| Artist: | Merle Haggard |
| Studio: | 66 |
| Compilation: | 26 |
| Live: | 8 |
| Singles: | 84 |
| Music Videos: | 13 |
| Option: | 38 |
| Option Name: | No.1 Single |
The discography for American country music singer Merle Haggard includes 66 studio albums, five instrumental albums featuring his backing band the Strangers, as well as several live and compilation albums. Haggard recorded for a variety of major and independent record labels through the years, with significant years spent with Capitol Records (where he lived for over a decade), MCA Records, Epic Records and Curb Records, as well as his own label Hag Records.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Strangers |
| 9 | — |
| Just Between the Two of Us |
| 4 | — |
| Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down |
| 1 | — |
| I'm a Lonesome Fugitive |
| 3 | 165 |
| Branded Man/I Threw Away the Rose |
| 1 | 167 |
| Sing Me Back Home |
| 1 | — |
| The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde |
| 6 | — |
| Mama Tried |
| 4 | — |
| Pride in What I Am |
| 11 | 189 |
| Same Train, a Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings the Great Songs of Jimmie Rodgers |
| 1 | 67 |
| A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
| 3 | 99 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | ||
| A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) |
| 2 | 58 | — | — |
| Hag |
| 1 | 66 | — | 63 |
| Someday We'll Look Back |
| 4 | 108 | — | — |
| Let Me Tell You About a Song |
| 7 | 166 | — | — |
| It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) |
| 1 | — | — | — |
| Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New) |
| 4 | — | — | — |
| If We Make it Through December |
| 4 | 190 | — | — |
| Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
| 1 | — | — | — |
| Keep Movin' On |
| 1 | 129 | — | — |
| It's All in the Movies |
| 1 | — | — | — |
| My Love Affair with Trains |
| 7 | — | — | — |
| The Roots of My Raising |
| 8 | — | — | — |
| Ramblin' Fever |
| 5 | — | — | 20 |
| A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today |
| 28 | — | — | — |
| My Farewell to Elvis |
| 6 | 133 | — | — |
| I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
| 17 | — | 9 | — |
| Serving 190 Proof |
| 17 | — | 1 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications[2] (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| The Way I Am |
| 16 | — | — | |
| Back to the Barrooms |
| 8 | — | — | |
| Songs for the Mama That Tried |
| 46 | — | — | |
| Big City |
| 3 | 161 | — |
|
| A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
| 4 | 123 | — | |
| Going Where the Lonely Go |
| 3 | — | — | |
| Goin' Home for Christmas |
| 41 | — | — | |
| Pancho & Lefty |
| 1 | 37 | — |
|
| Heart to Heart |
| 44 | — | — | |
| That's the Way Love Goes |
| 8 | — | — | |
| It's All in the Game |
| 1 | — | 6 | |
| Kern River |
| 8 | — | — | |
| A Friend in California |
| 2 | — | — | |
| Out Among the Stars |
| 15 | — | — | |
| Seashores of Old Mexico |
| 31 | — | — | |
| Chill Factor |
| 8 | — | 14 | |
| 5:01 Blues |
| 28 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Blue Jungle |
| 47 |
| 1994 |
| 60 |
| 1996 |
| — |
| Cabin in the Hills |
| — |
| Two Old Friends |
| — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Indie | ||
| If I Could Only Fly |
| 26 | — | 10 |
| Roots, Volume 1 |
| 47 | — | 26 |
| California Blend |
| — | — | — |
| The Peer Sessions |
| — | — | — |
| Haggard Like Never Before |
| 40 | — | 20 |
| I Wish I Was Santa Claus |
| — | — | — |
| Unforgettable |
| 39 | — | — |
| Chicago Wind |
| 54 | — | — |
| Last of the Breed |
| 7 | 64 | — |
| Working Man's Journey |
| — | — | — |
| The Bluegrass Sessions |
| 43 | — | 34 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Indie | CA | ||
| I Am What I Am |
| 18 | 77 | 11 | — |
| Working in Tennessee |
| 30 | 155 | 25 | — |
| Django & Jimmie |
| 1 | 7 | — | 16 |
| Timeless |
| — | — | — | — |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||||
| The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers |
