John Denver discography

John Denver discography
Denver during the taping of his An Evening with John Denver television special in 1975
Studio albums30
Live albums8
Compilation albums17
Singles44
#1 singles11

This page is a comprehensive discography of American folk musician John Denver. Denver had four number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, all achieved between 1973 and 1975: "Sunshine on My Shoulders," "Annie's Song," "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry." Three of his albums were also number one sellers: "Back Home Again," "Windsong" and "John Denver's Greatest Hits," again all released between 1973 and 1975.

Denver's studio albums categories list separately his early albums with the Mitchell Trio, and then his own studio albums by decade, live albums, Christmas albums, and compilation albums. These charts also include their certifications for sales data. His singles are arranged by decade and include several specialty categories — among them his Christmas singles, his single from his collaboration album with Plácido Domingo, and his single from his collaboration as a guest performer with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The charts are inclusive of their peak positions by country of sale.

Studio albums

With the Mitchell Trio

Title Album details
That's the Way It's Gonna Be
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
Violets of Dawn
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
  • Release date: December 1965
  • Label: Mercury Records
Alive
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, David Boise)
Beginnings: John Denver with the Mitchell Trio
(John Denver, Mike Kobluk, Joe Frazier)
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Mercury Records

1960s albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
UK
John Denver Sings
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: self-released
Rhymes & Reasons 148 21
  • UK: Silver
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
AUS
CAN
NZ
UK
Take Me to Tomorrow
  • Release date: May 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
197
Whose Garden Was This
  • Release date: October 1970
  • Label: RCA Records
Poems, Prayers & Promises
  • Release date: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Records
6 15 9 19
  • US: Platinum
Aerie
  • Release date: December 1971
  • Label: RCA Records
37 75 48 33
  • US: Gold
Rocky Mountain High
  • Release date: September 15, 1972
  • Label: RCA Records
40 4 1 11
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • UK: Gold
Farewell Andromeda
  • Release date: June 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
16 23
  • US: Gold
Back Home Again
  • Release date: June 1974
  • Label: RCA Records
1 1 2 1 14 3
  • US: 3× Platinum
  • UK: Silver
  • CAN: Gold
Windsong
  • Release date: September 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
1 1 1 1 5 14
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • AUS: Gold
  • CAN: Platinum
Spirit
  • Release date: August 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
3 7 13 22 7 9
  • US: Platinum
I Want to Live
  • Release date: November 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
10 45 16 38 25
  • US: Platinum
John Denver[A]
  • Release date: January 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
10 25 94 25 68
  • US: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
CAN
AUS
UK
Autograph
  • Release date: February 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
28 39 72 56
Some Days Are Diamonds
  • Release date: June 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
7 32 20
  • US: Gold
Seasons of the Heart
  • Release date: February 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
18 39 65
  • US: Gold
It's About Time
  • Release date: November 15, 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
55 61 92 19 90
Dreamland Express
  • Release date: June 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
64 90 71
One World
  • Release date: June 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
90 91
Higher Ground 49 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
US
AUS
Earth Songs
  • Release date: June 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
62
The Flower That Shattered the Stone
  • Release date: September 1990
  • Label: Windstar Records
185
Different Directions
  • Release date: September 24, 1991
  • Label: Windstar Records
71
Love Again 16 130
All Aboard! 165
Forever, John
  • Release date: September 29, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US Country
US
CAN
AUS
NZ
UK
An Evening with John Denver
  • Release date: February 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
1 2 1 4 1 31
  • US: 3× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Live in London
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: RCA Records
2
Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: RCA Records
The Wildlife Concert 104 45
  • US: Gold
  • AUS: 4× Platinum (video)
The Best of John Denver Live
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
8 52
  • US: Gold
Sing Australia
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: BMG Australia Limited
Christmas in Concert
  • Release date: September 2001
  • Label: RCA Records
60
The Harbor Lights Concert
  • Release date: April 2002
  • Label: RCA Records
Live in the U.S.S.R.
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: AAO Music
Live at Cedar Rapids
  • Release date: 2010
  • Label: Collectors' Choice Music
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Christmas albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
AUS
CAN
Rocky Mountain Christmas
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: RCA Records
14 40 40
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
  • Release date: October 1979
  • Label: RCA Records
13 26 45
  • US: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Christmas, Like a Lullaby
  • Release date: December 1989
  • Label: Windstar Records
59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
US
CAN Country
CAN
AUS
NZ
UK
John Denver's Greatest Hits
  • Release date: November 1973
  • Label: RCA Records
47 1 1 4 17 7
  • US: 9× Platinum
  • AUS: Platinum
  • CAN: 5× Platinum
  • UK: Silver
John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 2
  • Release date: March 1977
  • Label: RCA Records
7 6 24 3 17 9
  • US: 2× Platinum
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
John Denver's Greatest Hits Volume 3
  • Release date: November 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
203
  • US: Gold
Take Me Home, Country Roads and Other Hits
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: BMG/RCA
40
Favorites
  • Release date: August 1992
  • Label: RCA
35
  • ARIA: Gold
The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: BMG/RCA
38
  • US: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold
The Rocky Mountain Collection
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
50 49 19 19
  • US: Platinum
  • UK: Gold
Reflections: Songs of Love & Life
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
36 13
Country Roads Collection
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: RCA Records
33
The Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Madacy Records
38 10
  • US: Platinum
  • UK: Gold
Greatest Country Hits
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
36
Legendary John Denver
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: BMG RCA
  • ARIA: 2× Platinum
John Denver Christmas
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: LaserLight
53
Songs for America
  • Release date: September 2002
  • Label: Sony BMG
75
The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
66 -
Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
9 52
  • US: Gold
A Song's Best Friend: The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
25 18
16 Biggest Hits
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
61
The Essential John Denver
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: RCA Records
55 81
Playlist: The Very Best of John Denver
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
39
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Sony BMG
34 5
The Classic Christmas Album
  • Release date: October 2, 2012
  • Label: RCA Records
32
All of My Memories: The John Denver Collection
  • Release date: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
44
Gold
  • Release date: December 8, 2019
  • Label: Banquet
41
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaboration albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
CAN
Perhaps Love
(with Plácido Domingo)
19
Rocky Mountain Holiday
(with the Muppets)
  • Release date: November 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
202
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s and 1970s

