If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)

"If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)"
"If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)"
Single by Joe Diffie
from the album A Thousand Winding Roads
B-side	"I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone"
Released	April 2, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	2:45
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Ken Spooner, Kim Williams
Producer(s)	Bob Montgomery, Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie singles chronology

B-side"I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone"

ReleasedApril 2, 1991

Length2:45

"If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" is a song written by Ken Spooner and Kim Williams, and recorded by American country music singer Joe Diffie. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart. It was released in April 1991 as the third single from his debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads.^[1]

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	64
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	22

v t e Joe Diffie singles
A Thousand Winding Roads	"Home" "If You Want Me To" "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)"
Regular Joe	"Is It Cold in Here" "Ships That Don't Come In" "Next Thing Smokin'"
Honky Tonk Attitude	"Honky Tonk Attitude" "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" "John Deere Green" "In My Own Backyard"
Third Rock from the Sun	"Third Rock from the Sun" "Pickup Man" "So Help Me Girl" "I'm in Love with a Capital "U"" "That Road Not Taken"
Life's So Funny	"Bigger Than the Beatles" "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" "Whole Lotta Gone"
Twice Upon a Time	"This Is Your Brain" "Somethin' Like This"
Greatest Hits	"Texas Size Heartache"
A Night to Remember	"A Night to Remember" "The Quittin' Kind" "It's Always Somethin'"
In Another World	"In Another World"
Tougher Than Nails	"Tougher Than Nails"
Other singles	"Not Too Much to Ask" (with Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Critical reception