35 6 US: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country USIndie Faith in You Release date: May 9, 2000 Label: Capitol Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 31 — Steal Another Day Release date: February 4, 2003 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD 31 12 Guitar Christmas Release date: October 20, 2003 Re-release: October 12, 2010 Label: SelecTone Records, Allegro Media Group (re-release) Formats: CD, digital download — — This Real Life Release date: August 9, 2005 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, music download — — My Tribute to Chet Atkins Release date: June 23, 2009 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, music download — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s and 2020s Title Album details Peak positions US Country Guitar Laboratory Release date: February 8, 2011 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, music download — It Ain't All Bad Release date: September 10, 2013 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, music download 74 All Over the Map Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, music download — Feels Like Christmas Time Release date: October 15, 2021 Label: SelecTone Records Formats: CD, digital download Wariner's third Christmas album contains six original songs co-written by Wariner and five holiday standards — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US Greatest Hits Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette — — Down in Tennessee Release date: 1986 Label: RCA Records Formats: LP, cassette — — Greatest Hits Release date: September 7, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, CD, cassette 25 187 Greatest Hits Volume II Release date: October 25, 1990 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, cassette — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1970s and 1980s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1978 "I'm Already Taken" 63 — rowspan="5" "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" 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 1One Good Night Deserves Another1985 "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" 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 Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US 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" 26 — 14 "Every Little Whisper" 36 — 48 1999 "Two Teardrops" 2 30 5 Two Teardrops "I'm Already Taken" 3 42 10 2000 "Faith in You" 28 — 60 Faith in You "Katie Wants a Fast One" 22 — 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 Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US CAN Country 1986 "That's How You Know When Love's Right" 9 — 9 Rose of My Heart 1987 "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" 6 — 6 Still Within the Sound of My Voice 1991 "Restless" 25 — 19 The New Nashville Cats "Now It Belongs to You" 71 — 62 1994 "Workin' Man's Blues" 48 — — Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard 1997 "What If I Said" 1 59 1 Back to You 2000 "Been There" 5 44 1 D'lectrified "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Christmas singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 2000 "Christmas in Your Arms" 65 Shimmy Down the Chimney: A Country Christmas
Promotional singles Year Single Album 1985 "When We're Together"Greatest Hits 1986"You Make It Feel So Right"Down in Tennessee
Charted B-sides Year B-side Peakpositions Original A-side US Country 1979 "Forget Me Not" 49 "Beside Me"
Music videos 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" Brent Hedgecock 1998 "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" Michael Salomon 1999 "Two Teardrops" Charley Randazzo "I'm Already Taken" 2000 "Faith in You" Peter Zavadil
Guest appearances 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
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