Ode to Billie Joe

Name: Ode to Billie Joe
Duration: 4 min 15 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.10	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	1967-06 US
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	?:??	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	1967 GB
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Bobbie Gentry’s Greatest!	1969 US
1.10	Ode to Billie Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	1970 FR
1.12	Ode To Billy Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Capitol Hit Fire	1974 NL
3.10	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Easy Listening Country	1982 -
1.4	Ode to Billy Joe	4:11	Bobbie Gentry	Country’s Greatest Hits	1985 GB
1.16	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Exclusive Country Stars From the 50’s & 60’s	1988 NL
1.16	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	The Originals 4: Country Stars (From the 50’s & 60’s)	1988 NL
1.4	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	20 Original Country Greats	1989 GB
1.3	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1967/1968	1989 NL
1.22	Ode to Billie Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Rock: 1967: Shakin’ All Over	1989 US
3.15	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Country Memories	1989 US
1.9	Ode to Billie Joe	4:18	Bobbie Gentry	60's Hits: Great Records of the Decade	1990-08-20 CA
1.15	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Volume III	1990 US
1.24	Ode to Billie Joe	4:12	Bobbie Gentry	Country USA: 1967	1990 US
1.12	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	De Pre Historie 1967, Volume 1	1990 BE
1.1	Ode To Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Greatest Hits	1990 US
1.13	Ode to Billie Jo	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Hit History, Volume 12: 1966	1990 NL
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Country Classics	1991 XE
1.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	stereoplay, CD 58: Yesterday’s	1991 DE
1.22	Ode to Billy Joe	4:12	Bobbie Gentry	Superhits: 1967	1991 US
1.9	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Country Moods	1992 GB
1.14	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Fan des 60 - 1967	1992 FR
1.20	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	The Spirit of the 60s: 1967: The Hits Don’t Stop	1992 XE
1.3	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	All Time Country Classics, Volume 1	1993 CA
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	The Best of Bobbie Gentry	1993 GB
1.13	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1967	1994 GB
1.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The 101 Greatest Country Hits, Volume 10: Country Roads	1994 US
1.9	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The Best Country Album in the World... Ever!	1994 XE
1.15	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The No. 1 Hits: 1967	1994 -
1.9	Ode to Billie Joe	4:19	Bobbie Gentry	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967	1995-05-30 US
1.22	Ode to Billie Joe	4:12	Bobbie Gentry	AM Gold: 1967	1995 US
1.13	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Every Song Tells a Story	1995 GB
1.10	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Hit Albums: Original Albums	1995 XE
1.10	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Very Best of Country, Volume 4	1995 ZA
1.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Those Were the Days: 30 Years of Great Folk Hits	1995 US
4.15	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Country Music’s Greatest Hits	1996-02-01 GB
2.4	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The Best Country Album in the World... Ever!	1996 ZA
1.10	Ode to Bille Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Country Classics	1997 NL
1.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Folk Rock Classics	1997 US
1.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Salut Les Copains 1967-1968	1997 FR
1.4	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Story Songs	1997 US
2.11	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The All Time Greatest Country Songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s	1997 GB
1.10	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	The Golden Classics of Bobbie Gentry	1997 US
1.14	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Best Country Ballads in the World... Ever!	1998-10-26 GB
2.19	Ode to Billie Joe	4:11	Bobbie Gentry	25 ans de Slows	1998 FR
3.17	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	American Pie: Great Tales and Sagas in Song	1998 US
2.15	Ode to Billie Joe	4:12	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country: Golden '60s	1998 US
2.5	Ode to Bilie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Rock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time, Volume 3: Late 60's	1999-02-23 US
1.10	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Time Life's Treasury of Folk Music, Volume 4: Folk Rock	1999-11-09 US
1.8	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Women & Songs: Beginnings	1999-11-30 CA
2.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country 1965-1969	1999 XE
1.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Country Connection	1999 GB
2.13	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Love, Peace and Folk Rock Hits of the 60's and 70's	1999 -
1.9	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Rock & Pop Feelings: Storytellers: Die schönsten Geschichten der Popmusik	1999 DE