| 36 | ||
| Introducing My Friends, the Strangers |
| 34 | ||
| Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers |
| 44 | ||
| Honky Tonkin |
| 34 | ||
| Totally Instrumental with One Exception... |
| 23 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN [3] | |||
| Okie from Muskogee |
| 1 | 46 | 64 |
|
| The Fightin' Side of Me |
| 1 | 68 | — |
|
| The Land of Many Churches |
| 15 | — | — | |
| I Love Dixie Blues |
| 1 | 126 | — | |
| Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium |
| 20 | — | — | |
| The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) |
| 28 | — | — | |
| Amber Waves of Grain |
| 25 | — | — | |
| Live from Austin, Texas |
| — | — | — | |
| Live from Austin, Texas '78 |
| — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications/ Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| The Best of Merle Haggard |
| 3 | — |
|
| Close-Up |
| 23 | — | |
| The Best of the Best |
| 1 | 137 |
|
| Songs I'll Always Sing |
| 15 | — | |
| Eleven Winners |
| 9 | — | |
| The Way It Was in '51 |
| 30 | — | |
| Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits |
| 37 | — | |
| 41 | — |
| |
| His Best |
| 38 | — | |
| Walking the Line |
| 39 | — | |
| Greatest Hits of the 80's |
| — | — | |
| Super Hits |
| — | — | |
| Super Hits, Vol. 2 |
| — | — |
|
| Super Hits, Vol. 3 |
| — | — | |
| Down Every Road 1962–1994 |
| — | — | |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
| 55 | 167 |
|
| For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
| 38 | — |
|
| Cheatin |
| — | — | |
| Drinkin |
| — | — | |
| Hurtin |
| — | — | |
| Prison |
| — | — | |
| 20 Greatest Hits |
| — | 75 |
|
| 40 #1's |
| 60 | — | |
| 40 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Rerecorded) |
| — | 88 | |
| The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years |
| — | 139 | |
| 59 | — | ||
| 10 Great Songs |
| 75 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| 2015 | “The Cost of Living” (with Don Henley) | Cass County (album) |
| 2017 | “The Only Man Wilder Than Me” (with Willie Nelson) | |
| “Old Fashioned Love” (with Willie Nelson) |
| 2020 | Introducing Amy Jack[5] | Amy Jack |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[6] | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1962 | "Singin' My Heart Out" | — | — | |
| 1963 | "Sing a Sad Song" | 19 | — | Strangers |
| 1964 | "Sam Hill" | 45 | — | |
| "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" | 10 | — | ||
| 1965 | "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | "Swinging Doors" | 5 | — | Swinging Doors |
| "The Bottle Let Me Down" | 3 | — | ||
| "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" | 1 | — | I'm a Lonesome Fugitive | |
| 1967 | "I Threw Away the Rose" | 2 | — | Branded Man |
| "Branded Man" | 1 | — | ||
| "Sing Me Back Home" | 1 | 7 | Sing Me Back Home | |
| 1968 | "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" | 1 | 3 | The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde |
| "Mama Tried" | 1 | 1 | Mama Tried | |
| "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" | 3 | 1 | Pride in What I Am | |
| 1969 | "Hungry Eyes" | 1 | 2 | A Portrait of Merle Haggard |
| "Workin' Man Blues" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Okie from Muskogee" | 1 | 3 | Okie from Muskogee | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1970 | "The Fightin' Side of Me" | 1 | 92 | 1 | — | The Fightin' Side of Me |
| "Jesus, Take a Hold" | 3 | 107 | 3 | — | Hag | |
| "I Can't Be Myself" | 3 | 106 | 2 | — | ||
| 1971 | "Soldier's Last Letter" | 3 | 90 | — | ||
| "Someday We'll Look Back" | 2 | 119 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back | |
| "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song | |
| "Carolyn" | 1 | 58 | 2 | — | Someday We'll Look Back | |
| 1972 | "Grandma Harp" | 1 | — | 5 | — | Let Me Tell You About a Song |
| "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" | 1 | — | 1 | — | It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | |
| "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" | 1 | — | 1 | — | I Love Dixie Blues | |
| 1973 | "The Emptiest Arms in the World" | 3 | — | 12 | — | |
| "Everybody's Had the Blues" | 1 | 62 | 1 | — | ||
| "If We Make It Through December" | 1 | 28 | 1 | 30 | If We Make It Through December | |
| 1974 | "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" | 1 | — | 2 | — | Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album |
| "Old Man from the Mountain" | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Kentucky Gambler" | 1 | — | 1 | — | Keep Movin' On | |
| "Santa Claus and Popcorn" | — | — | — | — | Merle Haggard's Christmas Present (Something Old, Something New) | |
| 1975 | "Always Wanting You" | 1 | — | 3 | — | Keep Movin' On |
| "Movin' On" | 1 | — | 15 | — | ||
| "It's All in the Movies" | 1 | — | 11 | — | It's All in the Movies | |
| 1976 | "The Roots of My Raising" | 1 | — | 7 | — | The Roots of My Raising |
| "Here Comes the Freedom Train" | 10 | — | 1 | — | My Love Affair with Trains | |
| "Cherokee Maiden" | 1 | — | 1 | — | The Roots of My Raising | |
| 1977 | "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" | 2 | — | 2 | — | Ramblin' Fever |
| "Ramblin' Fever" | 2 | — | 3 | — | ||
| "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" | 16 | — | 8 | — | A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today | |
| "From Graceland to the Promised Land" | 4 | 58 | 3 | 55 | My Farewell to Elvis | |
| "Running Kind" | 12 | — | 10 | — | A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today | |
| 1978 | "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" | 2 | — | 2 | — | I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall |
| "It's Been a Great Afternoon" | 2 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "The Way It Was in '51" | 82 | — | 58 | — | The Way It Was in '51 | |
| "The Bull and The Beaver" | 8 | — | 25 | — | ||
| 1979 | "Red Bandana" | 4 | — | 2 | — | Serving 190 Proof |
| "My Own Kind of Hat" | 4 | — | 4 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "The Way I Am" | 2 | 1 | The Way I Am |
| "Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) | 1 | 1 | Bronco Billy (soundtrack) | |
| "Misery and Gin" | 3 | 4 | Back to the Barrooms | |
| "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | 1 | 29 | ||
| 1981 | "Leonard" | 9 | 7 | |
| "Rainbow Stew" | 4 | 17 | Rainbow Stew | |
| "My Favorite Memory" | 1 | 3 | Big City | |
| 1982 | "Big City" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Dealing with the Devil" | 49 | — | Rainbow Stew | |
| "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" | 2 | 1 | Big City | |
| "Going Where the Lonely Go" | 1 | 1 | Going Where the Lonely Go | |
| 1983 | "You Take Me for Granted" | 1 | 9 | |
| "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" | 3 | 2 | That's the Way Love Goes | |
| "It's All in the Game" | 54 | — | It's All in the Game | |
| "That's the Way Love Goes" | 1 | 1 | That's the Way Love Goes | |
| 1984 | "Someday When Things Are Good" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" | 1 | 9 | It's All in the Game | |
| "A Place to Fall Apart" (featuring Janie Fricke) | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1985 | "Natural High" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" | 55 | 49 | His Best | |
| "Kern River" | 10 | 10 | Kern River | |
| "Amber Waves of Grain" | 36 | 38 | Amber Waves of Grain | |
| "American Waltz" | 60 | 41 | ||
| 1986 | "I Had a Beautiful Time" | 5 | 4 | A Friend in California |
| "A Friend in California" | 9 | 12 | ||
| "Out Among the Stars" | 21 | 22 | Out Among the Stars | |
| 1987 | "Almost Persuaded" | 58 | 54 | |
| "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" | 1 | 1 | Chill Factor | |
| 1988 | "Chill Factor" | 9 | 12 | |
| "We Never Touch at All" | 22 | 26 | ||
| "You Babe" | 23 | 21 | ||
| 1989 | "" | 18 | 14 | 5:01 Blues |
| "A Better Love Next Time" | 4 | 10 | ||
| "If You Want to Be My Woman" | 23 | 15 | ||
| 1990 | "Broken Friend" | —[C] | 78 | |
