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Patty Loveless became one of the defining voices of modern country music by joining the emotional force of Appalachian singing with honky-tonk rhythm, bluegrass tradition, and the polished precision of Nashville’s best studio musicians. Born Patricia Lee Ramey in Pikeville, Kentucky, and raised in the coal country of eastern Kentucky, she learned harmony and mountain music through her family before beginning a professional career as a teenager.
Loveless first gained national experience singing with the Wilburn Brothers and performing alongside Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. After years on the road and a period away from the Nashville spotlight, she signed with MCA Records in the mid-1980s and began the recording career that established her as one of country music’s most expressive interpreters.
Her self-titled 1987 debut and If My Heart Had Windows introduced “Lonely Days, Lonely Nights,” “After All,” “A Little Bit in Love,” “If My Heart Had Windows,” and “You Saved Me.” The breakthrough continued with Honky Tonk Angel, which produced “Timber, I’m Falling in Love,” “Chains,” “Blue Side of Town,” “Don’t Toss Us Away,” and “The Lonely Side of Love.”
On Down the Line and Up Against My Heart expanded Loveless’s reputation for emotionally direct country music through “I’m That Kind of Girl,” “The Night’s Too Long,” “Blue Memories,” “Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way),” “Jealous Bone,” and “I Came Straight to You.” After vocal-cord surgery in 1992, she returned with a renewed voice and began an acclaimed run on Epic Records.
Only What I Feel arrived in 1993 with “Blame It on Your Heart,” “How Can I Help You Say Goodbye,” “Nothin’ but the Wheel,” and “You Will.” The following year, When Fallen Angels Fly brought together “Here I Am,” “I Try to Think About Elvis,” “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am,” “Halfway Down,” and the title track. The album won the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year.
The Trouble with the Truth and Long Stretch of Lonesome continued that creative peak through “You Can Feel Bad,” “Lonely Too Long,” “A Thousand Times a Day,” “The Trouble with the Truth,” “High on Love,” “To Have You Back Again,” and “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me,” featuring George Jones. Loveless also recorded prominent duets and harmony performances with Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, George Strait, John Prine, Bob Seger, and other artists.
The 1999 collection Classics introduced “Can’t Get Enough,” “I Just Wanna Be Loved by You,” and the Vince Gill duet “My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man.” Strong Heart followed in 2000 with “That’s the Kind of Mood I’m In,” “The Last Thing on My Mind,” “You’re So Cool,” and its title track.
Loveless returned directly to the Appalachian music of her childhood on Mountain Soul in 2001. “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive,” “The Boys Are Back in Town,” “Daniel Prayed,” “Soul of Constant Sorrow,” and “Two Coats” placed acoustic instruments, family history, and mountain harmony at the center of the album. Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas followed with traditional holiday music and songs rooted in the same regional sound.
On Your Way Home and Dreamin’ My Dreams balanced contemporary country production with roots-oriented material through “Lovin’ All Night,” “On Your Way Home,” “Keep Your Distance,” “When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough,” and “Never Ending Song of Love.” Loveless then devoted Sleepless Nights to classic country songs associated with George Jones, Webb Pierce, Hank Williams, Ray Price, and other foundational performers.
Mountain Soul II, released in 2009, became her sixteenth studio album. The record included “Busted,” “Fools Thin Air,” “Working on a Building,” “Friends in Gloryland,” “Bramble and the Rose,” and newly recorded versions of several songs from earlier in her catalog. Loveless subsequently stepped away from regular recording and touring while returning for selected collaborations and major performances.
Later appearances included “Bible and a .44” with Trisha Yearwood, “Jack of Diamonds” with Deanie Richardson, “Rebels & Angels” with Terry McBride, and Carly Pearce’s “Dear Miss Loretta.” Loveless was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023, formally recognizing a career that connected commercial country music to the emotional language and musical traditions of Appalachia.
This A-to-Z catalog includes Patty Loveless’s studio recordings, separately recorded alternate versions, compilation exclusives, soundtrack performances, duets, and songs on which she received a named guest or co-artist credit.
