Ships That Don't Come In

"Ships That Don't Come In"
"Ships That Don't Come In"
Single by Joe Diffie
from the album Regular Joe
B-side	"Startin' Over Blues"
Released	April 14, 1992
Genre	Country
Length	3:39
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Paul Nelson, Dave Gibson
Producer(s)	Johnny Slate, Bob Montgomery
Joe Diffie singles chronology

"Ships That Don't Come In" is a song recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie that reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart in 1992. It was released in April 1992 as the second single from his Epic Records album Regular Joe. The song was written by Paul Nelson and Dave Gibson the latter of whom was also recording for Epic as a member of the Gibson/Miller Band at the time.

Content[]

The song features two men philosophizing about the nature of life while having a conversation at a bar.^[1]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Jack Cole and premiered in mid-1992.

Chart performance[]

The song debuted at number 68 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated April 18, 1992. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, reaching its peak of number 5 on the chart^[2] dated July 11, 1992.

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	5

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	55
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	46

References[]

^ Tom Roland (July 19, 1994). "Joe Diffie's 'ditties' don't fly artistically". The Tennessean. pp. 1D. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 106.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1983." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 8, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

External links[]

Lyrics at CMT.com

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[1] Tom Roland (July 19, 1994). "Joe Diffie's 'ditties' don't fly artistically". The Tennessean. pp. 1D. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 106.

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1983." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 8, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Joe_Diffie-4] "Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[5] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[6] "Best of 1992: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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hide v t 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'" "Startin' Over Blues"
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" "The Promised Land"
Greatest Hits	"Texas Size Heartache" "Poor Me"
A Night to Remember	"A Night to Remember" "The Quittin' Kind" "It's Always Somethin'" "Better Off Gone"
In Another World	"In Another World" "This Pretender"
Tougher Than Nails	"Tougher Than Nails" "If I Could Only Bring You Back"
All in the Same Boat	"All in the Same Boat" (with Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw)
Guest singles	"Not Too Much to Ask" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)