First awarded 1965 | Category of Grammy Awards | |
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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 writer(s) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter.
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There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year.
1990s
"How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" (Burton Banks Collins & 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 & Michael Omartian) Vince Gill
"Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Kostas & James House) Dwight Yoakam
"Chattahoochee" (Alan Jackson & Jim McBride) Alan Jackson
"Does He Love You" (Sandy Knox & Billy Stretch) Reba McEntire & Linda Davis
"The Hard Way" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Mary Chapin Carpenter
"I Feel Lucky" (Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz) Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Achy Breaky Heart" (Don Von Tress) Billy Ray Cyrus
"She Is His Only Need" (Dave Loggins) Wynonna Judd
"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Richard Leigh & Layng Martine, Jr.) Reba McEntire
"Don't Rock The Jukebox" (Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & 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
"Come Next Monday" (K.T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black) K.T. Oslin
"The Dance" (Tony Arata) Garth Brooks
"Friends In Low Places" (DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee) Garth Brooks
"When I Call Your Name" (Vince Gill & Tim DuBois) Vince Gill
"A Better Man" (Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas) Clint Black
"Luck in My Eyes" (k.d. lang & 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, Sr.) Hank Williams, Sr. & Hank Williams, Jr.
1980s
"Chiseled in Stone" (Vern Gosdin & Max Barnes)
"I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (Rodney Crowell)
"She's No Lady" (Lyle Lovett)
"Streets of Bakersfield" (Homer Joy) Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens
"All My Ex's Live In Texas" (Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer) George Strait
"80's Ladies" (K.T. Oslin)
"I'll Still Be Loving You" (Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose) Restless Heart
"Telling Me Lies" (Linda Thompson & Betsy Cook)
"Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn)
"Guitar Town" (Steve Earle)
"Guitars, Cadillacs" (Dwight Yoakam)
"Whoever's in New England" (Quentin Powers & Kendall Franceschi) Reba McEntire
"Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (Bob McDill)
"Desperados Waiting for a Train" (Guy Clark)
"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz)
"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" (Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell) Rosanne Cash
"Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (Mike Reid, Troy Seal & Fred Parris) Ronnie Milsap
"Love Is Alive" (Kent M. Robbins)
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" (Hank Williams, Jr.)
"Faithless Love" (John David Souther)
"God Bless The USA" (Lee Greenwood)
"Mama He's Crazy" (Kenny O'Dell) The Judds
"Baby I Lied" (Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy) Deborah Allen
"I.O.U." (Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts) Lee Greenwood
"Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen)
"A Little Good News" (Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke) Anne Murray
"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (D. Blackwell)
"Nobody" (Kye Flemming & Dennis Morgan) Sylvia
"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy) Lee Greenwood
"She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)(Tim DuBois)
"Elvira" (Dallas Frazier) Oak Ridge Boys
"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan) Barbara Mandrell
"Somebody's Knockin'" (Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie) Terri Gibbs
"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard) David Frizzell & Shelly West
"Drivin' My Life Away" (Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens & David Malloy) Eddie Rabbitt
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman) George Jones
"I Believe in You" (Roger Cook & Sam Hogin) Don Williams
"Lookin' For Love" (Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan) Johnny Lee