Ode to Billy Joe

~ Recording by Bobbie Gentry

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryOde to Billie JoeBobbie GentryAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)ST 2830
1.1Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryBobbie Gentry’s Greatest!Bobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Starline (60s/70s US/UK)SKAO-381
1.10Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryOde to Billie JoeBobbie GentryAlbum
Emidisc (budget label)2C 048-50.718
1.12Ode To Billy Joe4:13Bobbie GentryCapitol Hit FireVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)5C048.81901
3.10Ode to Billy Joe4:17Bobbie GentryEasy Listening CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1982
Reader’s DigestCELC-A-116
1.16Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryExclusive Country Stars From the 50’s & 60’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)259.068
1.16Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryThe Originals 4: Country Stars (From the 50’s & 60’s)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)259.068
1.4Ode to Billy Joe4:17Bobbie Gentry20 Original Country GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music for PleasureCD-MFP 6084, CDB 7 93807 2
1.3Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie Gentry25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1967/1968Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special Products29.982217.10, LSP 982217 2
1.22Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryClassic Rock: Shakin’ All Over 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products2CLR-15, OPCD-2578
3.15Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryCountry MemoriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.15Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryClassic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Volume IIIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DMC4-0914, RD 042-3
1.24Ode to Billie Joe4:12Bobbie GentryCountry USA: 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special Products, Time–Life MusicA 21196, CTD-17
1.12Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryDe Pre Historie 1967, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA (do not use this as an imprint!)260.739
1.1Ode To Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryGreatest HitsBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
Curb RecordsD2-77387
1.13Ode to Billie Jo4:16Bobbie GentryHit History, Volume 12: 1966Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 74782
1.11Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie Gentrystereoplay, CD 58: Yesterday’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplayCD 27100586 A
1.22Ode to Billy Joe4:12Bobbie GentrySuperhits: 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicSUD-05
1.9Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryCountry MoodsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)515 299-2
1.14Ode to Billy Joe4:17Bobbie GentryFan des 60 - 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life515 343-2
1.20Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryThe Spirit of the 60s: 1967: The Hits Don’t StopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 531/20
1.1Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryThe Best of Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
Music for PleasureCDMFP 6115
1.2Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe 101 Greatest Country Hits, Volume 10: Country RoadsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (International budget record label)3369-2
1.9Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe Best Country Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)8 31646 2
1.15Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe No. 1 Hits: 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994
SR International79 595 5
1.22Ode to Billie Joe4:11Bobbie GentryAM Gold: 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Warner Special ProductsAM1-08, OPCD-2603A
1.13Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryEvery Song Tells a StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)525 170-2
1.10Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Very Best of Country, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Records AfricaCDBSP (WM) 3003
1.2Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThose Were the Days: 30 Years of Great Folk HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music
2.4Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe Best Country Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!)CDBEST(WLMD) 1
1.2Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryFolk Rock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music220-5B
1.4Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryStory SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (International budget record label)3885-2
2.11Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe All Time Greatest Country Songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Sony Music TVSONY TV 24 CD
1.10Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryThe Golden Classics of Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
Collectables (US reissue label)72438-19537-2-3, COL-5862
1.14Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Best Country Ballads in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-10-26
2.19Ode to Billie Joe4:11Bobbie Gentry25 ans de SlowsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram940044-2
3.17Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryAmerican Pie: Great Tales and Sagas in SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music
2.15Ode to Billie Joe4:12Bobbie GentryClassic Country: Golden '60sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA 34496, A 34497, A2 34495, R808-07
2.5Ode to Bilie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryRock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time, Volume 3: Late 60'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-02-23
Echo Bridge
1.10Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryTime Life's Treasury of Folk Music, Volume 4: Folk RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-11-09
Time–Life Music
1.8Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryWomen & Songs: BeginningsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1999-11-30
wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)WTVD 38148
2.1Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryClassic Country 1965-1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryCountry ConnectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestLCOCO-A-541
2.13Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryLove, Peace and Folk Rock Hits of the 60's and 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
BMG Special ProductsDRC32293, DRC32293A
1.9Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryRock & Pop Feelings: Storytellers: Die schönsten Geschichten der PopmusikVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
International Masters Publishers (logo: i | m | p - inspiring & informing you)DE-P-53-10-20-048
1.22Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryAbsolute SixtiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2000-03-29
EVA Records (Sweden)EVACD 4012
1.4Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryOde to Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol YearsBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2000-08-14
Zonophone (name revived by EMI 1980 and after)7243 5 27719 2 9
1.5Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentrySpirit of the ’60s: Singers & SongwritersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-02-20
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA31363, M18649
1.14Ode to Billy Joe4:13Bobbie GentryOnce Upon a SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-11-20
4.2Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryDick Clark's #1's: 50s to 70s "When AM Radio Was King", Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)
2.1Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryOnce Upon a SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)A52573
1.5Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentrySingers and Songwriters: 1964–1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI-Capitol Special Markets, Time–Life Music72435-30315-2-7, R812-14
