Waylon Jennings singles discography

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Waylon Jennings discography
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Music videos16
Singles98
B-sides11
No. 1 Single (USA)16
No. 1 single (All)32

The following is a detailed discography of all singles released by American country music singer Waylon Jennings. A total of 16 Jennings' singles have reached number one on music charts.

Contents

As lead artist

1950s — 1960s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
1959"Jole Blon"Non-album single
1961"Another Blue Day"
1962"Crying" Waylon at JD's
1963"My Baby Walks All Over Me"Non-album single
1964"Love Denied"
"Four Strong Winds"
"Sing the Girls a Song Bill"
1965"I Don't Believe You"
"That's the Chance I'll Have to Take"49 Folk-Country
"Stop the World (And Let Me Off)"16
"Anita, You're Dreaming"17 Leavin' Town
1966"Time to Bum Again"17
"(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me"9
"Green River"11 Nashville Rebel (soundtrack)
1967"Mental Revenge"12 Jewels
"The Chokin' Kind"84 Hangin' On
"Walk On Out of My Mind"55 Only the Greatest
1968"I Got You" (with Anita Carter)42 Just to Satisfy You
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"21Only the Greatest
"Yours Love"55 Jewels
"My World"Non-album single
"Another Blue Day"
1969"Something's Wrong in California"19 The Best of Waylon Jennings
"The Days of Sand and Shovels"201
"MacArthur Park" (with The Kimberlys)23931196 Country-Folk
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"31 Waylon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC
[5]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
CAN AC
[6]
AU
1970"Singer of Sad Songs"1211 Singer of Sad Songs
"The Taker"5948 The Taker/Tulsa
"Suspicious Minds" (with Jessi Colter)25Non-album single
"(Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa"1630The Taker/Tulsa
1971"Mississippi Woman"146
"Under Your Spell Again"39 Ladies Love Outlaws
"Cedartown, Georgia"1211 Cedartown, Georgia
"Good Hearted Woman"31 Good Hearted Woman
1972"Sweet Dream Woman"73
"Pretend I Never Happened"62 Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
1973"You Can Have Her"7 [upper-alpha 1] 2
"We Had It All"2817 Honky Tonk Heroes
"You Ask Me To"88
1974"This Time"11 This Time
"I'm a Ramblin' Man"175278 [8] 75 The Ramblin' Man
1975"Rainy Day Woman"218
"Dreaming My Dreams with You"104 Dreaming My Dreams
"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"16021
"Good Hearted Woman" (re-recording with Willie Nelson)1251656 Wanted! The Outlaws
1976"Suspicious Minds" (with Jessi Colter; re-release)22
"Can't You See"4971 Are You Ready for the Country
"Are You Ready for the Country"73
1977"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"1251614640 Ol' Waylon
"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"11 Waylon & Willie
1978"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(with Willie Nelson)
1423315742
"I've Always Been Crazy"11 I've Always Been Crazy
"Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"51
1979"Amanda"15440167 [9] 7 Greatest Hits
"Come with Me"11 What Goes Around Comes Around
"I Ain't Living Long Like This"11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC
[5]
CAN Country
[3]
1980"Clyde"7 [upper-alpha 2] 1 Music Man
"Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" [upper-alpha 3] 1212
1981"Storms Never Last" (with Jessi Colter)1711
"The Wild Side of Life/
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (with Jessi Colter)
106 Leather and Lace
"Shine"51 Black on Black
1982"Just to Satisfy You" (with Willie Nelson)1522
"Women Do Know How to Carry On"46
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (with Willie Nelson)132 WWII
1983"Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"14 It's Only Rock & Roll
"Breakin' Down"104
"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (with Jerry Reed)207 Waylon and Company
"Take It to the Limit" (with Willie Nelson)8 [upper-alpha 4] 311 Take It to the Limit
"The Conversation" (with Hank Williams, Jr.)1512Waylon and Company
1984"I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)"44
"Never Could Toe the Mark"62 Never Could Toe the Mark
"America"6 Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
1985"Waltz Me to Heaven"1014
"Drinkin' and Dreamin'"226 Turn the Page
"The Devil's on the Loose"137
1986"Sweet Mother Texas" [10] Sweet Mother Texas
"Working Without a Net"75 Will the Wolf Survive
"Will the Wolf Survive"55
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (with Johnny Cash)3540 Heroes
"What You'll Do When I'm Gone"87Will the Wolf Survive
"The Ballad of Forty Dollars" (with Johnny Cash)50Heroes
"The Broken Promise Land" [11] The Best of Waylon
1987"Rose in Paradise"11 Hangin' Tough
"Fallin' Out"811
"Rough and Rowdy Days"618 A Man Called Hoss
1988"If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now"1637
"How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A."3842 Full Circle
1989"Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)"2831
"Trouble Man"61
"You Put the Soul in the Song"5989
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s — 2010s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
[3]
1990"Wrong"52 The Eagle
"Where Corn Don't Grow"6742
"What Bothers Me Most"6672
1991"The Eagle"2220
"If I Can Find a Clean Shirt" (with Willie Nelson)5125Clean Shirt
"Tryin' to Outrun the Wind" (with Willie Nelson) [12]
1992"Just Talkin'" [13] Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.
"Too Dumb for New York City"83
1996"Deep in the West" (with Jessi Colter) [14] Right for the Time
1998"I Know About Me, I Don't Know About You" Closing in on the Fire
2012"Goin' Down Rockin'" Goin' Down Rockin': The Last Recordings
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC
[5]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
CAN AC
[6]
1967"Chet's Tune"
(as a member of Some of Chet's Friends)
38Non-album single
1978"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
(Johnny Cash with Waylon Jennings)
25 I Would Like to See You Again
1983"Leave Them Boys Alone"
(Hank Williams Jr. with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb)
67 Strong Stuff
1985"We Are the World"
(as a member of USA for Africa)
761111 We Are the World
1988"Somewhere Between Ragged and Right"
(John Anderson with Waylon Jennings)
2335 Blue Skies Again
"Angels Love Bad Men"
(Barbara Mandrell with Waylon Jennings)
4940 Sure Feels Good
"High Ridin' Heroes"
(David Lynn Jones with Waylon Jennings)
1412 Hard Times on Easy Street
1996"One Good Love"
(Neil Diamond with Waylon Jennings)
34 Tennessee Moon
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