Complete List Of Patty Loveless Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “After All” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “All I Have to Offer You Is Me” – Nathan Stanley featuring Patty Loveless – Controversial Man (2017)
- “All I Need (Is Not to Need You)” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “American Middle Class” – Angaleena Presley featuring Patty Loveless – American Middle Class (2014)
- “The Answer’s in the Question” – Bob Seger featuring Patty Loveless – Face the Promise (2006)
- “Away in a Manger” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Baby’s Gone Blues” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Back Street Affair” – John Prine featuring Patty Loveless – In Spite of Ourselves (1999)
- “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Bible and a .44” – Trisha Yearwood featuring Patty Loveless – Every Girl (2019)
- “Big Chance” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005); reissued on Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Blame It on Your Heart” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “Blue Is Not a Word” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “Blue Memories” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “Blue Memories (2009 Version)” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Blue Side of Town” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Blue Side of Town (Live)” – The Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour (1996)
- “Bluegrass, White Snow” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Born-Again Fool” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “The Boys Are Back in Town” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Bramble and the Rose” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Busted” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Can’t Get Enough” – Classics (1999)
- “Can’t Stop Myself from Loving You” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “Carol of the Bells” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Chains” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Cheap Whiskey” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Children of Abraham” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Christmas Day at My House” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Christmas Time’s A-Comin’” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Close By” – Ricky Skaggs featuring Patty Loveless – Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe (2000)
- “Cold, Cold Heart” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Color of the Blues” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Crazy Arms” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Daniel Prayed” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Dear Diamond” – Miranda Lambert featuring Patty Loveless – Four the Record (2011)
- “Dear Miss Loretta” – Carly Pearce featuring Patty Loveless – 29: Written in Stone (2021)
- “Diamond in My Crown” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Don’t Toss Us Away” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Draggin’ My Heart Around” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “Dreaming My Dreams with You” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Drunken Driver” – Dave Leatherman featuring Patty Loveless – Easy Memories (2011)
- “Every Kinda People” – Amy Grant featuring Patty Loveless – One Voice: An Olympic Album (1996)
- “Everybody’s Equal in the Eyes of Love” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “Everything But the Words” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
F–J
- “Far Side Banks of Jordan” – Kris Kristofferson and Patty Loveless – Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash (2007)
- “Feelin’ Good About Feelin’ Bad” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “Feelings of Love” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “Feelings of Love (2009 Version)” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “The First Noel” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Fly Away” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Fools Thin Air” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Friends in Gloryland” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Go On” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Go Rest High on That Mountain” – Vince Gill featuring Patty Loveless – When Love Finds You (1994)
- “Go Rest High on That Mountain (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)” – Vince Gill featuring Patty Loveless – Opry 100: Country’s Greatest Songs (2025)
- “God Will” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “The Grandpa That I Know” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “Half Over You” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “Half Over You (2009 Version)” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Halfway Down” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “A Handful of Dust” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “A Handful of Dust (2009 Version)” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “He Thinks I Still Care” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Here I Am” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “High on Love” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “Higher Than the Wall” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “House of Cash” – George Strait and Patty Loveless – Troubadour (2008)
- “How About You” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “How Can I Help You Say Goodbye” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “I Already Miss You (Like You’re Already Gone)” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “I Came Straight to You” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “I Can’t Get You Off of My Mind” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “I Did” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “I Don’t Wanna Be That Strong” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “I Don’t Want to Feel Like That” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “I Just Wanna Be Loved by You” – Classics (1999)
- “I Know You’re Married (But I Love You Still)” – with Travis Tritt – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “I Miss Who I Was (With You)” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “I Surrender” – Suzy Bogguss featuring Patty Loveless – Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt (1998)
- “I Try to Think About Elvis” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “I Wanna Believe” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “I Will Always Love You (Live at the Grand Ole Opry)” – Dolly Parton featuring Patty Loveless and Marty Stuart – Opry 100: Country’s Greatest Songs (2025)
- “I Won’t Gamble with Your Love” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “I’ll Never Grow Tired of You” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “I’ll Never Grow Tired of You (with Ralph Stanley)” – Ralph Stanley featuring Patty Loveless – Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (1992)
- “I’m on Your Side” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “I’m That Kind of Girl” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “I’ve Got to Stop Loving You (And Start Living Again)” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “If It’s the Last Thing I Do” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “If My Heart Had Windows” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “If Teardrops Were Pennies” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “If That’s the Way You Feel” – Ralph Stanley featuring Patty Loveless – Clinch Mountain Country (1998)
- “If You Don’t Want Me” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “If You Think” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Jack of Diamonds” – Deanie Richardson featuring Patty Loveless – Love Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard (2019)
- “Jealous Bone” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “Joy to the World” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
K–O
- “Keep Your Distance” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “The Key of Love” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “Last in a Long Lonesome Line” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “The Last Thing on My Mind” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “Like Water into Wine” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “A Little Bit in Love” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Little Drummer Boy” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “A Little on the Lonely Side” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Lonely Days, Lonely Nights” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “The Lonely Side of Love” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “Lonely Too Long” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “Long Stretch of Lonesome” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “Looking for a Heartache Like You” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “Looking in the Eyes of Love” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “Love Builds the Bridges (Pride Builds the Walls)” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “Love Don’t Let Me Down” – Chris Young featuring Patty Loveless – Country Strong soundtrack (2010)