| "When It Rains It Pours" | 60 | — | Blue Jungle | |
| "Blue Jungle"[7] | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "A Bar in Bakersfield"[8] | — | — | |
| 1994 | "In My Next Life" | 58 | — | 1994 |
| 1996 | "Truck Driver's Blues"[9] | — | — | 1996 |
| 1999 | "That's the Way Love Goes" (re-recording with Jewel) | 56 | 71 | For the Record, 43 Legendary Hits |
| 2000 | "Motorcycle Cowboy"[10] | — | — | Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Motorcycle Cowboy |
| 2001 | "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" | — | — | Roots, Volume 1 |
| 2011 | "Working in Tennessee" | — | — | Working in Tennessee |
| 2016 | "Kern River Blues" | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US AC | CAN Country | |||||
| 1964 | "Just Between the Two of Us" (with The Strangers) | Bonnie Owens | 28 | — | — | Just Between the Two of Us with The Strangers | |
| 1982 | "Yesterday's Wine" | George Jones | 1 | — | 5 | A Taste of Yesterday's Wine | |
| "C.C. Waterback" | 10 | — | 18 | ||||
| "Reasons to Quit" | Willie Nelson | 6 | — | 7 | Pancho & Lefty | ||
| 1983 | "Pancho and Lefty" | 1 | 21 | 1 | |||
| "We're Strangers Again" | Leona Williams | 42 | — | — | Heart to Heart | ||
| 1987 | "If I Could Only Fly" | Willie Nelson | 58 | — | 50 | Seashores of Old Mexico | |
| 2000 | "Wreck on the Highway" | Chester Smith | — | — | — | California Blend | |
| 2015 | "It's All Going to Pot" | Willie Nelson | 48 | — | — | Django & Jimmie | |
| — denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | ||||
| 1978 | "Willie" | Hank Cochran | 91 | — | With a Little Help from My Friends |
| 1979 | "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb | 31 | 18 | The Legend and the Legacy |
| 1981 | "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" | Johnny Paycheck | 41 | 41 | Mr. Hag Told My Story |
| "Lefty" | David Frizzell | 45 | — | Carryin' on the Family Names | |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" | Various artists | 59 | — | Tribute to Tradition |
| 2005 | "Politically Uncorrect" | Gretchen Wilson | 23 | — | All Jacked Up |
| 2013 | "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" | Hank Williams, Jr. | — | — | Old School New Rules |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | A-Side | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1966 | "Someone Told My Story" (with The Strangers) | 32 | — | — | "The Fugitive" (with The Strangers) |
| 1970 | "Sidewalks of Chicago" (with The Strangers) | flip | flip | — | "I Can't Be Myself" (with The Strangers) |
| 1972 | "Turnin' Off a Memory" (with The Strangers) | flip | — | — | "Grandma Harp" (with The Strangers) |
| 1976 | "What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana" (with The Strangers) | flip | — | — | "Cherokee Maiden" (with The Strangers) |
| 1977 | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" | flip | — | — | "Ramblin' Fever" |
| 1978 | "Making Believe" (with The Strangers) | flip | — | — | "Running Kind" (with The Strangers) |
| "Love Me When You Can" | flip | — | — | "It's Been a Great Afternoon" | |
| 1979 | "I Must Have Done Something Bad" | flip | — | — | "Red Bandana" |
| "Heaven Was a Drink of Wine" | flip | — | — | "My Own Kind of Hat" | |
| 1981 | "Our Paths May Never Cross" | — | — | 55 | "Leonard" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Are the Good Times Really Over" (live) | |
| 1983 | "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) | Lana Nelson |
| 1985 | "Natural High" | |
| "Kern River" | ||
| 1990 | "Me and Crippled Soldiers" | Tom Hartman |
| 2000 | "Motorcycle Cowboy" | David Abbott |
| "(Think About A) Lullaby" | Piper Ferguson | |
| 2001 | "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" | Bobby G. |
| 2003 | "Farmer's Blues" (with Marty Stuart) | Deb Haus |
| 2004 | "That's the News" | |
| 2005 | "America First" | Traci Goudie |
| 2006 | "Politically Uncorrect" (with Gretchen Wilson) | Deaton Flanigen |
| 2015 | It's All Going to Pot" | |
| "Alice in Hulaland" (with Willie Nelson)[11] | Micah Nelson |