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US Country
US
US AC
AUS
CAN Country
CAN
CAN AC
UK
1969 "Daydream" Rhymes & Reasons
1970 "Anthem-Revelation" Take Me to Tomorrow
"Follow Me"
"Sail Away Home" Whose Garden Was This
"Mr. Bojangles"
1971 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 50 2 3 24 17 3 5
  • US: Platinum
  • UK: 2× Platinum
Poems, Prayers, and Promises
"Friends with You" 47 4 73 34 5 Aerie
1972 "Everyday" 81 21 77 16
"Goodbye Again" 88 23 12 Rocky Mountain High
"Hard Life, Hard Times (Prisoners)" 103
"Rocky Mountain High" 9 3 39 8 2
"Victory Is Peace" (with Bill and Taffy Danoff)
1973 "I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)" 62 25 67 75 58 Farewell Andromeda
"Farewell, Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)" 89 20 26
"Please, Daddy" 69 69 68 82
"Sunshine on My Shoulders" 42 1 1 40 1 2
  • US: Gold
Greatest Hits
1974 "Annie's Song" 9 1 1 5 3 1 1 1
  • US: Gold
  • UK: Platinum
Back Home Again
"Back Home Again" 1 5 1 20 1 10 1
  • US: Gold
"Sweet Surrender" 7 13 1 38 16 38 1 An Evening with John Denver
1975 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" 1 1 5 41 1 1 1
  • US: Gold
"I'm Sorry"[B] 1 1 1 7 4 1 1
  • US: Gold
Windsong
"Fly Away" (with Olivia Newton-John) 12 13 1 28 13 2
1976 "Looking for Space" 30 29 1 23 63 4
"It Makes Me Giggle" 70 60 9 39 83 22 Spirit
"Like a Sad Song" 34 36 1 8 63 4
"Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight" 22 65 13 20 89 15
1977 "My Sweet Lady" 62 32 13 52 15 Greatest Hits 2
"How Can I Leave You Again" 22 44 2 6 40 10 I Want to Live
"I Want to Live" 55 10 81 9
"Bet on the Blues"
1978 "It Amazes Me" 72 59 9 72 15
1979 "Downhill Stuff" 64 106 John Denver
"What's On Your Mind" 47 107 10 25 29
"Garden Song" 31 7
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s-2010s

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US Country
US
US AC
AUS
CAN Country
CAN AC
1980 "Autograph" 84 52 20 2 Autograph
"Dancing with the Mountains" 97 43
1981 "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" 10 36 12 33 1 1 Some Days Are Diamonds
"The Cowboy and the Lady" 50 66
1982 "Shanghai Breezes" 31 1 1 Seasons of the Heart
"Seasons of the Heart" 78 23 16
"Opposite Tables"
1983 "Wild Montana Skies" (with Emmylou Harris) 14 26 15 14 It's About Time
"Hold On Tightly"
1984 "It's About Time"
"Just a Dream Away"
"The Gold and Beyond" Greatest Hits 3
"Love Again" (with Sylvie Vartan) 85 30 21
1985 "Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight" 37 Dreamland Express
"Dreamland Express" 9 34 17 23
1986 "Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)" 57 One World
"Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)"
"We Are One: Sister Cities"
1988 "For You" 22 Higher Ground
"Country Girl in Paris" 96
"Never a Doubt"
1989 "The One World"
1990 "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" The Flower That Shattered the Stone
"Eagles and Horses"
"Wish You Were Here (Postcard from Paris)"
1992 "18 Holes"
1995 "Calypso" (live) The Wildlife Concert
"For You" (live)
1996 "Perhaps Love (Liefde Is...)" (with Justine Pelmelay) Love Again
2004 "Annie's Song/Follow Me" A Song's Best Friend
2017 "The Blizzard"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Christmas singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
CAN
CAN AC
1975 "Christmas for Cowboys" 58 77 26 Rocky Mountain Christmas
1979 "A Baby Just Like You" (with the Muppets) John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles from collaboration albums

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US
US AC
AUS
UK
1982 "Perhaps Love" Plácido Domingo 59 22 28 46 Perhaps Love

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1989 "And So It Goes" The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 14 29 Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two

Charted B-sides

Year B-side Peak chart positions Original A-side
US Country
US
CAN
1975 "Calypso" 2 29 "I'm Sorry"
1979 "Sweet Melinda" flip "What's On Your Mind"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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