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| 1.6 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Storms | Nanci Griffith | Album | | MCA Records | MCAD-6319 |
| 1.1 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go | Nanci Griffith | Single | | MCA Records | DMCAT 1358 |
| 1.6 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | Storms | Nanci Griffith | Album | | MCA Records | MCA 6319, MCA-6319 |
| 1.18 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:00 | Nanci Griffith | The MCA Years: A Retrospective | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Records | MCAD 10914 |
| 1.18 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:00 | Nanci Griffith | The MCA Years: A Retrospective | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Records | MCAC 10914 |
| 1.18 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | The Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Records | MCD 10966 |
| 1.12 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Music from Party of Five | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack | | Reprise Records | 9 46431-2 |
| 1.12 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Music from Party of Five | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack | | Reprise Records | 9362-46431-2 |
| 1.12 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Music from Party of Five | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack | | Columbia Pictures, Reprise Records | CDW 46431 |
| 1.5 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:03 | Nanci Griffith | Wings to Fly and a Place to Be | Nanci Griffith | Other + Compilation | | MCA Records | 112 169-2, MCLD 19395 |
| 1.6 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Nashville | 088 170 191-2 |
| 1.6 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Nashville | 088 170 191-2 |
| 1.10 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | | |
| 1.10 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Nashville , BMG Direct | 088170301-2, D144846 |
| 2.6 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | The Complete MCA Studio Recordings | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Records | 44702 |
| 2.6 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | The Complete MCA Studio Recordings | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Records | 44702 |
| 1.6 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Storms | Nanci Griffith | Album | | Geffen Records | |
| 1.10 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | MCA Nashville | |
| 1.12 | It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:02 | Nanci Griffith | Music From Party of Five | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack | | Warner Records | |
| 1.18 | It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go | 4:01 | Nanci Griffith | The MCA Years - A Retrospective | Nanci Griffith | Album + Compilation | | | D 101606 |