Honky Tonk Attitude (song) - Misplaced Pages

"Honky Tonk Attitude" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in March 1993 as the lead single and title track from his album Honky Tonk Attitude. The song reached the top five of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The song was written by Diffie and Lee Bogan.

Content

The song is an uptempo in which the narrator states that everyone goes to the honky tonk to dance away their blues. He states that everyone needs to have a "honky tonk attitude".

Music video

The music video was directed by Richard Jernigan and premiered in early 1993.

Chart positions

"Honky Tonk Attitude" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of March 20, 1993.

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	11
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	50

Other versions

Luke Bryan and Randy Houser covered the song on Hardy's 2024 mixtape, Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape.

References

Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
"Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 0984." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 19, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
"Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

v t e Joe Diffie singles
A Thousand Winding Roads	"Home" "If You Want Me To" "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)"
Regular Joe	"Is It Cold in Here" "Ships That Don't Come In" "Next Thing Smokin'"
Honky Tonk Attitude	"Honky Tonk Attitude" "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" "John Deere Green" "In My Own Backyard"
Third Rock from the Sun	"Third Rock from the Sun" "Pickup Man" "So Help Me Girl" "I'm in Love with a Capital "U"" "That Road Not Taken"
Life's So Funny	"Bigger Than the Beatles" "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" "Whole Lotta Gone"
Twice Upon a Time	"This Is Your Brain" "Somethin' Like This"
Greatest Hits	"Texas Size Heartache"
A Night to Remember	"A Night to Remember" "The Quittin' Kind" "It's Always Somethin'"
In Another World	"In Another World"
Tougher Than Nails	"Tougher Than Nails"
Other singles	"Not Too Much to Ask" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)

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