George Strait singles discography
George Strait discography | |
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Music videos | 16 |
Singles | 104 |
Other charted songs | 24 |
No. 1 singles (US) | 44 |
The singles discography of American country music singer George Strait comprises 125 charted singles. Starting with "Unwound" in 1981, Strait has reached the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs charts with all but 14 of his single releases. He has 44 No. 1s on the Billboard country charts, the most of any artist.[1] Strait has also amassed 86 Top 10 hits on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, second only to Eddy Arnold, who had 92.[2]
Singles
1980s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | |
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US Country [3] | CAN Country [4] | ||||
1981 | "Unwound" | 6 | — | Strait Country | |
"Down and Out" | 16 | 14 | |||
1982 | "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" | 3 | 2 | ||
"Fool Hearted Memory" | 1 | 1 |
| Strait from the Heart | |
"Marina del Rey" | 6 | 2 | |||
1983 | "Amarillo by Morning" | 4 | 1 |
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"A Fire I Can't Put Out" | 1 | 2 | |||
"You Look So Good in Love" | 1 | 1 |
| Right or Wrong | |
1984 | "Right or Wrong" | 1 | 1 | ||
"Let's Fall to Pieces Together" | 1 | 1 | |||
"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" | 1 | 10 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | ||
1985 | "The Cowboy Rides Away" | 5 | 3 |
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"The Fireman" | 5 | 10 |
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"The Chair" | 1 | 1 |
| Something Special | |
"You're Something Special to Me" | 4 | 4 | |||
1986 | "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" | 1 | 1 |
| #7 |
"It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" | 1 | 5 | |||
"Ocean Front Property" | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean Front Property | |
1987 | "All My Ex's Live in Texas" | 1 | 1 |
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"Am I Blue" | 1 | 1 | |||
1988 | "Famous Last Words of a Fool" | 1 | 1 | If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin' | |
"Baby Blue" | 1 | 3 |
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"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" | 1 | 1 | |||
"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" | 1 | 1 |
| Beyond the Blue Neon | |
1989 | "What's Going On in Your World" | 1 | 2 | ||
"Ace in the Hole" | 1 | 1 | |||
"Overnight Success" | 8 | 7 | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
1990s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||
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US Country [3] | US [6] | CAN Country [4] | ||||
1990 | "Love Without End, Amen" | 1 | — | 1 |
| Livin' It Up |
"Drinking Champagne" | 4 | — | 3 | |||
"I've Come to Expect It from You" | 1 | — | 1 | |||
1991 | "If I Know Me" | 1 | — | 1 | Chill of an Early Fall | |
"You Know Me Better Than That" | 1 | — | 1 | |||
"The Chill of an Early Fall" | 3 | — | 2 | |||
1992 | "Lovesick Blues" | 24 | — | 23 | ||
"Gone as a Girl Can Get" | 5 | — | 6 | Holding My Own | ||
"So Much Like My Dad" | 3 | — | 3 | |||
"I Cross My Heart" | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pure Country | |
1993 | "Heartland" | 1 | — | 1 |
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"When Did You Stop Loving Me" | 6 | — | 6 | |||
"Easy Come, Easy Go" | 1 | 71 | 1 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | |
"I'd Like to Have That One Back" | 3 | —[a] | 3 | |||
1994 | "Lovebug" | 8 | —[b] | 9 | ||
"The Man in Love with You" | 4 | —[c] | 2 | |||
"The Big One" | 1 | — | 4 | Lead On | ||
"You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" | 1 | —[d] | 2 | |||
1995 | "Adalida" | 3 | — | 2 | ||
"Lead On" | 7 | — | 8 | |||
"Check Yes or No" | 1 | — | 1 |
| Strait Out of the Box | |
"I Know She Still Loves Me" | 5 | — | 8 | |||
1996 | "Blue Clear Sky" | 1 | — | 1 |
| Blue Clear Sky |
"Carried Away" | 1 | — | 2 |
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"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" | 4 | — | 2 |
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"King of the Mountain" | 19 | — | 27 | |||
1997 | "One Night at a Time" | 1 | 59 | 1 | Carrying Your Love with Me | |
"Carrying Your Love with Me" | 1 | — | 1 |
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"Today My World Slipped Away" | 3 | — | 7 | |||
1998 | "Round About Way" | 1 | — | 1 | ||
"I Just Want to Dance with You" | 1 | 61 | 1 |
| One Step at a Time | |
"True" | 2 | — | 1 | |||
"We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This" | 4 | 44 | 2 | |||
1999 | "Meanwhile" | 4 | 38 | 1 | Always Never the Same | |
"Write This Down" | 1 | 27 | 1 |
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"What Do You Say to That" | 4 | 45 | 2 | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
2000s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | |||
