Emerson Drive discography | |
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Studio albums | 7 |
Compilation albums | 1 |
Music videos | 25 |
EPs | 1 |
Singles | 33 |
The discography for Canadian country music group Emerson Drive consists of seven studio albums, one compilation, one EP, 33 singles, and 25 music videos. The band was formed in February 1995, under the name 12 Gauge, and released an independent debut album in 1996 titled Open Season. The group then released their second album, Until You Walk the Tracks in 1997. The album included the singles "Love's a Trip" and "Some Trains Never Come", which peaked at number 70 and number 36 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart.
In 2001, the group changed their name to Emerson Drive, signed to DreamWorks Nashville and released the third album, Emerson Drive , and issued three singles. The group later released one more album for DreamWorks Nashville, What If? , before signing to Midas Records Nashville where they released their fifth album Countrified , which contained the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs number one hit "Moments". The group's most recent studio album, Roll , was released in October 2012.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Country [1] | US [2] | US Heat [3] | ||
Open Season (as 12 Gauge) |
| — | — | — |
Until You Walk the Tracks (as 12 Gauge) |
| — | — | — |
Emerson Drive |
| 13 | 108 | 2 |
What If? |
| 12 | 107 | 2 |
Countrified |
| 30 | 141 | 2 |
Believe |
| — | — | — |
Roll |
| 62 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Title | Details |
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Decade of Drive |
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Title | Details |
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Tilt-a-Whirl |
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Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||
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CAN Country [4] | CAN [5] | US Country [6] | US [7] | |||
1996 | "Hopeless Guy" (as 12 Gauge) | — | — | — | — | Open Season |
1997 | "Love's a Trip" (as 12 Gauge) | 55 | — | — | — | Until You Walk the Tracks |
1998 | "Some Trains Never Come" (as 12 Gauge) | 36 | — | — | — | |
2001 | "I Should Be Sleeping" | — | — | 4 | 35 | Emerson Drive |
2002 | "Fall into Me" | — | — | 3 | 34 | |
2003 | "Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)" | — | — | 23 | 124 | |
"Waitin' on Me" | — | 38 | — | — | What If? | |
2004 | "Last One Standing" | 25 | — | 21 | 89 | |
"November" | — | — | 41 | — | ||
2005 | "If You Were My Girl" | 7 | — | — | — | |
"Still Got Yesterday" | 12 | — | — | — | ||
2006 | "A Good Man" | 5 | — | 17 | 120 | Countrified |
"Countrified Soul" | 6 | — | — | — | ||
"Moments" | 4 | 62 | 1 | 56 | ||
2007 | "You Still Own Me" | — | — | 22 | — | |
"Testify" | 5 | 78 | — | — | ||
"Everyday Woman" | 9 | 87 | — | — | ||
2008 | "Belongs to You" | 8 | 73 | 32 | — | Believe |
2009 | "Believe" | 6 | 73 | — | — | |
"I Love This Road" | 6 | 86 | — | — | ||
"The Extra Mile" | 8 | 96 | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |
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CAN Country [4] | CAN [5] | ||||
2010 | "That Kind of Beautiful" | 7 | 80 | Believe | |
"When I See You Again" | 13 | 97 | Decade of Drive | ||
2011 | "Let Your Love Speak" | 7 | 89 | ||
"Sleep It Off" | 10 | — | |||
2012 | "She's My Kind of Crazy" | 8 | 37 | Roll | |
"Let It Roll" (with Doc Walker) | 10 | 61 | |||
2013 | "With You" | 12 | — | ||
"She Always Gets What She Wants" | 17 | — | |||
2015 | "Who We Are" | 9 | 100 | Tilt-a-Whirl | |
"Till the Summer's Gone" | 25 | — | |||
"Good Hurt" | 38 | — | |||
2017 | "Just Got Paid" | 10 | — | Non-album single | |
2018 | "The Road" | 6 | — | ||
2019 | "Country People" | 44 | — | ||
2020 | "Footprints on the Moon" [9] | — | — | ||
2022 | "Every Girl That Got Away" | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
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CAN Country [4] | CAN [5] | |||
2013 | "Wake Me Up" (Tebey featuring Emerson Drive) | 5 | 56 | Two |
Year | Video | Director |
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1996 | "Hopeless Guy" (as 12 Gauge) | |
1997 | "Love's a Trip" (as 12 Gauge) | |
1998 | "Some Trains Never Come" (as 12 Gauge) | |
2001 | "I Should Be Sleeping" | Thom Oliphant |
2002 | "Fall Into Me" | Trey Fanjoy |
2003 | "Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)" | Steven Goldmann |
2004 | "Last One Standing" | Trey Fanjoy |
"November" | Stephano Barberis | |
2005 | "If You Were My Girl" | |
"Still Got Yesterday" | ||
2006 | "A Good Man" | Steven Goldmann |
"Countrified Soul" | ||
"Moments" | ||
2007 | "You Still Own Me" (Live from the Grand Ole Opry) | James Burton Yockey |
2008 | "Belongs to You" | Steven Goldmann |
2009 | "I Love This Road" | David Pichette |
2010 | "That Kind of Beautiful" | |
"When I See You Again" | ||
2011 | "Let Your Love Speak" | |
"Sleep It Off" | ||
2012 | "She's My Kind of Crazy" | |
"Let It Roll" (with Doc Walker) | ||
2013 | "With You" | Steven Goldmann/David Pichette |
2015 | "Till the Summer's Gone" | David Pichette |
"Good Hurt" |
Year | Song | Album |
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2002 | "I Should Be Sleeping" (3 a.m. Mix) | I Should Be Sleeping/Hollywood Kiss [10] |
"I Should Be Sleeping" (Acoustic Mix) | ||
2004 | "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (Live) | Digital release only [10] |
"Fishin' in the Dark" (Live) | ||
"You're Like Coming Home" (Live) | ||
2007 | "I Can Only Imagine" | Songs for Worship: Country |
2012 | "O Holy Night" | Digital release only |
Emerson Drive is a Canadian country music band consisting of Brad Mates, Danick Dupelle, Mike Melancon (drums), and Dale Wallace. The band was founded in 1995 as 12 Gauge, which consisted of Mates, Pat Allingham (fiddle), Steven Swager, Chris Hartman (keyboards), Dan Binns (guitar), David Switzer (guitar), and Reni Barre (drums); Swager was replaced with Jeff Loberg early on. After recording under this name, the band moved to the United States in 1999 and renamed themselves to Emerson Drive. They released two albums for the former DreamWorks Records Nashville branch: Emerson Drive in 2002 and What If? in 2004. These accounted for their first hit singles in the United States: "I Should Be Sleeping", "Fall into Me", and "Last One Standing". After DreamWorks closed, Emerson Drive signed with Midas Records Nashville for the 2006 album Countrified, which produced their only American number-one single in "Moments". Further releases in the United States were unsuccessful, but the band has continued to chart in Canada through releases on Open Road Recordings.
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