Johnny Paycheck discography | |
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![]() Paycheck's 1991 album The Last Outlaw. | |
Studio albums | 30 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 27 |
Singles | 64 |
No. 1 Single | 1 |
The Johnny Paycheck discography consists of 30 studio albums, four live albums, 27 compilation albums, 64 singles by American country music singer Johnny Paycheck. Of his albums, one is certified Platinum and one is certified Gold from the Recording Industry Association of America, with his highest peaking album being Take This Job and Shove It , which peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. That album's title track was also his highest single, topping the Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Of Paycheck's 30 studio albums, only half of them charted, with his last charting album coming in 1987, with Modern Times which peaked at 54.
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Notes |
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US Country | |||
At Carnegie Hall | 22 |
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The Lovin' Machine |
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Gospeltime in My Fashion |
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Jukebox Charlie |
| 10 | |
Country Soul |
| 41 | |
Wherever You Are |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
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US Country | CAN Country | ||||
Again |
| — | — |
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She's All I Got |
| 5 | — |
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Someone to Give My Love To |
| 9 | — |
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Somebody Loves Me |
| 16 | — |
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Heartbreak, Tenn. |
| — | — |
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Mr. Lovemaker |
| 12 | — | ||
Song and Dance Man |
| 16 | — | ||
Loving You Beats All I've Ever Seen |
| — | — | ||
11 Months and 29 Days |
| 40 | — | ||
Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets |
| 22 | — |
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Take This Job and Shove It [A] |
| 2 | — | ||
Armed and Crazy |
| 15 | 12 |
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Bars - Booze - Blondes |
| — | — |
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Everybody's Got a Family... Meet Mine |
| 42 | 17 |
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Title | Album details | Peak positions | Notes |
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US Country | |||
Mr. Hag Told My Story |
| 40 |
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Lovers and Losers |
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I Don't Need To Know That Right Now |
| — |
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Modern Times |
| 54 |
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Outlaw at the Cross |
| — |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Title | Album details | Notes |
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The Last Outlaw | ||
The Difference in Me |
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Tribute to George Jones | ||
I'm a Survivor |
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Studio 102 Essentials |
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Title | Album details | Peak positions | Notes |
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US Country | |||
Double Trouble (with George Jones) |
| 45 |
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Title | Album details | Peak positions | Notes | |
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US Country | ||||
New York Town |
| 48 |
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Live in Branson, MO, U.S.A. |
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Live at Gilley's |
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Live at the Palomino |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Notes | |
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US Country | ||||
Johnny Paycheck's Greatest Hits |
| 42 | ||
Johnny Paycheck's Greatest Hits |
| 21 | ||
At His Best |
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Johnny Paycheck's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
| 23 |
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The Outlaw |
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Jesus and the Outlaw |
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Honky Tonk & Slow Music |
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Touch My Heart |
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Encore |
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Biggest Hits |
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The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years |
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16 Biggest Hits |
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Remembering |
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The Soul & the Edge: The Best of Johnny Paycheck |
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The Collection | — | |||
The Little Darlin' Sound of Johnny Paycheck: The Beginning |
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The Little Darlin' Sound of Johnny Paycheck: On His Way |
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The Little Darlin' Sound of Johnny Paycheck: The Gospel Truth - The Complete Gospel Sessions |