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US Country [3] | US [6] | CAN Country [4][8] | CAN [9] | ||||
2000 | "The Best Day" | 1 | 31 | 7 | — | Latest Greatest Straitest Hits | |
"Go On" | 2 | 40 | 1 | — | George Strait | ||
"Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" | 17 | —[e] | — | — | |||
2001 | "If You Can Do Anything Else" | 5 | 51 | — | — | ||
"Run" | 2 | 34 | — | — |
| The Road Less Traveled | |
2002 | "Living and Living Well" | 1 | 27 | — | — | ||
"She'll Leave You with a Smile" | 1 | 23 | — | — |
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2003 | "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa" | 11 | 69 | — | — | Honkytonkville | |
"Cowboys Like Us" | 2 | 38 | — | — |
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2004 | "Desperately" | 6 | 44 | 5 | — | ||
"I Hate Everything" | 1 | 35 | 3 | — |
| 50 Number Ones | |
2005 | "You'll Be There" | 4 | 54 | 5 | — | Somewhere Down in Texas | |
"She Let Herself Go" | 1 | 54 | 3 | — |
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2006 | "The Seashores of Old Mexico" | 11 | 85 | 7 | — | ||
"Give It Away" | 1 | 35 | 1 | — |
| It Just Comes Natural | |
"It Just Comes Natural" | 1 | 58 | 1 | — |
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2007 | "Wrapped" | 2 | 71 | 1 | 63 |
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"How 'bout Them Cowgirls" | 3 | 49 | 3 | 67 |
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2008 | "I Saw God Today" | 1 | 33 | 1 | 60 |
| Troubadour |
"Troubadour" | 7 | 54 | 3 | 74 |
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"River of Love" | 1 | 59 | 6 | 77 | |||
2009 | "Living for the Night" | 2 | 53 | 4 | 72 | Twang | |
"Twang" | 14 | 100 | 13 | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
2010s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||||
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US Country [3] | US Country Airplay [10] | US [6] | CAN Country [8] | CAN [9] | ||||
2010 | "I Gotta Get to You" | 3 | 70 | 4 | — | Twang | ||
"The Breath You Take" | 6 | 63 | 10 | 90 | ||||
2011 | "Here for a Good Time" | 2 | 46 | 2 | 66 |
| Here for a Good Time | |
"Love's Gonna Make It Alright" | 3 | 61 | 6 | — | ||||
2012 | "Drinkin' Man" | 37 | — | — | — | |||
"Give It All We Got Tonight" | 7 | 2 | 43 | 30 | 72 |
| Love Is Everything | |
2013 | "I Believe" | — | 50 | — | — | — | ||
"I Got a Car" | 23 | 17 | 89 | 39 | — |
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2015 | "Let It Go" | 29 | 46 | —[f] | — | — | Cold Beer Conversation | |
"Cold Beer Conversation" | 36 | 33 | — | 43 | — | |||
2016 | "Goin' Goin' Gone" | —[g] | — | — | — | Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 | ||
2019 | "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" | 20 | 17 | —[h] | 29 | — |
| Honky Tonk Time Machine |
"The Weight of the Badge" | 43 | 51 | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
2020s
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | Album | ||||
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US Country [3] | US Country Airplay [10] | US [6] | CAN Country [8] | CAN [9] | ||||
2024 | "MIA Down in MIA" | — | — | — | — | — | Cowboys and Dreamers | |
"The Little Things" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Three Drinks Behind" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
As featured artist
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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US Country [3] | US Country Airplay [10] | US [6] | CAN Country [8] | CAN [9] | |||
2004 | "Hey, Good Lookin'" (Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait) | 8 | 63 | — | — | License to Chill | |
2007 | "Shiftwork" (Kenny Chesney with George Strait) | 2 | 47 | 2 | 61 | Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates | |
2016 | "Forever Country" (as Artists of Then, Now & Forever) | 1 | 33 | 21 | 34 | 25 | Non-album single |
Other charted songs
B-sides
The following songs are B-sides that charted separately.
Year | Song | Peak positions | Original A-side |
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US Country [3] | |||
1990 | "Hollywood Squares" | 67 | "Overnight Success" |
1996 | "Do the Right Thing" | 69 | "Carried Away" |
1997 | "Won't You Come Home (And Talk to a Stranger)" | 70 | "One Night at a Time" |
2001 | "The Real Thing" | 60 | "Run" |
2004 | "Honk If You Honky Tonk" | 45 | "Desperately" |
Christmas songs
The following songs charted from Christmas airplay.
Year | Song | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country [3] | |||
1996 | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 69 | Merry Christmas Strait to You! |
1998 | "Merry Christmas Strait to You" | 58 | |
2000 | "I Know What I Want for Christmas" | 73 | Merry Christmas Wherever You Are |
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | 72 | ||
"Jingle Bell Rock" | 69 | ||
2001 | "Old Time Christmas" | 62 | |
2002 | "Christmas Cookies" | 33 | A Country Christmas 1999 |
Other charted songs
The following songs charted from unsolicited airplay.
