Gene Watson is an American country music artist. His discography consists of 33 studio albums, eight compilation albums, 61 singles, and five music videos. Of his singles, 48 charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1975 and 1997, including the 1982 number one single "Fourteen Carat Mind".
Albums Studio albums 1960s–1980s Title Album details Peak positionsUS CountryCAN Country Gene Watson Release year: 1969 Label: Wide World — — Love in the Hot Afternoon Release year: 1975 Label: Capitol 5 — Because You Believed in Me Release year: 1976 Label: Capitol 24 — Paper Rosie Release year: 1977 Label: Capitol 22 — Gene Watson's Beautiful Country Release year: 1977 Label: Capitol 32 — Reflections Release year: 1978 Label: Capitol 23 14 Should I Come Home Release year: 1979 Label: Capitol 16 — No One Will Ever Know Release year: 1980 Label: Capitol 45 — Between This Time & the Next Time Release year: 1981 Label: MCA 38 — Old Loves Never Die Release year: 1981 Label: MCA 57 — This Dream's on Me Release year: 1982 Label: MCA 27 — Sometimes I Get Lucky Release year: 1983 Label: MCA 16 — Little By Little Release year: 1984 Label: MCA 34 — Heartaches, Love & Stuff Release year: 1984 Label: MCA / Curb 21 — Memories to Burn Release year: 1985 Label: Epic 35 — Starting New Memories Release year: 1986 Label: Epic 49 — Honky Tonk Crazy Release year: March 25, 1987 Label: Epic 54 — Back in the Fire Release year: 1989 Label: Warner Bros. 42 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s–2020s Title Album details Peak positionsUS Country At Last Release year: 1991 Label: Warner Bros. 74 In Other Words Release year: 1992 Label: Broadland — Uncharted Mind Release year: 1993 Label: Step One — The Good Ole Days Release year: 1996 Label: Step One — Jesus Is All I Need Release year: 1997 Label: Step One — A Way to Survive Release year: 1997 Label: Step One — From the Heart Release year: 2001 Label: Row Music Group — Gene Watson Sings Release year: 2003 Label: Compendia — Then & Now Release year: 2005 Label: Koch Nashville — In a Perfect World Release year: 2007 Label: Shanachie — A Taste of the Truth Release year: 2009 Label: Shanachie — Your Money and My Good Looks Release year: 2011 Label: Upper Management 56 Best of the Best: 25 Greatest Hits Release year: 2012 Label: Fourteen Carat 64 My Heroes Have Always Been Country Release year: 2014 Label: Fourteen Carat 48 Real. Country. Music. Release year: 2016 Label: Fourteen Carat — My Gospel Roots Release year: 2017 Label: Fourteen Carat — Outside the Box Release year: 2022 Label: Fourteen Carat — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positionsUS CountryCAN Country The Best of Gene Watson Release year: 1978 Label: Capitol 29 12 The Best of Gene Watson, Volume 2 Release year: 1981 Label: Capitol — — Greatest Hits Release year: 1985 Label: MCA / Curb — — Texas Saturday Night Release year: 1985 Label: MCA / Curb — — Greatest Hits Release year: 1990 Label: Curb — — Eighteen Greatest Hits Release year: 1999 Label: TeeVee / Capitol — — Ultimate Collection Release year: 2001 Label: Hip-O — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1970s–1980s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1975 "Bad Water" 87 — Love in the Hot Afternoon "Love in the Hot Afternoon" 3 3 "Where Love Begins" 5 4 1976 "You Could Know as Much About a Stranger" 10 42 "Because You Believed in Me" 20 — Because You Believed in Me "Her Body Couldn't Keep You (Off My Mind)" 52 — 1977 "Paper Rosie" 3 1 Paper Rosie "The Old Man and His Horn" 11 9 Gene Watson's Beautiful Country "I Don't Need a Thing at All" 8 4 1978 "Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All the Time" 11 14 "One Sided Conversation" 8 6 Reflections 1979 "Farewell Party" 5 9 "Pick the Wildwood Flower" 5 2 "Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" 3 6 Should I Come Home "Nothing Sure Looked Good on You" 4 3 1980 "Bedroom Ballad" 18 43 "Raisin' Cane in Texas" 15 53 No One Will Ever Know "No One Will Ever Know" 13 22 1981 "Any Way You Want Me" 33 — Any Which Way You Can "Between This Time and the Next Time" 17 8 Between This Time & the Next Time "Maybe I Should Have Been Listening" 23 12 "Fourteen Carat Mind" 1 5 Old Loves Never Die 1982 "Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)" 9 4 "This Dream's on Me" 8 11 This Dream's on Me "What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" 5 3 1983 "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" 2 5 Sometimes I Get Lucky "Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget" 9 6 "Drinkin' My Way Back Home" 10 8Little By Little 1984 "Forever Again" 10 18 "Little by Little" 33 21 "Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home" 7 15Heartaches, Love & Stuff 1985 "One Hell of a Heartache" 43 38 "Cold Summer Day in Georgia" 24 22Memories to Burn "Memories to Burn" 5 2 1986 "Carmen" 32 27 "Bottle of Tears" 50 40 Starting New Memories "Everything I Used to Do" 29 27 1987 "Honky Tonk Crazy" 43 30 Honky Tonk Crazy "Everybody Needs a Hero" 28 46 1988 "Don't Waste It on the Blues" 5 6 Back in the Fire 1989 "Back in the Fire" 20 24 "The Jukebox Played Along" 24 40 "The Great Divide" 41 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s–2000s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1991 "At Last" 61 59 At Last "You Can't Take It with You When You Go" 67 56 1992 "One and One and One" 66 92 In Other Words 1993 "In Other Words" — — "Old Porch Swing" — — "Snake in the House" — — Uncharted Mind 1994 "Glass Hearts" — — "Your Uncharted Mind" — — 1995 "He's Back in Texas Again" — — 1996 "Change Her Mind" 44 90 The Good Ole Days 1997 "No Goodbyes" 73 — 2001 "Next to Nothin'" — — From the Heart 2002 "The Man an' Me and You" — — "No Trash in My Trailer" — — 2003 "New Woman" — — Gene Watson Sings 2007 "I Buried Our Love" — — In a Perfect World 2009 "We've Got a Pulse" — — A Taste of the Truth "Staying Together" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos Year Video 1983 "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" "Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget" 1993 "Old Porch Swing" "Snake in the House" 1994 "Your Uncharted Mind" 2001 "Next to Nothin'" 2009 "Staying Together"
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