Diggin' Up Bones

1986 single by Randy Travis

"Diggin' Up Bones"

Single by Randy Travis

from the album Storms of Life

B-side

"There'll Always be a Honky Tonk Somewhere"

Released

August 4, 1986

Recorded

1985

Genre

Country

Length

2:58

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville 28649

Songwriter(s)

Al Gore, Paul Overstreet, Nat Stuckey

Producer(s)

Kyle Lehning

Randy Travis singles chronology

"1982"
(1985)

"Diggin' Up Bones"
(1986)

"No Place Like Home"
(1986)

"Diggin' Up Bones" is a song written by Paul Overstreet, Al Gore, and Nat Stuckey, and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in August 1986 as the third single from his album Storms of Life. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.^[1]

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad, in which the male narrator yearns for "a love that's dead and gone", whose items he kept and pulled out of storage.

Other versions

Mel Tillis - on his album California Road (1985)

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[3]	Gold	500,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "American single certifications – Randy Travis – Diggin' Up Bones". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 17, 2021.