Ships That Don't Come In

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“Ships That Don't Come In”
Single by Joe Diffie from the album Regular Joe
Released	April 14, 1992
Format	CD Single
Genre	Country
Length	3:39
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Paul Nelson, Dave Gibson
Joe Diffie singles chronology
"Is It Cold In Here" (1991) "Ships That Don't Come In" (1992) "Next Thing Smokin'" (1992)

"Ships That Don't Come In" is a single by American country music singer Joe Diffie that reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was the second single released from his CD, Regular Joe.

[edit] Chart performance

The song debuted at #68 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated April 18, 1992. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, reaching its peak of #5 on the chart dated July 11, 1992.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	5

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