Next Thing Smokin'

"Next Thing Smokin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in August 1992 as the third single from the album Regular Joe. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] The song was written by Diffie, Danny Morrison and Johnny Slate.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review, saying that Diffie "keeps strong vocal tempo with a tune of hot pickin', fiddlin', and piano ticklin'."^[2]

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 60 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated August 7, 1992. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, reaching its peak of number 16 on the chart dated October 17, 1992, making it Diffie's first single to miss the Top 10 on the country charts.

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	17
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	16

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 106.
↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1992-08-08). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1920." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 7, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
↑ "Joe Diffie – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Joe Diffie.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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" "Something 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)

TBD	"Girl Ridin' Shotgun" (featuring D-Thrash of Jawga Boyz)

Guest singles	"Not Too Much to Ask" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.