The Very Best Songs About Nashville, Tennessee
Discover the very best songs about Nashville, Tennessee. Whether it’s home, you’re traveling there tomorrow, or you’re simply dreaming wistfully of the Music City, we have your back.
From Waylon Jennings to Tim McGraw, from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to the Indigo Girls, from Joan Baez to Audrey Auld, we’ve gathered the very best songs about Nashville, Tennessee in one place.
Start with our top ten songs about Nashville, and then explore other best songs about Nashville by genre—including country, singer/songwriter, rock, alternative, pop, hip hop, Christmas, and even an old standard.
You’ll find all the best songs about Nashville, Tennessee right here.
Top 10 Songs About Nashville, Tennessee
- Nashville Rebel – Waylon Jennings (iTunes | Amazon) This 1966 song was the title track to the Jay Sheridan film of the same name
- Murder on Music Row – George Strait with Alan Jackson (iTunes | Amazon) Released in 2000, this duet between Strait and Jackson was a commentary on the growing number of pop country crossover acts
- The Nashville Scene – Hank Williams, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon) Hank Jr. warns of the highs and lows of making it in Nashville’s country music business
- East Nashville Skyline – Todd Snider (iTunes | Amazon) “Our skyline, it ain’t very high, but we love it. It says ‘Discount Cigarettes, Liquor and Wine'”
- Nashville Blues – Cory Morrow (iTunes | Amazon) Morrow’s 1998 track name checks Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris and other Nashville greats
- Crazy Town – Jason Aldean (iTunes | Amazon) Aldean sings of the love hate relationship experienced by aspiring country stars arriving in the Music City with a guitar in tow
- It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night – The Tragically Hip (iTunes | Amazon) Not every evening is as perfect as a Nashville show in the band’s 2004 rock track
- Nashville #1 – Audrey Auld (iTunes | Amazon) Auld’s catchy and quirky “trans-fat corn-fed country song” is a knowing take on the inconsistencies of Music City
- Chapter Five – Nashville: If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now – Waylon Jennings (iTunes | Amazon) “It’s still a long hard road but you know you’re at the top when the CMA awards you, for crossin’ over pop”
- Nashville Cats – The Lovin’ Spoonful (iTunes | Amazon) Lead singer John Sebastian sings of discovering the sounds of Nashville’s country music stars in this folksy 1966 track
Want more of the best songs about Nashville, Tennessee? Check our list below for more favorites, standbys, classics, a few oddball selections and other best songs about Nashville. No matter your musical taste, you can find a sound you like among the best songs about Nashville. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.
COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
- Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way – Waylon Jennings (iTunes | Amazon)
- Wrong Road to Nashville – Waylon Jennings (iTunes | Amazon)
- Wrong Road to Nashville (Acoustic Version) – Waylon Jennings (iTunes)
- Nashville Without You – Tim McGraw (iTunes | Amazon)
- Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way – Hank Williams, Jr. (iTunes | Amazon)
- Old Nashville Cowboys – Hank Williams, Jr. (iTunes)
- Trashville – Hank Williams III (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Grand Ole Opry (Ain’t So Grand) – Hank Williams III (iTunes | Amazon)
- To Beat the Devil – Johnny Cash (iTunes | Amazon)
- To Beat the Devil – Kris Kristofferson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Grand Ole Opry Song – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Blues – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (iTunes | Amazon)
- Old Nashville Cowboy – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Casuality and Life – Kinky Friedman (iTunes | Amazon)
- Wrong Side of Memphis – Trisha Yearwood (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville #2 – Audrey Auld (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Cats – Flatt & Scruggs (iTunes | Amazon)
- Rough on the Living – Bobby Bare (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – Todd Snider (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – David Houston (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Scenes – Joe Rucker (iTunes | Amazon)
- Hot Time In Nashville – Gene Vincent (iTunes | Amazon)
- Welcome to Nashville – Halfway to Hazard (iTunes | Amazon)
- Sundown In Nashville – Marty Stuart (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Blues – Doc Watson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Kay – John Wesley Ryles (iTunes | Amazon)
- The Nashville Blues – The Delmore Brothers (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Rash – Dale Watson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville’s Gone Hollywood – Heather Myles (iTunes | Amazon)
- Country Hall of Fame – Hank Locklin (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – Ray Stevens (iTunes | Amazon)
- Chit Akins, Make Me a Star – Don Bowman (iTunes)
- Nashville Name-Dropping School – Tim Wilson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Sixteenth Avenue – Lacy J. Dalton (iTunes | Amazon)
- Murder on Music Row – Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time (iTunes | Amazon)
- Big Ball in Nashville – Stringbean (iTunes | Amazon)
- Grand Ole Opry – Cari Golden (iTunes | Amazon)
SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
- Nashville Skyline Rag – Bob Dylan (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – The Indigo Girls (iTunes | Amazon)
- Outside The Nashville City Limits – Joan Baez (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – Noah Gunderson (iTunes)
- I Want – Good Lovelies (iTunes | Amazon)
- Home – Ben Rector (iTunes)
- Nashville Tennessee – Frank Turner (iTunes | Amazon)
- Battle of Nashville – Doc Watson (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – David Mead (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors (iTunes | Amazon)
ROCKS SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
- Are You Sure Hank Done it This Time – Leftover Salmon (iTunes | Amazon)
- Steal My Kisses – Ben Harper (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville – Liz Phair (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Skyline – Dishwalla (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Scene – Tom Schrek (iTunes | Amazon)
ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
- Round Here – Counting Crows (iTunes | Amazon)
- Let’s Go Burn Ole Nashville Down – Jello Biafra (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Winter – Nick 13 (iTunes | Amazon)
- Strings of Nashville – Pavement (iTunes | Amazon)
- Nashville Parthenon – Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (iTunes | Amazon)
POP SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
STANDARD SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE & TENNESSEE
- Christmas in Tennessee – Amy Grant (iTunes)
- Christmas in Nashville – Walkenhorst & Porter (iTunes)
- Tennessee Christmas – Graham Blvd (iTunes | Amazon)
- Christmas in Nashville – George Goss (iTunes | Amazon)
SUGGEST SONGS ABOUT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Is there a great, good, or not half-bad song about Nashville or that takes place in Nashville that we missed? Drop us a line or contact us on Facebook and let us know. If it’s a fit, we’ll be sure to add it to our list of the best songs about Nashville, Tennessee.
