Mac Davis discography

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Mac Davis discography
Studio albums19
Compilation albums8
Singles38

Mac Davis was an American country pop artist. His discography consists of 19 studio albums and 38 singles. Thirty of those singles charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1970 and 1986. [1] He is best known for the song "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me." While it wasn't a big hit on country radio stations, it reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in September 1972, spending three weeks atop each. The magazine ranked it as the No. 8 song of 1972.

Contents

Studio albums

1970s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US AUS
[2]
CAN
Song Painter 35182
I Believe in Music
  • Release date: November 1971
  • Label: Columbia Records
160
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
  • Release date: August 1972
  • Label: Columbia Records
2711639
Mac Davis
  • Release date: February 1973
  • Label: Columbia Records
19120
Stop and Smell the Roses
  • Release date: March 1974
  • Label: Columbia Records
2136010
  • US: Platinum [3]
All the Love in the World
  • Release date: December 1974
  • Label: Columbia Records
62133
Burnin' Thing
  • Release date: June 1975
  • Label: Columbia Records
964
Forever Lovers
  • Release date: February 1976
  • Label: Columbia Records
11156
Thunder in the Afternoon
  • Release date: February 25, 1977
  • Label: Columbia Records
38
Fantasy
  • Release date: May 5, 1978
  • Label: Columbia Records
43207
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country US AUS
[2]
CAN
It's Hard to Be Humble3694829
Texas in My Rearview Mirror
  • Release date: September 8, 1980
  • Label: Casablanca Records
1267
Midnight Crazy
  • Release date: September 14, 1981
  • Label: Casablanca Records
19174
Forty 82
  • Release date: November 8, 1982
  • Label: Casablanca Records
Who's Lovin' You
  • Release date: November 4, 1983
  • Label: Columbia Records
Soft Talk65
Till I Made It with You48
Somewhere in America
  • Release date: June 16, 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
Will Write Songs for Food
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Columbia Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
The Mac Davis Collection
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 30, 1979
  • Label: Columbia Records
44
Very Best and More
  • Release date: September 10, 1984
  • Label: Casablanca Records
The Best of Mac Davis
20th Century Masters:
The Millennium Collection
  • Release date: September 12, 2006
  • Label: Mercury Records
The Best of Mac Davis
(Reissue of the 2000 Razor & Tie album)
  • Release date: March 13, 2007
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
A Little More Action Please:
The Anthology 1970-1985
  • Release date: May 21, 2013
  • Label: Raven Australia
Hard to Be Humble: The Best of Mac Davis
  • Release date: October 22, 2013
  • Label: Hux Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[4]
US AC
[5]
AUS
[2]
CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1962"I'm a Poor Loser"
1963"A Little Dutch Town"
"Honey Love"
1965"Bad Scene"
1968"Memories"
1970"Whoever Finds This, I Love You"43532554Song Painter
"I'll Paint You a Song"681101468
"I Believe in Music"11725I Believe in Music
1971"Beginning to Feel the Pain"92Song Painter
1972"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me"26112121Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
"Everybody Loves a Love Song"63135143
1973"Dream Me Home"47733291464875
"Your Side of the Bed"3688281919Mac Davis
"Kiss It and Make It Better"2910564Stop and Smell the Roses
1974"One Hell of a Woman"112043421139
"Stop and Smell the Roses"4091781135
1975"Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)"291544014All the Love in the World
"(If You Add) All the Love in the World"6954315531
"Burnin' Thing"3153204714Burnin' Thing
"I Still Love You (You Still Love Me)"813838
1976"Forever Lovers"177632817Forever Lovers
"Every Now and Then"3432
1977"Picking Up the Pieces of My Life"42253717Thunder in the Afternoon
1978"Music in My Life"92226Fantasy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[4]
AUS
[2]
CAN Country CAN
1980"It's Hard to Be Humble"10439414Hard to Be Humble
"Let's Keep It That Way"1015
"Texas in My Rearview Mirror"95140Texas in My Rearview Mirror
1981"Hooked on Music"210230
"Secrets"4776
"You're My Bestest Friend"510626Midnight Crazy
1982"Rodeo Clown"37Texas in My Rearview Mirror
"The Beer Drinkin' Song"52Forty '82
"Lying Here Lying"62
1984"Most of All"41Soft Talk
"Caroline's Still in Georgia"76
1985"I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You)"106Till I Made It with You
"I Feel the Country Callin' Me"34
1986"Sexy Young Girl"46
"Somewhere in America"65Somewhere in America
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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