# Janie Fricke discography

The discography of American country music artist Janie Fricke contains 24 studio albums, one live album, ten compilation albums, 44 singles, seven music videos, and 14 other appearances. Fricke was signed to Nashville's Columbia Records as a solo artist in 1977. Later that year, her debut single, "What're You Doing Tonight", reached the top-forty on the country songs chart. The following year her debut studio album, Singer of Songs, was issued. Between 1978 and 1980, Fricke issued three studio albums which resulted in two major hits: "Please Help Me, I'm Fallin" (1978) and "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" (1979).
With a change in musical direction, Fricke began recording ballads in 1980, strengthening the success of her singles. "Down to My Last Broken Heart" and "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" were her first pair of top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. An album of the same name was also released that year, which reached the top-thirty on the Top Country Albums chart. With her sixth studio album, Fricke reached the top spot of the Billboard country chart with its second single "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" (1982). This would start a series of number-one country singles during this period. It Ain't Easy (1982), her seventh studio record, reached number fifteen on the Top Country Albums list and spawned three number-one hits: "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy", "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)", and "Tell Me a Lie".
With the inclusion of more up-tempo material, Fricke reached the number one spot two more times in 1983 and 1984 with "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" and "Your Heart's Not in It". Fricke also collaborated with Merle Haggard in 1984 on "A Place to Fall Apart", which reached number one on the country songs chart. In 1986, her eleventh studio album Black and White was issued and became her highest-charting record on the Top Country Albums list. Its lead single "Always Have, Always Will" reached the number one spot also and became her final top ten hit. Fricke released three more studio albums for Columbia Records until 1989, all of which did not produce any major hits. Labor of Love (1989) spawned her final-charting Billboard single called "Give 'em My Number", which peaked at number forty-three. While performing in Branson, Missouri during the 1990s, Fricke released two Gospel-inspired studio albums: Crossroads: Hymns of Faith (1992) and Now & Then (1993). With her own recording label, she released Bouncin' Back (2000), her nineteenth studio album. Via her own label she would issue two more studio albums in the 2000s decade She has since released a live album in 2002 and a studio album of Christmas material in 2020.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Cou. | CAN Cou. |
| Singer of Songs | Released: May 1978 Label: Columbia Formats: LP | — | — |
| Love Notes | Released: March 1979 Label: Columbia Formats: LP | — | — |
| From the Heart | Released: November 1979 Label: Columbia Formats: LP | — | 10 |
| Nice 'n' Easy (with Johnny Duncan) | Released: October 1980 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | — | — |
| I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry | Released: November 1980 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 28 | — |
| Sleeping with Your Memory | Released: September 1981 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 42 | — |
| It Ain't Easy | Released: September 1982 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 15 | — |
| Love Lies | Released: October 1983 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 10 | — |
| The First Word in Memory | Released: August 1984 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 17 | — |
| Somebody Else's Fire | Released: June 1985 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 21 | — |
| Black & White | Released: July 1986 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 1 | — |
| After Midnight | Released: April 1987 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 29 | — |
| Saddle the Wind | Released: July 1988 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 64 | — |
| Labor of Love | Released: July 1989 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 64 | — |
| Great Movie Themes | Released: 1991 Label: Stonebird Formats: CD | — | — |
| Janie Fricke | Released: 1991 Label: Intersound Formats: CD | — | — |
| Crossroads: Hymns of Faith | Released: August 15, 1992 Label: Branson Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| Now & Then (re-recordings) | Released: April 15, 1993 Label: Branson Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| Bouncin' Back | Released: October 10, 2000 Label: JMF Formats: Cassette, CD | — | — |
| Tributes to My Heroes | Released: 2003 Label: JMF Formats: CD | — | — |
| The Bluegrass Sessions | Released: August 17, 2004 Label: DM Formats: CD, music download | — | — |
| Golden Legends: Janie Fricke (re-recordings) | Released: February 28, 2006 Label: Madacy Formats: CD, music download | — | — |
| Roses & Lace | Released: 2008 Label: JMF Formats: CD | — | — |
| A Cowgirl Country Christmas | Released: September 25, 2020 Label: Self-Released Formats: CD | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

### Live albums

List of live albums, showing relevant details :
| Title | Album details |
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas | Released: April 2, 2002 Label: Smith Formats: CD |

### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country |
| Greatest Hits | Released: October 1982 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette | 34 |
| The Very Best of Janie | Released: October 1985 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, cassette, CD | 33 |
| I Love Country | Released: 1986 Label: CBS Formats: LP | — |
| 17 Greatest Hits | Released: 1986 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD | — |
| Celebration | Released: October 1987 Label: Columbia Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 63 |
| Sweet and Sassy | Released: December 1, 1995 Label: Sony Formats: Cassette, CD | — |
| Pure Country | Released: August 25, 1998 Label: Sony Formats: CD | — |
| Super Hits | Released: March 2, 1999 Label: Columbia/Sony Formats: Cassette, CD | — |
| Anthology | Released: March 16, 1999 Label: Renaissance Formats: CD | — |
| The Essential Janie Fricke | Released: December 28, 2018 Label: Legacy Formats: Music download | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

