Song · Tyler Childers
“Nose on the grindstone” by Tyler Childers
From the album Snipe Hunter (2025)
“Nose on the grindstone” by Tyler Childers appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2025 and 2026. It was first released in 2025 on the album Snipe Hunter. Its best result is #4 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 indie & aaa song of 2025, #4,880 indie & aaa song of all time and #384 of the '20s.
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"Nose on the Grindstone" was the song Tyler Childers sent out in May 2025 to announce Snipe Hunter, his seventh album, which landed that July on his own Hickman Holler label and RCA. He wrote it alone, words and music, and Rick Rubin produced it along with the rest of the record.
He started writing the album after Rustin' in the Rain came out in 2023, and the sessions ran mostly in Malibu and Hawaii, with Rubin steering him toward a loose, unplanned way of working. Childers has described the record as a stretch of freedom, one foot planted in tradition and the other stepping into the unknown, and this was the first taste anyone got of where that led.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025 | 89 |
| 2025 | 65 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025 | 103 |
| 2025 | 4 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025 | 200 |
| 2025 | 51 | 91.3 The Summit Akron, OH | The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 47 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 584 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 432 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Nose On The Grindstone; Nose on the Grindstone.
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