Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
	"Bitin' List" by Tyler Childers is the most recent recipient
Awarded for	Quality country songs
Country	United States
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First award	1965
Currently held by	Tyler Childers for "Bitin' List" (2026)
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Country Song (sometimes known as the Country Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the songwriter(s) of the song, not to the artist, unless the artist is also the songwriter.

Awarded forQuality country songs

CountryUnited States

Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

First award1965

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There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

From 1965 to 1968, it was known as "Best Country & Western Song"
From 1969 to 1983, it was awarded as "Best Country Song"
In 1984, it was awarded as "Best New Country Song "
From 1985 to the present, it has again been awarded as "Best Country Song"

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. Lori McKenna, Josh Kear, Chris Stapleton, and current winner Kacey Musgraves hold the record of most wins in the category with three wins each.

Year^[I]	Song	Songwriter(s)	Artist(s)
1965
	"Dang Me"	Roger Miller	Roger Miller
	"Here Comes My Baby"	Dottie West and Bill West	Dottie West
	"Once a Day"	Bill Anderson	Connie Smith
	"Wine, Women and Song"	Betty Sue Perry	Loretta Lynn
	"You're the Only World I Know"	Sonny James and Bob Tubert	Sonny James
1966
	"King of the Road"	Roger Miller	Roger Miller
	"Crystal Chandelier"	Ted Harris	Charley Pride
	"Flowers on the Wall"	Lew DeWitt	The Statler Brothers
	"May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose"	Neal Merritt	Little Jimmy Dickens
	"What's He Doing in My World"	Carl Belew, B. J. Moore and Eddie Busch	Eddy Arnold
1967
	"Almost Persuaded"	Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton	David Houston
	"Don't Touch Me"	Hank Cochran	Jeannie Seely
	"Husband and Wives"	Roger Miller	Roger Miller
	"Streets of Baltimore"	Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard	Bobby Bare
	"There Goes My Everything"	Dallas Frazier	Jack Greene
1968
	"Gentle on My Mind"	John Hartford	Glen Campbell
	"Break My Mind"	John D. Loudermilk	George Hamilton IV
	"The Cold Hard Facts of Life"	Bill Anderson	Porter Wagoner
	"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger"	Don Robertson, John Crutchfield and Doris Clement	Charley Pride
	"It's Such a Pretty World Today"	Dale Noe	Wynn Stewart
1969
	"Little Green Apples"	Bobby Russell	Roger Miller
	"D-I-V-O-R-C-E"	Curly Putman and Bobby Braddock	Tammy Wynette
	"Harper Valley PTA"	Tom T. Hall	Jeannie C. Riley
	"Honey"	Bobby Russell	Bobby Goldsboro
	"Skip a Rope"	Glenn Douglas Tubb and Jack Moran	Henson Cargill

Year^[I]	Song	Songwriter(s)	Artist(s)
1970
	"A Boy Named Sue"	Shel Silverstein	Johnny Cash
	"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)"	Dallas Frazier and A. L. Owens	Charley Pride
	"Stand by Your Man"	Billy Sherrill and Tammy Wynette	Tammy Wynette
	"The Things That Matter"	Don Sumner	Van Trevor
	"You Gave Me a Mountain"	Marty Robbins	Frankie Laine
1971
	"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins
	"The Fightin' Side of Me"	Merle Haggard	Merle Haggard
	"Hello Darlin'"	Conway Twitty	Conway Twitty
	"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone"	Glenn Martin and Dave Kirby	Charley Pride
	"Wonder Could I Live There Anymore"	Bill Rice	Charley Pride
1972
	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Kris Kristofferson	Sammi Smith
	"Easy Loving"	Freddie Hart	Freddie Hart
	"For the Good Times"	Kris Kristofferson	Ray Price
	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster	Gordon Lightfoot
	"Rose Garden"	Joe South	Lynn Anderson
1973
	"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"	Ben Peters	Charley Pride
	"Delta Dawn"	Alex Harvey and Larry Collins	Tanya Tucker
	"Funny Face"	Donna Fargo	Donna Fargo
	"The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA"	Donna Fargo	Donna Fargo
	"Woman (Sensuous Woman)"	Gary S. Paxton	Don Gibson
1974
	"Behind Closed Doors"	Kenny O'Dell	Charlie Rich
	"Country Sunshine"	Billy Davis and Dottie West	Dottie West
	"The Most Beautiful Girl"	Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson	Charlie Rich
	"Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine"	Tom T. Hall	Tom T. Hall
	"Why Me"	Kris Kristofferson	Kris Kristofferson
1975
	"A Very Special Love Song"	Norro Wilson and Billy Sherrill	Charlie Rich
	"Fairytale"	Anita Pointer and Bonnie Pointer	The Pointer Sisters
	"I'm a Ramblin' Man"	Ray Pennington	Waylon Jennings
	"If We Make It Through December"	Merle Haggard	Merle Haggard
	"Paper Roses"	Janice Torre and Fred Spielman	Marie Osmond
1976
	"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"	Chips Moman and Larry Butler	B. J. Thomas
	"Before the Next Teardrop Falls"	Vivian Keith and Ben Peters	Freddy Fender
	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"	Fred Rose	Willie Nelson
	"I'm Not Lisa"	Jessi Colter	Jessi Colter
	"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"	John Martin Sommers	John Denver
1977
	"Broken Lady"	Larry Gatlin	Larry Gatlin
	"The Door Is Always Open"	Bob McDill and Dickey Lee	Dave & Sugar
	"Dropkick Me Jesus"	Paul Craft	Bobby Bare
	"Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"	Charlie Rich and Billy Sherrill	Charlie Rich
	"Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life"	Paul Craft	Moe Bandy
1978
	"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"	Richard Leigh	Crystal Gayle
	"Desperado"	Glenn Frey and Don Henley	Johnny Rodriguez
	"It Was Almost Like a Song"	Archie Jordan and Hal David	Ronnie Milsap
	"Lucille"	Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum	Kenny Rogers
	"Luckenbach, Texas"	Bobby Emmons and Chips Moman	Waylon Jennings
1979
	"The Gambler"	Don Schlitz	Kenny Rogers
	"Every Time Two Fools Collide"	Jan Dyer and Jeffrey Tweel	Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
	"Let's Take the Long Way Around the World"	Archie Jordan and Naomi Martin	Ronnie Milsap
	"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"	Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce	Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings
	"Take This Job and Shove It"	David Allan Coe	Johnny Paycheck