YearTitlePeak positionsA-side single
US Country
[1] [15]
US CAN Country
[3]
1967"Love of the Common People"67"The Chokin' Kind"
1969"Delia's Gone"37 [upper-alpha 5] "The Days of Sand and Shovels"
1975"Let's All Help the Cowboy (Sing the Blues)"flip"Rainy Day Woman"
"Waymore's Blues" [upper-alpha 6] "Dreaming My Dreams with You"
"Bob Wills Is Still the King"flip"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
1976"I'll Go Back to Her"flip"Can't You See"
"So Good Woman"flip"Are You Ready for the Country"
1977"Lookin' for a Feeling"flip"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"
1978"I Can Get Off On You" (with Willie Nelson)flip"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
"Girl I Can Tell (You're Trying to Work It Out)"flip"Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand"
1979"Wish I Was Crazy Again"
(Johnny Cash with Waylon Jennings)
2225"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1983"The Conversation" (with Hank Williams, Jr.)David Hogan
1984"Never Could Toe the Mark"
"If She'll Leave Her Mama"
"Settin' Me Up"
"Where Would I Be"
"Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
"America"
1990"Wrong" Deaton Flanigen
1991"If I Can Find a Clean Shirt" (with Willie Nelson)
1993"Cowboy Movies"Greg Travis
1995"Wild Ones"Deaton Flanigen
1996"One Good Love" (with Neil Diamond) [16]
"Deep in the West" (with Jessi Colter)Jane Minarovic
2001"Drift Away"Wyatt Smith
"Never Say Die"
"Amanda/A Couple More Years"

See also

Notes

  1. "You Can Have Her" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [7]
  2. "Clyde" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [7]
  3. "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" reached number 26 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.
  4. "Take It to the Limit" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [7]
  5. "Delia's Gone" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 24 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [7]
  6. "Waymore's Blues" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. [7]

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