Steve Wariner discography

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Steve Wariner discography
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Wariner performing in 2019.
Studio albums19
Compilation albums6
Music videos21
Singles55
#1 Singles13

Steve Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His discography comprises nineteen studio albums, six compilation albums, and fifty-five 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.

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Out of his fifty-five 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. [1]

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. [1] 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. [1]

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. [2] 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. [1]

Studio albums

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[3]
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 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[3]
US
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
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 2818016
Drive
  • Release date: July 27, 1993
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
5119
No More Mr. Nice Guy
  • Release date: March 12, 1996
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Burnin' the Roadhouse Down 64115
Two Teardrops
  • Release date: May 4, 1999
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
6356
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US Country
[3]
US
Indie

[7]
Faith in You
  • Release date: May 9, 2000
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette
31
Steal Another Day
  • Release date: February 18, 2003
  • Label: SelecTone Records
  • Formats: CD
3112
Guitar Christmas
  • Release date: circa October 2003 on Wariner's website
  • Label: SelecTone Records
  • Reissued October 12, 2010, via Allegro Media Group
  • 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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[3]
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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US Country
[3]
US
[4]
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
25187
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

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
1978"I'm Already Taken"63Non-album singles
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"76
"Marie"94
1979"Beside Me"60
1980"The Easy Part's Over"41
"Your Memory"7Steve Wariner
1981"By Now"650
"All Roads Lead to You" [lower-alpha 1] 119
1982"Kansas City Lights"15
"Don't It Break Your Heart"30
"Don't Plan On Sleeping Tonight"2734
1983"Don't Your Mem'ry Ever Sleep at Night"2326Midnight Fire
"Midnight Fire"511
"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"43
1984"Why Goodbye"1216
"Don't You Give Up on Love"4946
"What I Didn't Do"31One Good Night Deserves Another
1985"Heart Trouble"815
"Some Fools Never Learn"11
"You Can Dream of Me"11Life's Highway
1986"Life's Highway"12
"Starting Over Again"411
"Small Town Girl"11It's a Crazy World
1987"The Weekend"11
"Lynda"11
1988"Baby I'm Yours"21I Should Be with You
"I Should Be with You" [lower-alpha 2] 21
"Hold On (A Little Longer)"64
1989"Where Did I Go Wrong"11I Got Dreams
"I Got Dreams"13
"When I Could Come Home to You"510
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s and 2000s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1990"The Domino Theory"73Laredo
"Precious Thing"813
"There for Awhile"1716
1991"Leave Him Out of This"611I Am Ready
1992"The Tips of My Fingers"319
"A Woman Loves"912
"Crash Course in the Blues"3245
1993"Like a River to the Sea"3012
"If I Didn't Love You"88Drive
"Drivin' and Cryin'"2465
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"22Burnin' the Roadhouse Down
"Road Trippin'"5556
"Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" (with Garth Brooks)2614
"Every Little Whisper"3648
1999"Two Teardrops"2305Two Teardrops
"I'm Already Taken" (re-recording)34210
2000"Faith in You"2860Faith in You
"Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Garth Brooks)22 [lower-alpha 3] 10
2003"Snowfall on the Sand"52Steal Another Day
"I'm Your Man"58
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN Country
1986"That's How You Know When Love's Right"
(Nicolette Larson with Steve Wariner)
99Rose of My Heart
1987"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"
(Glen Campbell with Steve Wariner)
66 Still Within the Sound of My Voice
1991"Restless"
(Mark O'Connor with Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and Steve Wariner)
2519 The New Nashville Cats
"Now It Belongs to You"
(Mark O'Connor with Steve Wariner)
7162
1994"Workin' Man's Blues"
(as Jed Zeppelin) [lower-alpha 4]
48 Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard
1997"What If I Said"
(Anita Cochran with Steve Wariner)
1591 Back to You
2000"Been There"
(Clint Black with Steve Wariner)
5441 D'lectrified
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
2000"Christmas in Your Arms"65Shimmy Down the Chimney: A Country Christmas

Promotional singles

YearSingleAlbum
1985"When We're Together" [9] Greatest Hits(RCA)
1986"You Make It Feel So Right" [10] Down in Tennessee

Charted B-sides

YearB-sidePeak
positions
Original A-side
US Country
[1]
1979"Forget Me Not"49"Beside Me"

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
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" Steven Goldmann
1998"Holes in the Floor of Heaven"Michael Salomon
1999"Two Teardrops"Charley Randazzo
"I'm Already Taken" [11]
2000"Faith in You" Peter Zavadil

Guest appearances

YearVideoDirector
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

Notes

  1. "All Roads Lead to You" also peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Billboard Hot 100. [1]
  2. "I Should Be with You" also peaked at number 43 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. [8]
  3. "Katie Wants a Fast One" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100. [1]
  4. Jed Zeppelin is a multi-artist collaboration consisting of Diamond Rio, Lee Roy Parnell, and Steve Wariner. [1]

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