## Singles
### As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Coun. | CAN Coun. | Album |
| "What're You Doing Tonight" | 1977 | 21 | 14 | Singer of Songs |
| "Baby It's You" | 1978 | 21 | 19 | Singer of Songs |
| "Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love With You)" | 1978 | 12 | 4 | Singer of Songs |
| "Playin' Hard to Get" | 1978 | 22 | 30 | Love Notes |
| "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" | 1979 | 14 | 7 | Love Notes |
| "Let's Try Again" | 1979 | 28 | 52 | Love Notes |
| "But Love Me" | 1979 | 26 | — | From the Heart |
| "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" | 1980 | 22 | 18 | From the Heart |
| "He's Out of My Life" (with Johnny Duncan) | 1980 | 17 | 20 | Nice 'n Easy |
| "Down to My Last Broken Heart" | 1980 | 2 | 2 | I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry |
| "Pride" | 1981 | 12 | 1 | I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry |
| "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" | 1981 | 4 | 1 | I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry |
| "Do Me with Love" | 1981 | 4 | 1 | Sleeping with Your Memory |
| "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" | 1982 | 1 | 8 | Sleeping with Your Memory |
| "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" | 1982 | 1 | 1 | It Ain't Easy |
| "You Don't Know Love" | 1983 | 4 | 3 | It Ain't Easy |
| "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" | 1983 | 1 | 1 | It Ain't Easy |
| "Tell Me a Lie" | 1983 | 1 | 1 | Love Lies |
| "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" | 1984 | 1 | 1 | Love Lies |
| "If the Fall Don't Get You" | 1984 | 8 | 6 | Love Lies |
| "Your Heart's Not in It" | 1984 | 1 | 1 | The First Word in Memory |
| "The First Word in Memory Is Me" | 1984 | 7 | 5 | The First Word in Memory |
| "She's Single Again" | 1985 | 2 | 2 | Somebody Else's Fire |
| "Somebody Else's Fire" | 1985 | 4 | 4 | Somebody Else's Fire |
| "Easy to Please" | 1986 | 5 | 15 | Somebody Else's Fire |
| "Always Have, Always Will" | 1986 | 1 | 1 | Black and White |
| "When a Woman Cries" | 1986 | 20 | 10 | Black and White |
| "Are You Satisfied?" | 1987 | 32 | 25 | After Midnight |
| "Baby You're Gone" | 1987 | 63 | 45 | After Midnight |
| "Where Does Love Go (When It's Gone)" | 1988 | 54 | 47 | Saddle the Wind |
| "I'll Walk Before I Crawl" | 1988 | 50 | — | Saddle the Wind |
| "The Heart" | 1988 | 64 | — | Saddle the Wind |
| "Love Is One of Those Words" | 1989 | 56 | 63 | Labor of Love |
| "Give 'em My Number" | 1989 | 43 | 54 | Labor of Love |
| "You Never Crossed My Mind" | 1991 | — | — | Janie Fricke |
| "I Want to Grow Old with You" | 1991 | — | 74 | Janie Fricke |
| "The Followers" | 2020 | — | — | A Cowgirl Country Christmas |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

### As a featured artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Cou. | CAN Cou. | NZ | Album |
| "Come a Little Bit Closer" (Johnny Duncan with Janie Fricke) | 1977 | 4 | 2 | — | Come a Little Bit Closer |
| "On My Knees" (Charlie Rich with Janie Fricke) | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Take Me |
| "A Place to Fall Apart" (Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke) | 1984 | 1 | 1 | — | It's All in the Game |
| "From Time to Time (It Feels Like Love Again)" (Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers with Janie Fricke) | 1987 | 21 | 22 | — | Partners |
| "Couldn't See the Gold" (Tommy Hunter with Janie Fricke) | 1990 | — | 19 | — | The Anniversary Sessions |
| "Dispatch the Angels" (Moore & Moore with Janie Fricke) | 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

## Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Natural High" | 1984 | not available |
| "The First Word in Memory Is Me" | 1985 | not available |
| "She's Single Again" | 1985 | not available |
| "Always Have, Always Will" | 1986 | Larry Boothby |
| "You Never Crossed My Mind" | 1991 | Michael Merriman |
| "I Want to Grow Old with You" | 1991 | Michael Merriman |
| "You Don't Know Love" | 2004 | Deryck Ragoonanan |

## Other appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
| "It's a Cheating Situation" | 1979 | Moe Bandy | Cheating Situation |
| "All I Want to Do in Life" | 1984 | George Jones | Ladies' Choice |
| "Natural High" | 1984 | Merle Haggard | It's All in the Game |
| "Who Cares" | 1984 | Ray Charles | Friendship |
| "What Child Is This" | 1986 | none | The Nashville Christmas Album |
| "Angels We Have Heard on High" | 1992 | none | Christmas in Nashville |
| "Two Good People with a Love Gone Bad" | 1993 | Vern Gosdin | Nickels and Dimes and Love |
| "Jingle Bells" | 1993 | none | Country Christmas |
| "Christmas Is" | 1993 | Johnny Paycheck | Country Christmas |
| "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" | 1995 | none | The Most Wonderful Time of the Year |
| "The Foggy Dew" | 1999 | none | Made in America: Folk Favorites |
| "Pride" | 2001 | Ralph Emery | Ralph Emery and Friends |
| "Field of Dreams" | 2003 | Charley Pride | Comfort of Her Wings |
| "A Place to Fall Apart" (live) | 2004 | Merle Haggard | Live at Billy Bob's Texas: 'Ol Country Singer |