Song · Chris Stapleton
“Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton
From the album Traveller (2015)
“Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2020 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Traveller. Its best result is #108 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,605 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Chris Stapleton put "Tennessee Whiskey" on Traveller in 2015, taking on a country song by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove that David Allan Coe had cut first and George Jones had later taken to number two on the country chart. Stapleton's take is slow, smoky and soulful, the kind of vocal that stops a room cold, and it was a room that made it: his breakout performance of the song with Justin Timberlake at the 49th Annual Country Music Association Awards pushed it to a level of popularity it had never reached before. His version has since been certified double diamond in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 473 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2024 | 651 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 108 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2024 | 653 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2025 | 306 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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