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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US Country [3] | CAN Country [4] | |||
1990 | "Angel, Angelina" | —[i] | — | Beyond the Blue Neon |
1992 | "Overnight Male" | 70 | — | Pure Country |
1998 | "You Haven't Left Me Yet" | 59 | 79 | One Step at a Time |
1999 | "I Look at You" | 75 | — | Always Never the Same |
"Peace of Mind" | 74 | — | ||
"One of You" | 73 | — | ||
"Always Never the Same" | 69 | — | ||
2000 | "Murder on Music Row" (with Alan Jackson) | 38 | 47 | Latest Greatest Straitest Hits |
2002 | "Designated Drinker" (with Alan Jackson) | 44 | — | Drive |
"Stars on the Water" | 50 | — | The Road Less Traveled | |
2005 | "Texas" | 35 | — | Somewhere Down in Texas |
2009 | "El Rey" | 58 | — | Twang |
2019 | "God and Country Music" | 36 | — | Honky Tonk Time Machine |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |
Music videos
Year | Title | Director |
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1983 | "You Look So Good in Love" | — |
1985 | "The Chair" | Marc Ball |
1987 | "Amarillo by Morning" | — |
1989 | "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" | John Lloyd Miller |
1991 | "If I Know Me" | Bill Young |
1992 | "I Cross My Heart" | Charley Randazzo |
1993 | "Heartland" | Christopher Cain |
1994 | "The Man in Love with You" | Bill Young |
1995 | "Check Yes or No" | John Lloyd Miller |
1997 | "Carrying Your Love with Me" | Christopher Cain |
1999 | "Write This Down" (Live) | Deaton-Flanigen Productions/Bill Young/Jack Hattingh |
2000 | "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" | Gerry Wenner |
2002 | "She'll Leave You With a Smile" (Live) | Bud Schaetzle |
2006 | "The Seashores of Old Mexico" | Trey Fanjoy[16] |
2008 | "Troubadour" | |
2009 | "Living for the Night" (Live) | Shaun Silva[17] |
2019 | "Código" | Polly Burokas[18] |
"Every Little Honky Tonk Bar"[19] | — | |
2021 | "The Weight of the Badge" |
Guest appearances
Year | Title | Director |
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2004 | "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith) | Trey Fanjoy[16] |
2016 | "Forever Country" (Artists of Then, Now & Forever) | Joseph Kahn[20] |
See also
Notes
- ^ "I'd Like to Have That One Back" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number nine on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[7]
- ^ "Love Bug" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[7]
- ^ "The Man in Love with You" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[7]
- ^ "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[7]
- ^ "Don't Make Me Come Over There and Love You" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[7]
- ^ "Let It Go" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.
- ^ "Goin' Goin' Gone" did not enter Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay, but peaked at number 37 on Billboard Country Indicator.[14]
- ^ "Every Little Honky Tonk Bar" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.
- ^ "Angel, Angelina" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 1 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[15]
References
- ^ Trust, Gary (2009-12-29). "Best of 2009 by the Numbers". Billboard. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
- ^ Grein, Paul (May 28, 2014). "Wanna See George Strait's Final Show? It'll Cost You". Chart Watch. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "George Strait - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "RPM magazine archives". RPM. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "American certifications – George Strait". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "George Strait - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 406–408. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c d "George Strait - Canada Country". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "George Strait - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ a b c "George Strait - Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
- ^ "American single certifications – George Strait – Here for a Good Time". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American single certifications – George Strait – Give It All We Got Tonight". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ a b "American single certifications – George Strait – I Got a Car". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "George Strait - Country Indicator". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. March 31, 1990.
- ^ a b "Credits - Trey Fanjoy". Trey Fanjoy. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Chowchilla's Shaun Silva cleans up at the CMT Awards". Merced Sun-Star. June 10, 2010.
- ^ "Watch George Strait Dance With His Wife in 'Código' Video". Sounds Like Country. April 3, 2019.
- ^ Hunter Hauk (May 10, 2019). "Watch the New George Strait Video for 'Every Little Honky Tonk Bar'". Cowboys & Indians. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Chloe Melas (September 21, 2016). "Country Music's biggest names team up for 'Forever Country' music video". CNN. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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- Right or Wrong
- Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
- Something Special
- #7
- Ocean Front Property
- If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'
- Beyond the Blue Neon
- Livin' It Up
- Chill of an Early Fall
- Holding My Own
- Pure Country
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- Blue Clear Sky
- Carrying Your Love with Me
- One Step at a Time
- Always Never the Same
- George Strait
- The Road Less Traveled
- Honkytonkville
- Somewhere Down in Texas
- It Just Comes Natural
- Troubadour
- Twang
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- Love Is Everything
- Cold Beer Conversation
- Honky Tonk Time Machine
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- Greatest Hits Volume Two
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- Strait Out of the Box
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- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of George Strait
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- 22 More Hits
- Icon
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- Strait Out of the Box: Part 2
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- The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium
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