- “Lovin’ All Night” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “Mr. Man in the Moon” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man” – with Vince Gill – The Key (1998); Classics (1999)
- “My Old Friend the Blues” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Never Ending Song of Love” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Next in Line” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “The Night’s Too Long” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “No Good for Me” – Jimmy Wayne featuring Patty Loveless – Do You Believe Me Now (2008)
- “Nobody Here by That Name” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Nobody Loves You Like I Do” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “Nothin’ But Love” – America’s Music: The Roots of Country (1995)
- “Nothin’ but the Wheel” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “Nothin’ Like the Lonely” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “O Little Town of Bethlehem” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Old Soul” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “On Down the Line” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “On the Verge of Tears” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “On Your Way Home” – On Your Way Home (2003)
- “Once in a Lifetime” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Out of Control Raging Fire” – with Travis Tritt – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Out of My Mind” – Vince Gill featuring Patty Loveless – These Days (2006)
- “Over My Shoulder” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “Overtime” – On Down the Line (1990)
P–T
- “The Pain of Loving You” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “The Party Ain’t Over Yet” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “Pieces on the Ground” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “Please Help Me I’m Falling” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Please Remember Me” – Tim McGraw featuring Patty Loveless – A Place in the Sun (1999)
- “Precious Memories” – How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry (2008)
- “Pretty Little Miss” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Prisoner’s Tears” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “The Rainbow Down the Road” – Radney Foster featuring Patty Loveless – Maverick soundtrack (1994)
- “Rebels & Angels” – Terry McBride featuring Patty Loveless – Rebels & Angels (2020)
- “The Richest Fool Alive” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Rise Up Lazarus” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – Alvin and the Chipmunks featuring Patty Loveless – A Very Merry Chipmunk (1994)
- “Same Kind of Crazy” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “Santa Train” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Send a Message to My Heart” – Dwight Yoakam with Patty Loveless – If There Was a Way (1990)
- “She Drew a Broken Heart” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “She Never Stopped Loving Him” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “Ships” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “Silent Night” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Silver Bells” – Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
- “Sleepless Nights” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Slow Healing Heart” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “So Good to Be in Love” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “So Many Questions, So Little Time” – Country Music for Kids (1994)
- “Some Blue Moons Ago” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “Some Morning Soon” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “Someday I Will Lead the Parade” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “Someone I Used to Know” – with Jon Randall – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Sorrowful Angels” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Soul of Constant Sorrow” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Sounds of Loneliness” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “Sounds of Loneliness (2001 Version)” – Mountain Soul and Songcatcher soundtrack (2001)
- “Straightjacket Love” – Elizabeth Cook featuring Patty Loveless – Exodus of Venus (2016)
- “Strong Heart” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “Tear-Stained Letter” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “That’s All It Took” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “That’s Exactly What I Mean” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “That’s the Kind of Mood I’m In” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “There Goes My Everything” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “There Stands the Glass” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Thirsty” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “A Thousand Times a Day” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “Three Little Babies” – The Chieftains featuring Patty Loveless – Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003)
- “Timber, I’m Falling in Love” – Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
- “To Feel That Way at All” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “To Have You Back Again” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “Too Many Memories” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “The Trouble with the Truth” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “Two Coats” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “Two Coats (The Apostle Soundtrack Version)” – The Apostle soundtrack (1998)
U–Z
- “Waitin’ for the Phone to Ring” – Up Against My Heart (1991)
- “We’ll Sweep out the Ashes in the Morning” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “What’s a Broken Heart” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “When Being Who You Are Is Not Enough” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “When I Call Your Name” – Vince Gill featuring Patty Loveless – When I Call Your Name (1989)
- “When I Reach the Place I’m Going” – Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
- “When the Fallen Angels Fly” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “When the Last Curtain Falls” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “Where Are You Boy” – Tin Cup soundtrack (1996)
- “Where I’m Bound” – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “Why Baby Why” – Sleepless Nights (2008)
- “Wine, Women and Song” – Tribute to Tradition (1998)
- “Wicked Ways” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “Working Man’s Hands” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “Working on a Building” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “You Are Everything” – Patty Loveless (1987)
- “You Burned the Bridge” – Mountain Soul II (2009)
- “You Can Feel Bad” – The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
- “You Can’t Run Away from Your Heart” – On Down the Line (1990)
- “You Don’t Even Know Who I Am” – When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
- “You Don’t Get No More” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “You Don’t Seem to Miss Me” – featuring George Jones – Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
- “You Saved Me” – If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
- “You Will” – Only What I Feel (1993)
- “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” – Mountain Soul (2001)
- “You’re So Cool” – Strong Heart (2000)
- “You’re the Kind of Trouble” – Solomon Burke featuring Patty Loveless – Nashville (2006)
- “You’re Through Fooling Me” – The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (2011)
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Patty Loveless Albums and Major Releases
Patty Loveless (1987)
If My Heart Had Windows (1988)
Honky Tonk Angel (1988)
On Down the Line (1990)
Up Against My Heart (1991)
Only What I Feel (1993)
When Fallen Angels Fly (1994)
The Trouble with the Truth (1996)
Long Stretch of Lonesome (1997)
Classics (1999)
Strong Heart (2000)
Mountain Soul (2001)
Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas (2002)
On Your Way Home (2003)
Dreamin’ My Dreams (2005)
Sleepless Nights (2008)
Mountain Soul II (2009)
Updated August 1, 2026.
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