Year^[I]	Song	Songwriter(s)	Artist(s)
1980
	"You Decorated My Life"	Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison	Kenny Rogers
	"All the Gold in California"	Larry Gatlin	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
	"Blue Kentucky Girl"	Johnny Mullins	Emmylou Harris
	"Every Which Way But Loose"	Milton Brown, Steve Dorff and Snuff Garrett	Eddie Rabbitt
	"If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"	David Bellamy	The Bellamy Brothers
1981
	"On the Road Again"	Willie Nelson	Willie Nelson
	"Drivin' My Life Away"	David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens	Eddie Rabbitt
	"He Stopped Loving Her Today"	Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman	George Jones
	"I Believe in You"	Roger Cook and Sam Hogin	Don Williams
	"Lookin' for Love"	Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette and Patti Ryan	Johnny Lee
1982
	"9 to 5"	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton
	"Elvira"	Dallas Frazier	The Oak Ridge Boys
	"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"	Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan	Barbara Mandrell
	"Somebody's Knockin'"	Ed Penney and Jerry Gillespie	Terri Gibbs
	"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"	Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard	David Frizzell and Shelly West
1983
	"Always on My Mind"	Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher and Mark James	Willie Nelson
	"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home"	Dewayne Blackwell	David Frizzell
	"Nobody"	Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan	Sylvia
	"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"	Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy	Lee Greenwood
	"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"	Tim DuBois	Jerry Reed
1984
	"Stranger in My House"	Mike Reid	Ronnie Milsap
	"Baby I Lied"	Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke and Rafe Van Hoy	Deborah Allen
	"I.O.U."	Kerry Chater and Austin Roberts	Lee Greenwood
	"Lady Down on Love"	Randy Owen	Alabama
	"A Little Good News"	Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black and Rory Bourke	Anne Murray
1985
	"City of New Orleans"	Steve Goodman	Willie Nelson
	"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"	Hank Williams Jr.	Hank Williams Jr.
	"Faithless Love"	JD Souther	Glen Campbell
	"God Bless the U.S.A."	Lee Greenwood	Lee Greenwood
	"Mama He's Crazy"	Kenny O'Dell	The Judds
1986
	"Highwayman"	Jimmy Webb	The Highwaymen
	"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"	Bob McDill	Mel McDaniel
	"Desperados Waiting for a Train"	Guy Clark	The Highwaymen
	"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"	Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver and Don Schlitz	Alabama
	"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"	Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell	Rosanne Cash
	"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals and Fred Parris	Ronnie Milsap
	"Love Is Alive"	Kent Robbins	The Judds
1987
	"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)"	Jamie O'Hara	The Judds
	"Daddy's Hands"	Holly Dunn	Holly Dunn
	"Guitar Town"	Steve Earle	Steve Earle
	"Guitars, Cadillacs"	Dwight Yoakam	Dwight Yoakam
	"Whoever's in New England"	Kendal Franceschi and Quentin Powers	Reba McEntire
1988
	"Forever and Ever, Amen"	Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz	Randy Travis
	"All My Ex's Live in Texas"	Sanger D. Shafer and Lyndia J. Shafer	George Strait
	"80's Ladies"	K. T. Oslin	K. T. Oslin
	"I'll Still Be Loving You"	Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch and Pam Rose	Restless Heart
	"Telling Me Lies"	Betsy Cook and Linda Thompson	Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
1989
	"Hold Me"	K. T. Oslin	K. T. Oslin
	"Chiseled in Stone"	Vern Gosdin and Max D. Barnes	Vern Gosdin
	"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried"	Rodney Crowell	Rodney Crowell
	"She's No Lady"	Lyle Lovett	Lyle Lovett
	"Streets of Bakersfield"	Homer Joy	Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens