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11 Months and 29 Days/Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets |
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Shakin' the Blues |
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Take This Job and Shove It/Armed and Crazy |
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Nowhere to Run: The Little Darlin' Years 1966–1970 |
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Someone to Give My Love To/Somebody Loves Me |
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Double Trouble/A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
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The Essential Johnny Paycheck |
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I'll Take That Paycheck Now |
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Paycheck Time |
| — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
Year | Single |
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1958 | "It's Been a Long, Long Time for Me" |
1959 | "The Old Man and the River" |
1960 | "Shakin' the Blues" |
1961 | "One Day a Week" |
"Go Ring the Bells" | |
1962 | "I'd Come Back to Me" (with the Merry Melody Singers) |
1964 | "Don't Get Lonesome Without Me" |
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country | |||
1964 | "I'd Rather Be Your Fool" | — | — |
1965 | "For Those Who Think Young" | — | |
"A-11" | 26 | ||
"Heartbreak Tennessee" | 40 | ||
1966 | "I'm Barely Hangin' on to Me" | — | |
"The Lovin' Machine" | 8 | The Lovin' Machine | |
"Ballad of Green Berets" | — | At Carnegie Hall | |
"Right Back Where We Parted" | — | — | |
"Motel Time Again" | 13 | Jukebox Charlie | |
1967 | "Jukebox Charlie" | 15 | |
"The Cave" | 32 | — | |
"Don't Monkey with Another Monkey's Monkey" | 41 | Greatest Hits | |
1968 | "(It Won't Be Long) And I'll Be Hating You" | 59 | |
"My Heart Keeps Running to You" | 66 | ||
"If I'm Gonna Sink" | 73 | Wherever You Are | |
1969 | "My World of Memories" | — | |
"Wherever You Are" | 31 | ||
"Wildfire" | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1971 | "She's All I Got" [B] | 2 | 2 | She's All I Got |
1972 | "Someone to Give My Love To" | 4 | 7 | Someone to Give My Love To |
"Love Is a Good Thing" | 12 | 24 | ||
"Somebody Loves Me" | 21 | 13 | Somebody Loves Me | |
1973 | "Something About You I Love" | 10 | 20 | Mr. Lovemaker |
"Mr. Lovemaker" | 2 | 3 | ||
"Song and Dance Man" | 8 | 9 | Song and Dance Man | |
1974 | "My Part of Forever" | 19 | 37 | |
"Keep on Lovin' Me" | 23 | 33 | Greatest Hits | |
"For a Minute There" | 12 | 2 | Song and Dance Man | |
1975 | "Loving You Beats All I've Ever Seen" | 26 | 46 | Loving You Beats All I've Ever Seen |
"I Don't Love Her Anymore" | 38 | 45 | ||
"All-American Man" | 23 | — | — | |
1976 | "The Feminine Touch" | 56 | 48 | 11 Months and 29 Days |
"Gone at Last" (with Charnissa) | 49 | — | ||
"11 Months and 29 Days" | 34 | — | ||
"I Can See Me Lovin' You Again" | 44 | — | ||
1977 | "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets" | 7 | 7 | Slide Off Your Satin Sheets |
"I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" | 8 | 6 | ||
"Take This Job and Shove It" | 1 | 1 | Take This Job and Shove It | |
1978 | "Georgia in a Jug" | 17 | 6 | |
"Friend, Lover, Wife" | 7 | 8 | Armed and Crazy | |
1979 | "The Outlaw's Prayer" [C] | 27 | 29 | |
"Down on the Corner at a Bar Called Kelly's" | 94 | — | — | |
"(Stay Away From) The Cocaine Train" | 49 | 34 | Everybody's Got a Family | |
"Drinkin' and Drivin'" | 17 | 23 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1980 | "Fifteen Beers" | 40 | 43 | Everybody's Got a Family... Meet Mine |
"In Memory of a Memory" | 22 | 35 | New York Town | |
1981 | "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" (with Merle Haggard) | 41 | 41 | Mr. Hag Told My Story |
"Yesterday's News (Just Hit Home Today)" | 57 | — | ||
"The Highlight of '81" | 75 | 42 | Lovers and Losers | |
1982 | "No Way Out" | 69 | — | |
"D.O.A. (Drunk on Arrival)" | 88 | — | ||
1983 | "I Don't Need to Know That Right Now" | — | — | — |
1984 | "I Never Got Over You" | 30 | — | I'm a Survivor |
1985 | "You're Every Step I Take" | 47 | 49 | |
"Everything Is Changing" | 63 | — | ||
1986 | "Sexy Southern Lady" | — | — | — |
"Old Violin" | 21 | 36 | Modern Times | |
"Don't Bury Me 'Til I'm Ready" | 49 | — | ||
1987 | "Come to Me" | 56 | — | |
"I Grow Old Too Fast (And Smart Too Slow)" | 72 | — | ||
1988 | "Out of Beer" | 81 | — | — |
"Josie" | — | — | ||
1989 | "Scars" | 90 | — | Outlaw at the Cross |
1994 | "There Lies the Difference" | — | — | The Difference in Me |
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1978 | "Maybellene" | 7 | 4 | Double Trouble |
1979 | "You Can Have Her" | 14 | 26 | |
1980 | "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" | 31 | 29 | |
"You Better Move On" | 18 | 25 | ||
Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||||
1972 | "Let's All Go Down to the River" | Jody Miller | 13 | 18 | There's a Party Goin' On |
Year | B-Side | Peak chart positions | Original A-Side | |
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US Country | CAN Country | |||
1972 | "Billy Jack Washburn" | — | 79 | "Living the Life of a Dog" |
1978 | "Colorado Kool-Aid" | 50 | — | "Take This Job and Shove It" |
"Me and the I.R.S." | 33 | — | "Georgia in a Jug" | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||