Pickup Man

"Pickup Man" is a song written by Howard Perdew and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Diffie.

The dead man from the "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" music video makes a cameo, lounging in the bed of a pickup truck.

[1] "Pickup Man" debuted at number 56 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 22, 1994.

In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the restaurant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside to Go" service.

In November 2023, Post Malone covered the song with Morgan Wallen and Hardy at the Country Music Association awards ceremony.