Year^[I]	Song	Songwriter(s)	Artist(s)
1990
	"After All This Time"	Rodney Crowell	Rodney Crowell
	"A Better Man"	Clint Black and Hayden Nicholas	Clint Black
	"Luck in My Eyes"	k.d. lang and Ben Mink	k.d. lang
	"She Don't Love Nobody"	John Hiatt	The Desert Rose Band
	"There's a Tear in My Beer"	Hank Williams	Hank Williams and Hank Williams Jr.
1991
	"Where've You Been"	Don Henry and Jon Vezner	Kathy Mattea
	"Come Next Monday"	K. T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke and Charlie Black	K. T. Oslin
	"The Dance"	Tony Arata	Garth Brooks
	"Friends in Low Places"	DeWayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee	Garth Brooks
	"When I Call Your Name"	Vince Gill and Tim DuBois	Vince Gill
1992
	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd and Paul Overstreet	The Judds
	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"	Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah and Keith Stegall	Alan Jackson
	"Down at the Twist and Shout"	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Mary Chapin Carpenter
	"Eagle When She Flies"	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton
	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"	Travis Tritt	Travis Tritt
1993
	"I Still Believe in You"	Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis	Vince Gill
	"Achy Breaky Heart"	Don Von Tress	Billy Ray Cyrus
	"The Greatest Man I Never Knew"	Richard Leigh and Layng Martine Jr.	Reba McEntire
	"I Feel Lucky"	Mary Chapin Carpenter and Don Schlitz	Mary Chapin Carpenter
	"She Is His Only Need"	Dave Loggins	Wynonna Judd
1994
	"Passionate Kisses"	Lucinda Williams	Mary Chapin Carpenter
	"Ain't That Lonely Yet"	Kostas and James House	Dwight Yoakam
	"Chattahoochee"	Alan Jackson and Jim McBride	Alan Jackson
	"Does He Love You"	Sandy Knox and Billy Stritch	Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
	"The Hard Way"	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Mary Chapin Carpenter
1995
	"I Swear"	Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers	John Michael Montgomery
	"How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"	Burton Banks Collins and Karen Taylor-Good	Patty Loveless
	"Independence Day"	Gretchen Peters	Martina McBride
	"Shut Up and Kiss Me"	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Mary Chapin Carpenter
	"When Love Finds You"	Vince Gill and Michael Omartian	Vince Gill
1996
	"Go Rest High on That Mountain"	Vince Gill	Vince Gill
	"Any Man of Mine"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain	Shania Twain
	"Gone Country"	Bob McDill	Alan Jackson
	"I Can Love You Like That"	Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond and Jennifer Kimball	John Michael Montgomery
	"You Don't Even Know Who I Am"	Gretchen Peters	Patty Loveless
1997
	"Blue"	Bill Mack	LeAnn Rimes
	"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"	Angelo Petraglia, Larry Gottlieb and Kim Richey	Trisha Yearwood
	"High Lonesome Sound"	Vince Gill	Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station
	"My Wife Thinks You're Dead"	Junior Brown	Junior Brown
	"Strawberry Wine"	Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison	Deana Carter
1998
	"Butterfly Kisses"	Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas	Bob Carlisle
	"All the Good Ones Are Gone"	Bob McDill and Dean Dillon	Pam Tillis
	"Did I Shave My Legs for This?"	Deana Carter and Rhonda Hart	Deana Carter
	"In Another's Eyes"	Bobby Wood, John Peppard and Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
	"It's Your Love"	Stephony Smith	Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
1999
	"You're Still the One"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain	Shania Twain
	"Holes in the Floor of Heaven"	Billy Kirsch and Steve Wariner	Steve Wariner
	"If You Ever Have Forever in Mind"	Vince Gill and Troy Seals	Vince Gill
	"This Kiss"	Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner and Annie Roboff	Faith Hill
	"To Make You Feel My Love"	Bob Dylan	Garth Brooks

