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Pickup Man by Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie
Artist Biography For Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie December 28 1958 – March 29 2020 Was An American Country Musician. Between 1990 And 2004 He Had 35 Singles That Charted On The US Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart Five Of Which Peaked At Number One. He Also Co-Wrote Singles For Holly Dunn Tim McGraw And Jo Dee Messina And Recorded With Mary Chapin Carpenter George Jones And Marty Stuart. Raised In Velma Oklahoma Diffie Worked In A Foundry While Playing Local Nightclubs In Oklahoma And Moved To Nashville In 1986 To Work For Gibson Guitar Corporation. His First Album Arrived In 1990 When Country Music Was Thriving Commercially And Creatively. His First Single A Sensitive Traditional Country Ballad Home Reached No. 1 Although Diffie Quickly Counted On Novelty Hits To Sustain His Career. For Instance His Other No. 1 Hits Are Pickup Man Bigger Than The Beatles Third Rock From The Sun And If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets . Toward The End Of The 1990s Diffie Lost His Chart Momentum And Left Epic Records Following His 2001 Album In Another World. Subsequently He Toured With Mark Chesnutt And Tracy Lawrence On The Rockin' Roadhouse Tour. In 2013 Diffie Collaborated With Aaron Tippin And Sammy Kershaw On The Album All In The Same Boat And Cut The Single "Girl Riding Shotgun" With D Thrash Of The Jawga Boyz. This Was Followed In 2019 By A Vinyl Album Called Joe Joe Joe Diffie. Diffie Passed Away From Complications Of Coronavirus COVID-19 On March 29 2020.
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"Pickup Man" Is A Song Recorded By Country Music Artist Joe Diffie And Written By Kerry Kurt Phillips And Howard Perdew. It Was Released In October 1994 As The Second Single From The Album Third Rock From The Sun. The Song Was His Longest-Lasting #1 Hit Having Spent Four Weeks At #1 On The Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks Now Hot Country Songs Chart Between December 1994 And January 1995. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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Biography - Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie December 28 1958 – March 29 2020 Was An American Country Musician. Between 1990 And 2004 He Had 35 Singles That Charted On The US Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart Five Of Which Peaked At Number One. He Also Co-Wrote Singles For Holly Dunn Tim McGraw And Jo Dee Messina And Recorded With Mary Chapin Carpenter George Jones And Marty Stuart. Raised In Velma Oklahoma Diffie Worked In A Foundry While Playing Local Nightclubs In Oklahoma And Moved To Nashville In 1986 To Work For Gibson Guitar Corporation. His First Album Arrived In 1990 When Country Music Was Thriving Commercially And Creatively. His First Single A Sensitive Traditional Country Ballad Home Reached No. 1 Although Diffie Quickly Counted On Novelty Hits To Sustain His Career. For Instance His Other No. 1 Hits Are Pickup Man Bigger Than The Beatles Third Rock From The Sun And If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets . Toward The End Of The 1990s Diffie Lost His Chart Momentum And Left Epic Records Following His 2001 Album In Another World. Subsequently He Toured With Mark Chesnutt And Tracy Lawrence On The Rockin' Roadhouse Tour. In 2013 Diffie Collaborated With Aaron Tippin And Sammy Kershaw On The Album All In The Same Boat And Cut The Single "Girl Riding Shotgun" With D Thrash Of The Jawga Boyz. This Was Followed In 2019 By A Vinyl Album Called Joe Joe Joe Diffie. Diffie Passed Away From Complications Of Coronavirus COVID-19 On March 29 2020.
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"Pickup Man" is a song recorded by country music artist Joe Diffie and written by Kerry Kurt Phillips and Howard Perdew. It was released in October 1994 as the second single from the album Third Rock from the Sun. The song was his longest-lasting #1 hit, having spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart between December 1994 and January 1995.
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.
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.
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.
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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.