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"Pickup Man"
Single by Joe Diffie
from the album Third Rock from the Sun
B-side"From Here on Out"
ReleasedOctober 17, 1994
GenreCountry
Length3:36
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Howard Perdew
  • Kerry Kurt Phillips
Producer(s)
Joe Diffie singles chronology
"Third Rock from the Sun"
(1994)
"Pickup Man"
(1994)
"So Help Me Girl"
(1995)

"Pickup Man" is a song written by Howard Perdew and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in October 1994 as the second single from the album Third Rock from the Sun. The song was his longest-lasting number-one hit, having spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart between December 1994 and January 1995.

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Content

The song, a moderate up-tempo, is about a man who reasons he can meet the woman of his dreams by driving a pickup truck. At one point, he is able to secure a ride for a high school homecoming queen. "Pickup man", in this sense, has a double meaning — i.e., he is not only driving a pickup truck, but he is also "picking up" women in it.

Music video

The music video was directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions. The majority of the music video for this song was filmed on location at a drive-in theater in Lewisburg, Tennessee.

The dead man from the "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" music video makes a cameo, lounging in the bed of a pickup truck.

Personnel

Compiled from the liner notes.[1]

Chart positions

"Pickup Man" debuted at number 56 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 22, 1994.

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Pickup Man"
Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 60
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Pickup Man"
Chart (1995) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 66

In popular culture

In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the restaurant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside to Go" service.[6]

Country singer Jason Aldean's top 20 single "1994", a tribute to Diffie which appeared on Aldean's 2012 album Night Train, references "Pickup Man" in the chorus.

Hardy and Post Malone version

"Pickup Man"
Single by Joe Diffie featuring Post Malone
from the album Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape
B-side"John Deere Green"
ReleasedNovember 9, 2023
GenreCountry
Length3:36
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Howard Perdew
  • Kerry Kurt Phillips
Producer(s)
Joe Diffie singles chronology
"Quit You"
(2018)
"Pickup Man"
(2023)
Post Malone singles chronology
"Enough Is Enough"
(2023)
"Pickup Man"
(2023)

In November 2023, Post Malone covered the song with Morgan Wallen and Hardy at the Country Music Association awards ceremony. Following this performance, a studio recording featuring Post Malone and Hardy alongside a vocal track recorded by Diffie in 2006 debuted on the country music charts. This rendition is the lead single to Hardy's mixtape Hixtape Vol. 3, which includes covers of Joe Diffie songs.[7]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Pickup Man" (featuring Post Malone)
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 80
Canada Country (Billboard)[9] 57
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[10] 5
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[11] 44
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 34

References

  1. ^ Third Rock From The Sun (liner notes). Joe Diffie. Epic. 1994. EK 64357.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2680." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 12, 1994. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  6. ^ "Diffie's "Pickup Man" Remade for Applebee's Ad". CMT.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
  7. ^ "Post Malone Secures His First Hit on Country Airplay Chart with 'Pickup Man'". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Joe Diffie Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
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