Well, it stands to reason, doesn’t it? Throw thousands upon thousands of singers, songwriters and musicians into a medium sized city, leave them to their own devices and you know what they say - “write about what you know” …

So, here’s the cream of the crop of songs about Nashville, drawn from nearly a century of recording. There are hymns of praise, howls of disgust, funny songs, sad songs, happy songs, country traditionalists, scratchy blues, punk rockers, country rockers, rock rockers and even some Brits on the side in our Holler playlist of The Best Country Songs About Nashville.

There are tracks about the business, the Grand Ole Opry, about session musicians, friends, enemies and lovers, and the theme to a classic TV show recorded by a band named after Nashville’s telephone dialling code.

There are the usual suspects alongside Jon Langford from the Mekons and Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys.

There’s old and there’s new but they all draw their inspiration from the town that Queen Victoria declared must be Music City* - Nashville, Tennessee.

See the full tracklist below.

1. 1.

   Guitar Town

   Steve Earle

2. 2.

   Nashville Without You

   Tim McGraw

3. 3.

   Nashville Cats

   The Lovin' Spoonful

4. 4.

   Wrong Side Of Memphis

   Trisha Yearwood

5. 5.

   Fuck This Town

   Robbie Fulks

6. 6.

   Sundown In Nashville

   Marty Stuart

7. 7.

   Nashville Blues

   Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

8. 8.

   South Nashville Blues

   Steve Earle

9. 9.

   Nashville Grey Skies

   The Shires

10. 10.

    Nashville, Tennessee

    The Waterboys

11. 11.

    Nashville Radio

    Jon Langford

12. 12.

    Music City USA

    Charley Crockett

13. 13.

    Stone Fix Chase

    Area Code 615

14. 14.

    Nashville Parent

    Lambchop

15. 15.

    This Town Gets Around

    Margo Price

16. 16.

    Music City Queen (feat. The B-52's)

    Miranda Lambert

17. 17.

    Down On Music Row

    Dolly Parton

18. 18.

    Ten Year Town

    Hailey Whitters

19. 19.

    Music City's Killing Me

    Julie Roberts and Jamey Johnson

20. 20.

    Murder On Music Row

    George Strait and Alan Jackson

21. 21.

    16th Avenue

    Lacy J. Dalton

22. 22.

    This Town Is Killing Me

    Caitlyn Smith

23. 23.

    The Nashville Scene

    Hank Williams Jr.

24. 24.

    Trashville

    Hank Williams III

25. 25.

    Nashville

    Todd Snider

26. 26.

    Nashville Jumps

    Cecil Grant

27. 27.

    Out On The Natchez Trail

    Chuck Mead

28. 28.

    Nashville, TN

    Chris Stapleton

29. 29.

    Nashville Skyline Rag

    Bob Dylan

30. 30.

    Nashville Rebel

    Waylon Jennings

31. 31.

    Greetings From Nashville

    Jason and the Scorchers

32. 32.

    Nashville Rush

    Dale Watson

33. 33.

    West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown

    Jimmy Buffett

34. 34.

    It Can't Be Nashville Every Night

    The Tragically Hip

35. 35.

    Nashville West

    The Byrds

36. 36.

    Davidson County Blues

    Deford Bailey

37. 37.

    (They're Going To) Tear Down The Grand Ole Opry

    Tompall & The Glaser Brothers

38. 38.

    The Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Grand)

    Hank Williams III

39. 39.

    Devil, Devil (Prelude: Princess of Darkness)

    Eric Church

40. 40.

    Leaving Nashville

    Charles Kelley

41. 41.

    Bachelorettes on Broadway

    Willie Jones

42. 42.

    The Country Hall Of Fame

    Hank Locklin

43. 43.

    Welcome to Nashville

    Halfway To Hazard

44. 44.

    Woke Up In Nashville

    Seth Ennis

45. 45.

    Visit Me In Music City

    Bobby Bare Jr.

46. 46.

    Nashville

    Indigo Girls

47. 47.

    Home

    Ben Rector

48. 48.

    Nashville

    Gretchen Peters

49. 49.

    Tennessee Line

    Daughtry

50. 50.

    Nashville

    Bonnie Montgomery

51. 51.

    Nashville

    Little Bandit

52. 52.

    Nashville, Tennessee

    Frank Turner

53. 53.

    Let's Go Burn Ole Nashville Down

    Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon

54. 54.

    Strings Of Nashville

    Pavement

55. 55.

    Nashville

    CMAT

56. 56.

    Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee

    Tim McGraw and Lori McKenna

57. 57.

    Nashville Record Co.

    The Nude Party

58. 58.

    Nashville Crazy

    Chase Matthew

59. 59.

    Nashville

    Liz Phair

60. 60.

    Nashville

    Nora Jane Struthers

61. 61.

    Broadway Girls (feat. Morgan Wallen)

    Lil Durk

62. 62.

    Nashville To Kentucky

    My Morning Jacket

63. 63.

    Crazy Town

    Jason Alden

64. 64.

    Nashville Wimmin

    Waylon Jennings

65. 65.

    I Love This Town

    Bon Jovi

66. 66.

    Old Nashville Cowboy

    Jerry Jeff Walker

67. 67.

    Never Goin' Back (To Nashville Anymore)

    John Stewart

68. 68.

    Nashville Women's Blues

    Bessie Smith

69. 69.

    Nashville Here We Come

    Jimmy Buffett

70. 70.

    Circles Around This Town

    Maren Morris

71. 71.

    Nashville 1972

    Rodney Crowell

72. 72.

    Battle Of Nashville

    Johnny Cash

73. 73.

    Nashville Napkin

    Jonny Fritz

74. 74.

    Nashville Dreams

    Dick Stusso

75. 75.

    Nashville's Gone Hollywood

    Heather Myles

*Queen Victoria really did, entranced by the singing of Nashville’s Fisk Jubilee Singers when they visited London in 1873.

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