| Cover | | Date
 | Title  Album | Points
 | US peak | UK peak | US AC peak | US country peak | US R&B peak | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 05/1961 | | 99
 | 12 US | | 6 AC | ✫1 country | | [songwriter #5 hit]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #238] [Decca 31205] written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard |
| 2. | 12/1961 | | 208
 | 9 US | 9 UK | ✫1 AC | 2 country | | [songwriter #2 hit] [Decca 31330] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 3. | 12/1961 | | 32
 | 42 US | | 9 AC | 13 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
|
| 4. | 1962 | | 6
 | | | | 23 country | | [Liberty 55498] written by Hank Cochran & Joe Allison |
| 5. | 01/1962 | | 6
 | 84 US | | | | | [Capitol 4681] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 6. | 01/1962 | | 110
 | 14 US | 43 UK | 3 AC | ✫1 country | | [songwriter #4 hit] [Decca 31354] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 7. | 02/1962 | | 47
 | | 16 UK | | | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 8. | 04/1962 | | 156
 | 10 US | 29 UK | 3 AC | 9 country | | [songwriter #3 hit] [Decca 31371] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 9. | 07/1962 | | 3
 | 107 US | | | | | [Decca 31406] written by Hank Cochran & Jimmy Key |
| 10. | 10/1962 | | 3
 | 103 US | | | | | [Decca 31429] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 11. | 01/1963 | | 5
 | 91 US | | | | | [Decca 31453] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 12. | 07/1963 | | 50
 | 24 US | | 8 AC | | | [Liberty 55587] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 13. | 08/1963 | | 24
 | 100 US | | | 2 country | | [Columbia 42827] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 14. | 1964 | | 4
 | | | | 34 country | | [Columbia 42971] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 15. | 1964 | | 2
 | | | | 47 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 16. | 1965 | | 3
 | | | | 36 country | | [Columbia 43364] written by Hank Cochran & Chuck Howard |
| 17. | 10/1965 | | 226
 | 6 US | 8 UK | ✫1 AC | ✫1 country | | [songwriter #1 hit] [RCA 47-8679] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 18. | 1966 | | 8
 | | | | 13 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 19. | 1966 | | 10
 | | | | 11 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 20. | 1966 | | 10
 | 121 US | | | 15 country | | [Monument 965] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 21. | 02/1966 | | 74
 | 36 US | 46 UK | ✫1 AC | ✫1 country | | [RCA Victor 8749] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 22. | 05/1966 | | 10
 | | | | 12 country | | [Decca 31941] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 23. | 05/1966 | | 28
 | 85 US | | 29 AC | 2 country | | [Monument 933] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 24. | 1967 | | 10
 | | | | 10 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 25. | 03/1969 | | 27
 | 38 US | | | | 14 R&B | [Capitol 2382] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 26. | 11/1969 | | 2
 | 102 US | | | | | [Capitol 2606] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 27. | 12/1969 | | 5
 | 114 US | | | 37 country | | [Dot 17316] written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard |
| 28. | 1970 | | 3
 | | | | 37 country | | [RCA 47-9872] written by Hank Cochran & Red Lane |
| 29. | 1970 | | 8
 | | | | 15 country | | [Decca 32755] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 30. | 1970 | | 12
 | | | | 8 country | | [Columbia 45095] written by Hank Cochran & David Kirby |
| 31. | 1972 | | 23
 | | | | ✫1 country | | as Merle Haggard & the Strangers [Capitol 3419] written by Hank Cochran & Glenn Martin |
| 32. | 07/1974 | | 17
 | | 51 UK | | 19 country | | with The Jordanaires [RCA APBO 0255] written by Hank Cochran & Joe Allison |
| 33. | 06/1975 | | 57
 | 44 US | 18 UK | 31 AC | 71 country | | [MGM 14807] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 34. | 1977 | | 1
 | | | | 92 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 35. | 1977 | | 1
 | | | | 73 country | | [Epic 50436] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 36. | 1977 | | 24
 | | | | ✫1 country | | [MCA 40679] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 37. | 1978 | | 1
 | | | | 77 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 38. | 1980 | | 1
 | | | | 57 country | | [Elektra 47062] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 39. | 11/1980 | | 25
 | 101 US | | | ✫1 country | | [Epic 50940] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 40. | 1981 | | 10
 | | | | 11 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 41. | 1981 | | 10
 | | | | 11 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 42. | 05/1983 | | 6
 | | | | 19 country | | [RCA 13512] written by Hank Cochran  |
| 43. | 1984 | | 9
 | | | | 10 country | | [Compleat 126] written by Hank Cochran & Dean Dillon |
| 44. | 1985 | | 7
 | | | | 14 country | | written by Hank Cochran , Dean Dillon & Royce Porter |
 | 45. | 1985 | | 19
 | | | | ✫1 country | | written by Hank Cochran & Dean Dillon |
| 46. | 1987 | | 19
 | | | | ✫1 country | | [MCA 53021] written by Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran & Royce Porter |
| 47. | 1987 | | 3
 | | | | 36 country | | [RCA 5237] written by Hank Cochran , Vern Gosdin & Red Lane |
| 48. | 1988 | | 20
 | | | | ✫1 country | | written by Hank Cochran , Buddy Cannon, Dean Dillon & Vern Gosdin |
| 49. | 1989 | | 20
 | | | | ✫1 country | | written by Hank Cochran  |
| 50. | 1989 | | 18
 | | | | 2 country | | written by Vern Gosdin & Hank Cochran  |
| 51. | 1990 | | 9
 | | | | 10 country | | written by Vern Gosdin, Dean Dillon & Hank Cochran  |
| 52. | 1990 | | 9
 | | | | 10 country | | [Columbia 73221] written by Vern Gosdin, Hank Cochran & Mack Vickery |
| 53. | 1990 | | 1
 | | | | 75 country | | written by Hank Cochran , Vern Gosdin, Jim Vest & Mack Vickery |
| 54. | 1990 | | 8
 | | | | 14 country | | [Columbia 73491] written by Max D. Barnes, Hank Cochran & Vern Gosdin |
| 55. | 1991 | | 6
 | | | | 22 country | | [Columbia 73718 (Epic)] written by Hank Cochran , Red Lane & Mack Vickery |
 | 56. | 03/1991 | | 4
 | | 87 UK | | | | [R] written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard |
| 57. | 1994 | | 1
 | | | | 72 country | | written by Hank Cochran & Harlan Howard |
| 58. | 1997 | | 1
 | | | | 68 country | | written by Hank Cochran & Tim Johnson |
| 59. | 04/2009 | | 2
 | | | | 49 country | | written by Keith Whitley, Dean Dillon & Hank Cochran  |
| Top 100 hits | 14 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 1 | |
| Top 40 hits | 8 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 1 | |
| Top 10 hits | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | | |
| ✫ #1 hits | | | 3 | 11 | | |
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