Life's So Funny is the fifth main studio album released by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

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 artist Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie

Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",...

. It contains the single "Bigger Than the Beatles", Diffie's last Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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) charts. Following this single were, in order: "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y", "Down in a Ditch", and "Whole Lotta Gone". While "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" and "Whole Lotta Gone" both peaked at #23, "Down in a Ditch" failed to chart.

Track listing

1. "Bigger Than the Beatles
   Bigger Than the Beatles
   "Bigger Than The Beatles" is the title of a song written by Jeb Stuart Anderson and Steve Dukes, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It was released in November 1995 as the lead single from the album, Life's So Funny. The song reached Number One on the U.S...
   
   " (Jeb Stuart Anderson, Steve Dukes) – 3:58
2. "Never Mine to Lose" (Nancy Lee Baxter, Joe Doyle) – 3:41
3. "Down in a Ditch" (Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
   
   ) – 3:07
4. "Tears in the Rain" (Joe Diffie, Lonnie Wilson, Wayne Perry) – 3:20
5. "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" (Ron Harbin, Ed Hill, Dusty Drake
   Dusty Drake
   Dean Buffalini is an American country music artist, known professionally as Dusty Drake. Drake played various venues in his native Pennsylvania for several years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, co-writing a 1996 single for Joe Diffie. By 2003, Drake was signed to Warner Bros. Records as a...
   
   ) – 2:38
6. "She Loves Me" (Stephony Smith, Tommy Lee James
   Tommy Lee James
   Tommy Lee James is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is originally from Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Northside High School then attended Radford University where he studied voice...
   
   ) – 3:43
7. "Back to the Cave" (Skip Ewing
   Skip Ewing
   Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:...
   
   , Tim Johnson) – 4:04
8. "I'm Willing to Try" (Dean Sams
   Lonestar
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   , Wendell Mobley, John Jarrard) – 4:21
9. "Whole Lotta Gone" (Mark James Oliverius, Bryan Keith Burns) – 2:59
10. "Life's So Funny" (Bob Mould, Wyatt Easterling) – 3:20

Personnel

• Lee Bogan - background vocals
• Joe Diffie - lead and background vocals
• Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan
  Stuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
  
   - fiddle
  Fiddle
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Randy McCormick - piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
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• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Brent Mason
  Brent Mason
  Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
  
   - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Lonnie Wilson - drums, percussion
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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Strings by The Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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arranged by Carl Gorodetzky.

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	28
U.S. Billboard 200	167
Canadian RPM Country Albums	14