1.22	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Absolute Sixties	2000-03-29 SE
1.4	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years	2000-08-14 XE
1.5	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Spirit of the ’60s: Singers & Songwriters	2001-02-20 US
4.2	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Dick Clark’s #1’s: 50s to 70s "When AM Radio Was King"	2001-08-07 US
1.14	Ode to Billy Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Once Upon a Song	2001-11-20 US
1.20	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	1000 Original Hits: 1967	2001 NL
2.1	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Once Upon a Song	2001 US
1.5	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Singers and Songwriters: 1964–1969	2001 US
1.4	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Singers and Songwriters: 1965–1969	2001 XE
2.11	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The All Time Greatest Country Songs	2001 NL
1.20	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	The Sound of the City: Los Angeles	2002-09-02 GB
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	An American Quilt 1967–1974	2002-10-07 US 2002 AU
2.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Folk Years: Yesterday’s Gone	2002-10-25 US
4.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	This Land is Your Land: The Folk Years	2002-11-25 US
1.15	Ode to Billy Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Country Legends	2002 GB
2.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Sounds of the Sixties: 1967	2002 XE
1.8	Ode to Billy Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Twogether Années 60	2002 FR
4.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Folk Years	2003-06-24 US
1.5	Ode to Billy Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Chartbusters USA, Volume 3	2003 GB
2.15	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits	2003 US
1.7	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country: Queens of Country	2003 US
1.8	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Classic Country: Queens of Country	2003 US
2.17	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Fabulous Hits of the 60’s	2003 AU
3.16	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Folk Years	2003 US
1.13	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Top Hits of the Sixties: Absolute Hits	2003 -
1.5	Ode to Billy Joe	4:12	Bobbie Gentry	Hippy Lullabies	2004-04-08 LV
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Chickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie Gentry	2004-04-13 US
3.24	Ode to Billie Jo	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Greatest Hits of the 60s	2004-07-12 XE
1.9	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Country: The Essential Album	2005-02-07 GB
1.4	Ode to Billy Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Kings & Queens of Country	2005-04-12 US
4.17	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Complete Sixties	2005 AU
6.5	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	More 60’s	2005 NL
2.9	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Superstars of Country: Party Time	2005 US
1.8	Ode to Billy Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Superstars of Country: Volume One	2005 XE
1.10	Ode to Billie Jo	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	The Very Best of Bobbie Gentry	2005 DE
2.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:17	Bobbie Gentry	Legends of Country: Classic Hits of the ’50s, ’60s & ’70s	2006-12-05 US
2.15	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Ljuva country-legender	2006 SE
1.4	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	The Bobbie Gentry Collection	2006 -
1.13	Ode to Billy Jo	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore	2006 XE
Promotion
1.1	Ode to Billie Joe	4:13	Bobbie Gentry	Ode to Billie Joe	1967 US
2.12	Ode to Billie Joe	4:16	Bobbie Gentry	Capitol Records 50th Anniversary 1942–1992	1992-04-27 US
1.11	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	Capitol Records 50th Anniversary Sampler	1992 US
4.3	Ode to Billie Joe	4:15	Bobbie Gentry	CD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard Magazine	1992 CA 1992 US
1.5	Ode to Billie Joe	4:14	Bobbie Gentry	Oxford American: Southern Sampler 1998	1998-07-01 US

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phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)

sampled by:	3 Lil’ Putos by Cypress Hill

part of:	Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 51) (order: 51) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) (order: 191) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 412) (order: 412)

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/5071 [info]

recording of:	Ode to Billie Joe (in 1967-03)

Ode to Billie Joe

lyricist and composer:	Bobbie Gentry

publisher:	Larry Shayne Music, Inc. Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd

later parody versions:	Tvättställsbron
later translated versions:	’t Was een gewone dag Marie‐Jeanne
later versions:	Marie Jeanne

Ode to Billie Joe

Genres: country, americana, blues, classic country, contemporary folk

Other tags: counrtry, country; blue-eyed soul, general country, soundtrack

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Ode to Billie Joe

Ode to Billie Joe

Genres: country, americana, blues, classic country, contemporary folk

Other tags: counrtry, country; blue-eyed soul, general country, soundtrack

Appears on releases

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Ode to Billie Joe