1.4Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentrySingers and Songwriters: 1965–1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL SSW/04
2.11Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe All Time Greatest Country SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media500538 2
1.20Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryThe Sound of the City: Los AngelesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-09-02
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 539532 2 5
1.1Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryAn American Quilt 1967–1974Bobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue)RVCD-130
2.11Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Folk Years: Yesterday’s GoneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-10-25
Time–Life Music72435-39987-2-1, 72435-39988-2-0, 72435-39989-2-9, R812-20
4.11Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThis Land is Your Land: The Folk YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-11-25
Time–Life Music, Rhino (reissue label)M18903-B, R159-28
1.15Ode to Billy Joe4:15Bobbie GentryCountry LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD480
2.11Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentrySounds of the Sixties: 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL SCC/05
4.11Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Folk YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-24
Time–Life Music18857-P
1.5Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryChartbusters USA, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ace (UK, started in 1978)CDCHD 890
2.15Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryClassic Country: Hard to Find HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Special Products, Time–Life Music19625-2, TCD909
1.7Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryClassic Country: Queens of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
3.16Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Folk YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicM1894G
1.5Ode to Billy Joe4:12Bobbie GentryHippy LullabiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • LV2004-04-08
Mikrofona ierakstiMRCD 239
1.1Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryChickasaw County Child: The Artistry of Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-04-13
Shout! FactoryDK 32278
3.24Ode to Billie Jo4:14Bobbie GentryGreatest Hits of the 60sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-07-12
EMI Gold7243 5 71045 2 4
1.9Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryCountry: The Essential AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-02-07
EssentialsESNDCD233
1.4Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Kings & Queens of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-04-12
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)
4.17Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryComplete SixtiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI International
6.5Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryMore 60’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Disky, Disky B.V.902732
2.9Ode to Billy Joe4:17Bobbie GentrySuperstars of Country: Party TimeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life, EMI Music Special Markets, Warner Custom Products19290-2, 72438-74713-2-0, OPCD-7655
1.10Ode to Billie Jo4:16Bobbie GentryThe Very Best of Bobbie GentryBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
EMI Gold0946 311564 2 7
2.11Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryLegends of Country: Classic Hits of the ’50s, ’60s & ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-12-05
Shout! Factory
2.15Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryLjuva country-legenderVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)82876815622
1.4Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThe Bobbie Gentry CollectionBobbie GentryAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006
EMI Music Distribution
1.13Ode to Billy Jo4:15Bobbie GentryThey Don’t Make Them Like This AnymoreVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
V2TVV2TV1044412
1.10Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryOde to Billie JoeBobbie GentryAlbum
  • US2007-02-19
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.19Ode to Billy Joe4:13Bobbie Gentry101 Sixties HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-04-30
Virgin TVVTDCDX 866
3.24Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryPure 60sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-03
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)508 2922, 5099950829224
3.3Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie Gentry101 Country HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-11-12
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), EMI TV50999 5 05867 2 1, VTDCDX 881
1.17Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryTop of the Pops 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-12-10
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)516 2438
6.4Ode to Billy Joe4:16Bobbie GentryTestament van de SixtiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)984 812-8
1.20Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryThe Original 60s Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Gold50999 5 13369 2 9
4.17Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryTop of the Pops: Year by Year Collection 1964‒2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-07-07
EMI Gold
2.15Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryStory SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-09-23
Virgin TVVTDCD 917
1.8Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryThis Is… 1967Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-02-13
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)5099922779427
2.11Ode to Billie Joe4:13Bobbie GentryThe Best Sixties Album in the World …Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-11-30
Virgin TVVTDCD 985
11.5Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryGolden Age of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music25232-2
1.12Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentryPop Memories of the ’60s: HoneyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music
1.3Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie Gentry100 Summer Hits of the SixtiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)532 976-5
1.13Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryAlle 40 goed - Happy 60'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Belgium50999 6427 8
3.17Ode to Billie Joe4:12Bobbie GentryArte Summer of the 60sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music France (1994–2013)
2.9Ode to Billie Joe4:17Bobbie GentrySingers & Songwriters: TroubadoursVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life25747-D
2.5Ode to Billy Joe4:14Bobbie GentryTerry Wogan Presents The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)WMTV159
Promotion
2.12Ode to Billie Joe4:16Bobbie GentryCapitol Records 50th Anniversary 1942–1992Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-04-27
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)DPRO-79242, DPRO-79243, DPRO-79244, DPRO-79245, DPRO-79246, DPRO-79247, DPRO-79248, DPRO-79249
4.3Ode to Billie Joe4:15Bobbie GentryCD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard MagazineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Pioneer (USA imprint with italic text logo)S26-57999
1.5Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryOxford American: Southern Sampler 1998Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-07-01
Oxford American (magazine of The South)
(unknown)
1.8Ode to Billie Joe4:14Bobbie GentryClassic Country: Queens of Country (disc 1)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR808-26

Relationships

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
sampled by:3 Lil’ Putos by Cypress Hill
part of:The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) (order: 191)
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412) (order: 412)
recording of:Ode to Billie Joe

Ode to Billie Joe

lyricist and composer:Bobbie Gentry
publisher:Larry Shayne Music, Inc.
later translated versions:'t Was een gewone dag
Marie‐Jeanne
later versions:Marie Jeanne (French translation)