# Restless Heart discography

Restless Heart was an American country music band founded in 1984 by John Dittrich, Paul Gregg, Dave Innis, Greg Jennings, and Larry Stewart. Active from 1984 to 1994, in 1998, and from 2002 onward, the band has released eight studio albums, seven compilation albums, and two live albums. Its second through fifth studio albums—Wheels, Big Dreams in a Small Town, Fast Movin' Train, and Big Iron Horses—have all been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Restless Heart has also charted six number one singles on the Hot Country Songs chart: "That Rock Won't Roll", "I'll Still Be Loving You", "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)", "Wheels", "The Bluest Eyes in Texas", and "A Tender Lie". Besides these songs, the band has nine other top ten singles on that chart. Two of the band's singles—"I'll Still Be Loving You" and "When She Cries"—both reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

## Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN Country | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Restless Heart | Release date: March 25, 1985 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 10 | — | — | |
| Wheels | Release date: October 31, 1986 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 1 | 73 | — | US: Gold |
| Big Dreams in a Small Town | Release date: July 15, 1988 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 4 | 114 | — | US: Gold |
| Fast Movin' Train | Release date: January 4, 1990 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: LP, CD, cassette | 6 | 78 | — | US: Gold |
| Big Iron Horses | Release date: October 9, 1992 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette | 26 | 116 | 1 | US: Gold |
| Matters of the Heart | Release date: May 24, 1994 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — | |
| Still Restless | Release date: November 9, 2004 Label: Audium/Koch Records Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | |
| A Restless Heart Christmas | Release date: October 29, 2013 Label: Red River Entertainment Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US | CAN Country |
| The Best of Restless Heart | Release date: October 22, 1991 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette | 25 | 144 | 30 |
| Big Dreams: The Encore Collection | Release date: April 8, 1997 Label: BMG Special Products Formats: CD, cassette | — | — | — |
| Greatest Hits | Release date: May 19, 1998 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette, Digital Download | 47 | — | — |
| RCA Country Legends | Release date: March 4, 2003 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — |
| All-American Country | Release date: April 12, 2005 Label: Collectables Records Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — |
| Super Hits | Release date: September 25, 2007 Label: Legacy Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart | Release date: May 21, 2013 Label: RCA Nashville/Legacy Formats: CD, music download | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| 25 and Live | Release date: 2007 Label: self-released Formats: CD, music download |
| Greatest Hits: Live | Release date: April 21, 2009 Label: Country Roads Formats: CD, music download |

## Singles
### 1980s

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | Album |
| 1985 | "Let the Heartache Ride" | 23 | — | — | 20 | Restless Heart |
| 1985 | "I Want Everyone to Cry" | 10 | — | — | 9 | Restless Heart |
| 1985 | "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" | 7 | — | — | 2 | Restless Heart |
| 1986 | "Til I Loved You" | 10 | — | 33 | 11 | Restless Heart |
| 1986 | "That Rock Won't Roll" | 1 | — | — | 2 | Wheels |
| 1987 | "I'll Still Be Loving You" | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | Wheels |
| 1987 | "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)" | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | Wheels |
| 1987 | "Wheels" | 1 | — | — | 1 | Wheels |
| 1987 | "New York (Hold Her Tight)" | — | — | 23 | — | Wheels |
| 1988 | "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" | 1 | — | — | 2 | Big Dreams in a Small Town |
| 1988 | "A Tender Lie" | 1 | — | — | 2 | Big Dreams in a Small Town |
| 1989 | "Big Dreams in a Small Town" | 3 | — | — | 5 | Big Dreams in a Small Town |
| 1989 | "Say What's in Your Heart" | 4 | — | — | 1 | Big Dreams in a Small Town |
| 1989 | "Fast Movin' Train" | 4 | — | — | 3 | Fast Movin' Train |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### 1990s–2010s

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | US AC | US Pop | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | CAN AC | Album |
| 1990 | "Dancy's Dream" | 5 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | Fast Movin' Train |
| 1990 | "When Somebody Loves You" | 21 | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | Fast Movin' Train |
| 1990 | "Long Lost Friend" | 16 | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | Fast Movin' Train |
| 1991 | "You Can Depend on Me" | 3 | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | The Best of Restless Heart |
| 1992 | "Familiar Pain" | 40 | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | The Best of Restless Heart |
| 1992 | "When She Cries" | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 9 | 6 | 29 | Big Iron Horses |
| 1993 | "Mending Fences" | 13 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | Big Iron Horses |
| 1993 | "Tell Me What You Dream" (with Warren Hill) | — | 43 | 1 | 38 | — | — | 14 | 1 | Big Iron Horses |
| 1993 | "We Got the Love" | 11 | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | Big Iron Horses |
| 1993 | "Big Iron Horses" | 72 | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | Big Iron Horses |
| 1994 | "Baby Needs New Shoes" | 52 | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | Matters of the Heart |
| 1998 | "No End to This Road" | 33 | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | Greatest Hits |
| 1998 | "For Lack of Better Words" | 64 | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | — | Greatest Hits |
| 2004 | "Torch of Freedom" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | "Feel My Way to You" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Still Restless |
| 2013 | "Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart |
| 2016 | "Wichita Lineman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||

### As a featured artist

| Year | Single | Album |
| 1994 | "Amazing Grace" (with the Maverick Choir) | Maverick |

#### Notes

* ↑ "Til I Loved You" charted on Adult Contemporary in 1992 as a single from The Best of Restless Heart.
* ↑ B-side of "Wheels".
* ↑ "Tell Me What You Dream" is only available on the 1993 re-release of Big Iron Horses.

## Other charted songs

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 1999 | "The Little Drummer Boy" | 58 | Country Christmas Classics |

## Videography
### Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1985 | "(Back to The) Heartbreak Kid" | Stephen Buck |
| 1987 | "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)" | George Bloom III |
| 1988 | "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" | Bill Balsley |
| 1988 | "A Tender Lie" | George Bloom III |
| 1989 | "Big Dreams in a Small Town" | Bill Balsley |
| 1989 | "Say What's in Your Heart" | Bill Balsley |
| 1989 | "Fast Movin' Train" | Jay Brown |
| 1990 | "Dancy's Dream" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1991 | "Long Lost Friend" (live) | |
| 1992 | "When She Cries" | Wayne Miller |
| 1993 | "Mending Fences" | Michael Merriman |
| 1993 | "Big Iron Horses" | D. J. Webster |
| 1993 | "Tell Me What You Dream" (with Warren Hill) | Daniela Federici |
| 1994 | "Baby Needs New Shoes" | Alan Chebot |
| 1994 | "Amazing Grace" (The Maverick Choir) | Gil Bettman |
| 2003 | "Torch of Freedom" | Alin Bijan |
| 2013 | "Home" | Erin Neathery |
| 2016 | "Wichita Lineman" | Mark Mayr |

## Album appearances

| Year | Title | Album |
| 1987 | "Don't Ask the Reason Why" | The Secret of My Succe$s |
| 1994 | "Maverick" | Maverick |