Year^[I]	Song	Songwriter(s)	Artist(s)
2000
	"Come On Over"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain	Shania Twain
	"Amazed"	Marv Green, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo	Lonestar
	"Choices"	Mike Curtis and Billy Yates	George Jones
	"Ready to Run"	Marcus Hummon and Martie Seidel	Dixie Chicks
	"Two Teardrops"	Bill Anderson and Steve Wariner	Steve Wariner
2001
	"I Hope You Dance"	Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers	Lee Ann Womack
	"Breathe"	Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar	Faith Hill
	"Feels Like Love"	Vince Gill	Vince Gill
	"One Voice"	Don Cook and David Malloy	Billy Gilman
	"The Way You Love Me"	Michael Dulaney and Keith Follese	Faith Hill
2002
	"The Lucky One"	Robert Lee Castleman	Alison Krauss & Union Station
	"I'm Already There"	Gary Baker, Richie McDonald and Frank Myers	Lonestar
	"One More Day"	Steven Dale Jones and Bobby Tomberlin	Diamond Rio
	"There Is No Arizona"	Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal and Shaye Smith	Jamie O'Neal
	"When I Think About Angels"	Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal and Sonny Tillis	Jamie O'Neal
2003
	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"	Alan Jackson	Alan Jackson
	"The Impossible"	Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller	Joe Nichols
	"Long Time Gone"	Darrell Scott	Dixie Chicks
	"Mendocino County Line"	Matt Serletic and Bernie Taupin	Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
	"Three Days"	Radney Foster and Pat Green	Pat Green
2004
	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"	Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins	Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
	"Beer for My Horses"	Scotty Emerick and Toby Keith	Willie Nelson and Toby Keith
	"Celebrity"	Brad Paisley	Brad Paisley
	"Forever and for Always"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Shania Twain	Shania Twain
	"Wave on Wave"	Pat Green, David Neuhauser and Justin Pollard	Pat Green
2005
	"Live Like You Were Dying"	Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman	Tim McGraw
	"It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"	Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill	Notorious Cherry Bombs
	"Miss Being Mrs."	Loretta Lynn	Loretta Lynn
	"Portland Oregon"	Loretta Lynn and Allen Shamblin	Loretta Lynn and Jack White
	"Redneck Woman"	John Rich and Gretchen Wilson	Gretchen Wilson
2006
	"Bless the Broken Road"	Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon	Rascal Flatts
	"Alcohol"	Brad Paisley	Brad Paisley
	"All Jacked Up"	Vicky McGehee, John Rich and Gretchen Wilson	Gretchen Wilson
	"I Hope"	Keb Mo', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison	Dixie Chicks
	"I May Hate Myself in the Morning"	Odie Blackmon	Lee Ann Womack
2007
	"Jesus, Take the Wheel"	Hillary Lindsey, Brett James and Gordie Sampson	Carrie Underwood
	"Every Mile a Memory"	Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley and Steve Bogard	Dierks Bentley
	"I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"	Matraca Berg and Jim Collins	Gretchen Wilson
	"Like Red on a Rose"	Melanie Castleman and Robert Lee Castleman	Alan Jackson
	"What Hurts the Most"	Steve Robson and Jeffrey Steele	Rascal Flatts
2008
	"Before He Cheats"	Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear	Carrie Underwood
	"Give It Away"	Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and Jamey Johnson	George Strait
	"I Need You"	Tony Lane and David Lee	Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill
	"If You're Reading This"	Tim McGraw, Brad Warren and Brett Warren	Tim McGraw
	"Long Trip Alone"	Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley and Steve Bogard	Dierks Bentley
2009
	"Stay"	Jennifer Nettles	Sugarland
	"Dig Two Graves"	Ashley Gorley and Bob Regan	Randy Travis
	"I Saw God Today"	Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell and Wade Kirby	George Strait
	"In Color"	Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto	Jamey Johnson
	"You're Gonna Miss This"	Ashley Gorley and Lee Thomas Miller	Trace Adkins

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	"I Had Some Help"	Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Smith, Ryan Vojtesak, Morgan Wallen and Chandler Paul Walters	Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
	"Texas Hold 'Em"	Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Atia Boggs, Megan Bülow, Nathan Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq	Beyoncé
2026 ^[12]
	"Bitin' List"	Tyler Childers	Tyler Childers
	"Good News"	Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze, Michael Ross Pollack, Sam Elliot Roman, Nevin Sastry and Jacob Torrey	Shaboozey
	"I Never Lie"	Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols and Zach Top	Zach Top
	"Somewhere Over Laredo"	Andy Albert, Trannie Anderson, Dallas Wilson and Lainey Wilson	Lainey Wilson
	"A Song to Sing"	Jenee Fleenor, Jesse Frasure, Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton	Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton