Saving Country Music’s 2022 Single of the Year Nominees
Alright, so we’ve already run down the most sad, sappy, and poetic songs of 2022 in the Song of the Year nominees. Now it’s time to crank it up a notch and to showcase the songs that are just so damn enjoyable to listen to, we can’t stop. They can be well-written and sentimental as well, but these are the songs that burrow deep in your ears and won’t come out. They’re the 2022 Saving Country Music Single of the Year nominees.
This particular crop of songs is especially interesting in 2022 because we’re entering a new era in independent country music where some of the top artists are actually starting to receive significant radio play. That means we have to consider this at least somewhat in the calculations.
PLEASE NOTE: Just because a song isn’t listed here doesn’t mean it’s being snubbed or forgotten. Picking the best songs of a given year is always even more personal and subjective than with the best albums. We’re not looking to pit songs and songwriters against each other, we’re looking to combine our collective perspectives and opinions into a pool of musical knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
So by all means, if you have a song or a list of songs you think are the best of 2022 and want to share them, please do so in the comments section below. Feedback will factor into the final tabulations for the winner, but this is not an up and down vote. It’s your job to try to convince the rest of us who you think should win, and why.
For a Spotify playlist of all of the Single of the Year and Song of the Year nominees so you can listen before voting, check the bottom of this post, or CLICK HERE.
Saving Country Music’s 2022 Album of the Year Nominees
Kimmi Bitter – “My Grass Is Blue”
Whether “My Grass Is Blue” will ultimately be the Saving Country Music Single of the Year is yet to be determined. But what’s for certain is that Kimmi Bitter has been one of Saving Country Music’s greatest discoveries in 2022, and it’s been through this song. Immediately riveting classic country fans and stimulating chill bumps from the eerie similarities to Patsy Cline, “My Grass Is Blue” is solid country gold, and is a great showcase for Kimmi’s throwback voice and style. This song could very well have been cut in 1962. It’s strikingly perfect.
Kimmi Bitter is a California native who tours around the country in a camper van doing what she can to revitalize the vintage sounds of American music. Though her catalog only consists of singles so far, the song she released after “My Grass Is Blue” called “I Dream of You” proves this is no fluke. Kimmi Bitter is the real deal, and will hopefully be spinning her vintage magic for us for years to come.
49 Winchester – “Russell County Line”
Bounding out from Russell County, Virginia—which sits in the crux between Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina—49 Winchester is truly the local band done good. From the unincorporated community of Castlewood (pop. 2000), the nucleus of the band grew up in the same small neighborhood, and have been chasing the crazy dream of becoming rock stars ever since. Lo and behold, they’ve now called their own bluff and done it, playing big festivals, drawing large crowds, and getting name dropped as one of the hottest bands on the rise in independent country and roots music at the moment.
49 Winchester’s 2022 album Fortune Favors The Bold is all about the band’s attempt to balance pursuing their dreams of making it big in music while remaining grounded to their roots, and faithful to their loved ones. “Russell County Line” is the crown jewel of the set, starting off intimate and sweet, and building to an anthemic crescendo off the soulful voice of frontman Isaac Gibson.
Zach Bryan – “Something in the Orange”
Think whatever you want about Zach Bryan or even this song specifically, but “Something in the Orange” will go down as a significant single in country music history. Though some want to mark Zach Bryan’s success simply as a symptom of a 34-song album in American Heartbreak accruing an outsized amount of metadata, “Something in the Orange” tells a different story. It’s the #5 streaming song in all of country music in 2022, and after hitting #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #12 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, mainstream country radio had no other choice but to embrace the song or prove itself irrelevant to today’s country listeners.
Bryan’s label has since began promoting the single to commercial country radio, but not before it started finding success under its own volition. This never happens on country radio, but it did with Zach Bryan, like it’s starting to do with other artists outside of the Music Row system. If country radio finally starts coming around to the rising swell of independent artists, it will be “Something in the Orange” that deserves recognition as one of the first through the door.
The song also happens to be a great example of the type of authentic sentimentality that is behind Zach Bryan’s unpretentious swell of popularity.
Matt Daniel – “Weatherman”
Some great country songwriters try to fake it as country singers, including some who’ve gotten pretty far. But when you have a great singer that can also write songs, this is what results in great country music like you get with Matt Daniel. Like the Turnpike Troubadours, it’s a traditional country sound with fiddle and steel, but with just a dash of rock and roll energy and swagger to give it a bit more immediacy and infectiousness.
The swaying “Weatherman” with its soaring chorus is a killer heartbreak song about falling into becoming a fair weather lover where convenience supersedes commitment. Many of us have found ourselves in that situation, and like all great country songs, this song encapsulates those feeling more than words can. “Weatherman” didn’t blow up on the charts or become a social media Tik-Tok sensation, but it probably should have.
Charley Crockett – “I’m Just a Clown”
No, this is not the most country song on Charley Crockett’s new album The Man From Waco. “I’m Just A Clown” shows off the vintage rhythm and blues side of Crockett’s otherwise country sound. It’s also been showing off just how far and wide Charley Crockett’s music is resonating, making it one of the most important singles in 2022 from the independent country ranks.
“I’m Just a Clown spent a remarkable 12 weeks at the top of the Americana radio chart in 2022, which makes it the longest-charting #1 song this year. It also recently just bound from #11 to #8 on AAA radio, making Crockett a Top 10 artist in Adult Alternative as well. Infectious and reverberative, the song is a perfect example of how Crockett delves into complex emotions with simple language, and it’s also putting him on the map with many new listeners.
The Broken Spokes “Where I Went Wrong”
Where I Went Wrong from Houston’s The Broken Spokes is one of those albums that when you first hear it, you’re constantly flipping through the liner notes for the songwriters because you can’t believe some of these songs weren’t country standards written 50 or 60 years ago. That certainly goes for the title track, and one of the reasons the band named the album after it.
There is nothing especially special or unique with The Broken Spokes. They’re most certainly not being innovative, or even really that original within the country space. The magic here is how they have embraced the true roots of country music, and interpreted them in the modern context with such love and passion that the music feels more palpable and alive than with other traditional country bands, while illustrating the beauty of country music to the audience in a way that feels vital.
Molly Tuttle – “She’ll Change”
Not only is “She’ll Change” one of the greatest showcases of Molly Tuttle’s maestro flatpicking guitar skills from her new album Crooked Tree, it was the perfect vehicle for her to explode onto the bluegrass scene with her band Golden Highway. We all knew Tuttle would dominate whenever she was ready to stop messing around in the singer/songwriter realm and make a serious leap into bluegrass. But “She’ll Change” surpassed expectations right out of the chute.
Along with being a great bluegrass jam, like multiple songs from Crooked Tree, Tuttle has an important message to tell through “She’ll Change.” Molly is more interested in defying expectations and setting her own agenda as opposed to conforming to the expectations of others. She may be bluegrass for now, but the only guarantee we have is that she will always be Molly Tuttle.
Tony Logue – “Calloway County”
Make your way off the main roads, and down the two tracks of rural Western Kentucky where the promises of modern society are left unfulfilled, and the souls haven’t been lifted up by the march of progress, they’ve been abandoned by it, and become refugees of it. It’s a place where earning your daily bread is a dog fight, yet you can’t fathom fleeing due to the familial ties binding you to the land. It’s a place where no matter how far away you run from it, you can never escape it. This is the world of Tony Logue and his album Jericho.
“Calloway County” is a stunningly perfect encapsulation of how difficult it can be to get away from the person you are to become the person you want to be, especially in your home county where the ghosts of your family’s past haunt you as much as the bad habits and tendencies you inherited from them. But for those who persevere and put the legacies of their past behind them, a foundation of character is constructed that is hard to undermine.
“Calloway County” could also be considered just as much of a Song of the Year candidate with the quality and impact of the writing.
Sierra Ferrell – “Years”
When John Anderson first dropped this song on us as the title track to his 2020 comeback album, we knew it would immediately ensconce itself as one of his top tracks in a legendary career right beside all his old hits. “Years” went on to be nominated for the Saving Country Music 2020 Song of the Year. A cover song must be especially compelling to be considered for end-of-year distinction, and that’s what Sierra Ferrell has turned in here.
Leave it to the singular talent of Sierra to take a song already mastered by its author, and both do it justice, and make it something completely different, yet reverent to the original. Sierra Ferrell’s rendition not only speaks to the quality of this song, but the spellbinding nature of Sierra to pull this off. Her version of “Years” appeared on Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson released in August.
Zach Bryan – “Oklahoma Smokeshow”
Though “Something in the Orange” has been the blockbuster hit from Zach Bryan in 2022, “Oklahoma Smokeshow” has been right there behind it, and very well might be the superior composition. Appearing on his Summertime Blues EP, it has hit #24 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and #10 on the Rock Songs chart. It’s also appeared on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Oklahoma Smokeshow” in many ways is a perfect Zach Bryan song specimen. Full of young person angst, punctuated by his potent one-liners, and finished off with a keen sense of melody, it’s songs like these that have inexplicably put Zach at the very top of popular country music, with no signs of coming down. Some may look at the dizzying amount of songs that the Oklahoma native has released just here in 2022 and not know where to start. “Oklahoma Smokeshow” may be as good a starting point as any.
Honorable Mention
- Ellis Bullard – “Roller Coaster”
- Willi Carlisle – “Vanlife”
- Wesley Hanna – “Back to the Honky Tonks”
- Brit Taylor – “Kentucky Blue”
- Elle King – “Jersey Giant”
- Jon Pardi – “Reverse Cowgirl”
MJ
December 12, 2022 @ 9:04 am
My picks:
Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue
Molly Tuttle – Crooked Tree
Charley Crockett – I’m just a Clown
Adam Hood – Speed of the South
And my winner. .
49 Winchester – All I Need (how can you do better than the immortal line… ‘I got a real good woman, and a pretty good dog that don’t s**t in the house’)
Violette
December 12, 2022 @ 11:43 am
It’s got to be “My Grass is Blue” by Kimmi Bitter!!! She is phenomenal live!!
Arlene420
December 12, 2022 @ 4:16 pm
I nominate kimmy bitter. Her range of music is astounding!
Holly Gossard
December 12, 2022 @ 6:52 pm
I vote Kimmy Bitter’s “My Grass is Blue”! Her voice is fantastic and watching her perform live is even more special!
Monica Powell
December 12, 2022 @ 12:51 pm
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter. Her voice is just poetic and she deserves this recognition!
Ashlee
December 12, 2022 @ 6:38 pm
Kimmi Bitter 100%- you can hear her passion in every song! My Grass is Blue is stunning.
Corncaster
December 12, 2022 @ 7:19 pm
Beautiful production on that tune.
Kelly
December 12, 2022 @ 9:21 pm
Kimmi butter! My grass is blue 💯
Anna
December 12, 2022 @ 11:11 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue! Love this little song! So sweet and the story is cute!
Laura K:)
December 13, 2022 @ 10:31 pm
I saw Kimmi Bitter perform “My Grass Is Blue” in Carlsbad, CA. Her set was stellar.
Rusty
December 12, 2022 @ 9:40 am
Calloway County is the winner for me. Great song all the way around and just sounds like coming home and the air is cold and still and quiet and it’s winter and snow is on the way and you’re wondering what the hell happened and where you went wrong.
Oklahoma Smokeshow would be my second pick simply for the line “That small town bar scene/where small vices kill your big dreams”
Grant
December 12, 2022 @ 9:42 am
Russell County Line. Still just as good as when I first heard it and I still cant help but sing along. *chefs kiss.
wayne
December 12, 2022 @ 9:47 am
Not to be a butt, but am I to think that anyone other than SCM favorite Zach Bryan has a chance? That being said, “Calloway County” for me.
Tom
December 12, 2022 @ 11:27 am
Just my perception here, but I don’t think Zach Bryan is a favorite of SCM (in the way that Sturgill & Turnpike have been at times). Zach Bryan receives an extraordinary amount of coverage, but that’s because of how wildly successful he is in the mainstream realm. Not because of SCM’s views (I think).
wayne
December 12, 2022 @ 11:57 am
TOM,
No argument there. I agree SCM isn’t driving his popularity. It’s just that he is a darling here, and might I say with some good reason. I am a bit of a contrarian, but I just don’t think he can sing good. But hey, my opinion for my taste only.
Trigger
December 12, 2022 @ 1:22 pm
Tom is right. When you’re setting records and breaking through glass ceilings as an independent artist, you’re going to make news at Saving Country Music. This is what Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson did back in their heyday, what Tyler Childers did later, then the Turnpike Troubadours with their comeback, now Zach Bryan. They’ve all built on the momentum of each other, and now it’s reached the very top of the genre with Zach.
wayne
December 12, 2022 @ 2:13 pm
Trigger,
It is what I beleive to be the biggest story in country music. Of course, not reported in many places for sure. My personal taste favors TT and Cody Jinks. Regardless, the independent artists’ success is, in my opnion, the largest development in this genre the last 2-3 years if not longer. No single development is larger than this one, and that comes from a person like me that is not into the independent scene as many.
Dennis feltcher
December 12, 2022 @ 10:03 am
Wow! Honestly Kimmi Butter’s, My Grass Is Blue, blew me away! What a voice! What a sound!
Mike Blackburn
December 12, 2022 @ 11:40 am
Kimmi Bitter. My Grass is Blue.
Betty
December 12, 2022 @ 10:14 am
Saw Kimmi Bitter live earlier this year, was blown away by her vocals and original songs. This girl is a legit star!
Stellar
December 12, 2022 @ 10:25 am
YouTube channel there’s a pretty good little playlist of her live stuff. Also, she has an ep, it’s not only singles so far.
Betty
December 12, 2022 @ 10:41 am
I follow her on YouTube, Spotify etc… I’m a huge fan of her music!
Betty
December 12, 2022 @ 10:44 am
I pick My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter
Kevin Smith
December 12, 2022 @ 10:18 am
I know Trig hasn’t covered this song. I mentioned it before. High Note by Dierks Bentley and Billy Strings. It’s a fun duet that features Dierks and Billy trading vocals, it’s country to the bone, and just so happens to feature a stellar bluegrass cast of pickers. Sam Bush on mandolin, Bryan Sutton on lead guitar dueling it out with Strings, Charlie Worsham who wrote the song, is also flat picking like a mad man. In fact, the main guitar riff is Charlie Worsham playing. It’s the guitar riff of the year to me. Very impressive picking, done in an alternate tuning and from a musician point of view, is pretty epic. And in the last 2.5 minutes the song turns into a free-form acoustic jam with everybody taking solos. A great video as well. The song just came out last month, and already many in the grass community are commenting about it. Look, I know Dierks has done some ho- hum material in his past, but THIS is truly great. The song is basically a tribute to Flatt and Scruggs and the greatness of bluegrass, but presented in a more mainstream country kind of song. Check it out!
Trigger
December 12, 2022 @ 10:29 am
I like “High Note” by Dierks and I think it’s a cool song especially from a mainstream guy. It also to me has sort of a cliche pot song element to it that keeps it from being something special like a Single of the Year nominee. The jam at the end is very cool as well, but when you can feature the instrumentation in the body of a song sort of like what Molly Tuttle does with “She’ll Change,” I think it works better.
Good song though.
Ben
December 12, 2022 @ 10:21 am
Kimmi Bitter “My Grass is Blue” love this jam!
Kimberly
December 12, 2022 @ 10:22 am
Kimmi Bitter My grass is blue Wow
Kimberly
December 12, 2022 @ 10:22 am
Kimmi Bitter My grass is blue Love it
Abigail
December 12, 2022 @ 10:23 am
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter 🤩
Theresa
December 12, 2022 @ 10:24 am
MY GRASS IS BLUE – Kimmi Bitter
Perfection!
Derrick
December 12, 2022 @ 10:25 am
I think Zach Bryan will (and probably should) take this one, but I loved I’m Just a Clown and it’s nice to see it make the list.
Further shoutouts to Roller Coaster, which was surprisingly one of my most listened to tracks in 2022, and Vanlife. The recorded version doesn’t do the live one justice – like any great folk tune, Willi has at least eight more verses most too profane for the record.
“Girl I say damn I been tryin to reach ya for the cut of your jib and your talk about Nietzsche” still makes me smirk every time.
JD2
December 12, 2022 @ 3:56 pm
I’m Just a Clown is certainly the song I find myself singing throughout the day without even realizing it. I agree that either (or several not even mentioned) Zach Bryan tracks would be deserving here as well.
Also, I don’t comment here often, but I realized that someone already uses the handle JD so I thought I should change mine up and hopefully they weren’t too bothered.
Joe
December 12, 2022 @ 10:27 am
Anything off the Graycie York ep. Sad bird or honey tell me especially
Vanessa
December 12, 2022 @ 10:29 am
Kimmi Bitter- My Grass is Blue!
Johnny Graham
December 12, 2022 @ 10:30 am
Kimi Bitter- my grass is blue
Also- away from your list-
Michelle Rivers- last cowboy in town
Charred Lee
December 12, 2022 @ 10:32 am
My grass is blue
Jessica
December 12, 2022 @ 10:32 am
MY GRASS IS BLUE by KIMMI BITTER!!!!
Jake
December 12, 2022 @ 10:35 am
My grass is blue. Kimmi Bitter.
Trigger
December 12, 2022 @ 10:38 am
It looks like Kimmi Bitter already has a Stan army behind her. Look out Beyhive! 🙂
ronnie
December 12, 2022 @ 1:40 pm
Is this targeted? Are people being directed here from somewhere else? It is a very good song but the support seems overwhelming.
ronnie
December 12, 2022 @ 2:17 pm
I’ll answer my own question. She posted the link to this on facebook and told people to vote for her song. Nothing nefarious.
Iza
December 12, 2022 @ 10:44 am
Kimmi Bitter, My Grass Is Blue. 😍
Patty
December 12, 2022 @ 10:54 am
Definitely Kimmi Bitter “My Grass is Blue” she is an amazing artist!
Emma Donsophon
December 12, 2022 @ 11:03 am
Kimmi Bitter!
Hanna
December 12, 2022 @ 11:03 am
Kimmi Bitter’s My Grass Is Blue >>>
Maureen Andreson
December 12, 2022 @ 11:12 am
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue ❤❤
Kevin Smith
December 12, 2022 @ 2:52 pm
Trig, you and I agree maybe 50% of the time. It’s OK, you said try and sell why we think a song is worthy of this honor, so I have. Sure there’s a Cheech and Chong undercurrent to it. I see it as a bit whimsical, and addressing a very hypothetical situation some worry about. What if we had one day left before the big one? So, in true hillbilly fashion they propose hunkering down in their basement with some herbal anti-depressant, and a healthy heaping of Flatt and Scruggs to while the final hours away. That’s it…a bit of what if…BUT the song has so much going for it with riffs, melody, hook , arrangement, instrumentation etc…not too mention it rocks in a country way. This is more how i evaluate a song these days. Not everything need be a Dylan or Kristofferson in lyrical complexity. Most of the great country songs are rather simple. Again, it’s a matter of taste, I get that. I know I’m on the island alone with this one, and I’m fine with that.
As for the Kimmie Bitter stans, we get it, you like her song. Sure, there’s some Patsy influence to it, but this is a new artist without an album yet. Is she the next LeAnn Rimes? ( Blue anyone?) Time will tell on her. She’s very throwback, and many of us like throwback artists, but they seldom get huge in the music world. Charley Crockett is an exception, he is blowing up big time, not as much as Zach Bryan, but still measurably making inroads.
Mike
December 12, 2022 @ 11:12 am
My grass is blue!!!! Bring back the old stuff in beautiful style. Legit!!! Kimmi Bitter.
Hannah
December 12, 2022 @ 11:14 am
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter!
She’s an amazing vocalist, performer, and human 🤩❤️
MJ
December 12, 2022 @ 11:14 am
Aaahhhh… the Drake Milligan bots have mutated!
Stellar
December 12, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
They’re both great artists, I don’t mind
Randy
December 12, 2022 @ 11:15 am
Kimmi Bitter!
Olivia
December 12, 2022 @ 11:20 am
No contest, My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter
Bill
December 12, 2022 @ 11:21 am
Plains: Problem With It
Nenni: In the mornin, and Rooster and the Hen for ear worm category
Hellbound Glory: Can’t Wait to Never See You Again
Zebb
December 12, 2022 @ 3:36 pm
I was thinking Abilene for Plains. I’m listening to that album almost every day.
Miranda
December 12, 2022 @ 11:22 am
My grass is blue!
Strait86
December 12, 2022 @ 11:36 am
When you hear Charley Crockett it’s hard not to imagine being in a well-worn honkytonk with a sawdust floor and with a jukebox from the 50’s, old pickup trucks outside and only American brand beers, however it’s on open mic night. I still can’t get behind how his voice sounds.
JD2
December 12, 2022 @ 4:31 pm
I can understand this opinion. And it may be reinforced by the fact that I feel comfortable singing along to his songs as well as his performing cover songs. But he really is enjoyable live and puts out material different than many current artists.
J Santana
December 12, 2022 @ 11:43 am
Kimmi bitter – My grass is blue
Carol-Ann Walker
December 12, 2022 @ 11:45 am
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue
It’s not only her songs that are “strikingly perfect”! She’s a well rounded beautiful soul with quite the partner ❤
Garret Lekas
December 12, 2022 @ 11:46 am
Kimmi Bitter “My grass is blue” !!!!
thebugman10
December 12, 2022 @ 12:02 pm
Something in the Orange runs away with this.
Devin walker
December 12, 2022 @ 12:02 pm
Kimmi bitter- my grass is blue
JD
December 12, 2022 @ 12:08 pm
Something in the Orange should win, its impact in the country world is unmatched compared to the others. My favorite song of the nominees is definitely 49 Winchester though.
Tom
December 12, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
MY GRASS IS BLUE – Kimmi Bitter
Ashley
December 12, 2022 @ 12:10 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue. So so so good 🤩
NJ
December 12, 2022 @ 12:12 pm
The Broken Spokes for me. I prefer a little up tempo action and many of the other nominees fall more into Song OTY style in my opinion.
Honourable mentions to 49 Winchester, Charlie Crockett, and Molly Tuttle.
JF
December 12, 2022 @ 12:17 pm
“Something in the Orange” is the country single of the year whether you like it or not. And I had never heard of Kimmi Bitter and, being Stan-adverse, now never will.
Glen
December 12, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
Kimberly Kelly “No Thanks (I Just Had One) is my pick. It’s my favorite and most played song of this year.
Edward
December 12, 2022 @ 12:19 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue
Tom
December 12, 2022 @ 12:32 pm
Are these Kimmi Butler comments from bots or from the same IP? What’s going on here..
Lizzie
December 12, 2022 @ 1:12 pm
Bots?? Have you heard the song? Have you listened to her other originals? She’s phenomenal!! Take a listen on YouTube, it won’t take long for you to get hooked on her music Tom.
Tom
December 12, 2022 @ 2:10 pm
Her music is phenomenal. It’s still odd to see so many quick and similar comments for the same song. Trigger’s comment below clears it up though. Regardless, it’s a worthy song by a great artist.
Betty
December 12, 2022 @ 4:15 pm
I can only speak for my comment which comes from my heart as one of her biggest fans. I’ve always seen her talent as major star quality, and any positive/similar comments are well deserved!
jt
December 12, 2022 @ 12:38 pm
I vote for 49 Winchester. Trigger, are the Kimmi Bitter voters established accounts?
Trigger
December 12, 2022 @ 1:18 pm
Sometimes artists or fan groups will post something on social media and tell their fans to come leave a comment here. This happened with Drake Milligan on the Album of the Year post as well. I do respect the hustle, but like I said in the introduction, this is not an up and down vote. What’s more important is trying to convince us all why one song is better than another. It’s an open forum though, and anyone can leave a comment.
jt
December 12, 2022 @ 2:18 pm
Appreciate your loose hand with moderation. Occasionally things get out of control, but for the most part it works.
SteveM.
December 12, 2022 @ 12:50 pm
“Miles and Miles of You” by Pat Green whose first album in 7 years seemed to have been ignored.
Jimmy
December 12, 2022 @ 12:53 pm
Kimi Bitter is that good!
Memphis Kee
December 12, 2022 @ 12:54 pm
We’re just happy to be nominated! **Checks notes** We’re just happy to be commenting!
“Russell County Line” might be my favorite out of this list. Overall, I still think “Stars” by John Fullbright is the best song of the year.
S
December 12, 2022 @ 1:05 pm
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter!
Jeffro
December 12, 2022 @ 1:07 pm
Different strokes for different folks. All good songs on the list, dont get me wrong, but how did Kaitlin Butts not make this list? Pick a song and she delivers the goods..
Trigger
December 12, 2022 @ 1:19 pm
That was my dilemma with Kaitlin. What song do you pick? They’re all good. That’s why I thought nominating her entire album was the best way to highlight her work, and it appears she’s emerged as one of the frontrunners in that crowded field.
Jeffro
December 12, 2022 @ 3:14 pm
I hear you, man. I’m partial to “Blood” and “It won’t always be this way”. Seems like she came out of nowhere.
Proofreeder
December 13, 2022 @ 4:22 am
Kaitlin’s “Jackson” was my most played song of the year on Spotify. And I still play it at least once a week. So there’s that.
Jjazznola
December 12, 2022 @ 1:07 pm
Charley Crockett by a country mile. It ain’t even close.
Michael
December 12, 2022 @ 1:08 pm
Kimmi Bitter, My Grass is Blue! It makes my heart sing that this song is connecting with so many people. Kimmi’s voice, so beautiful and pure, gives hope to a new country music generation.
Nicole Beutz
December 12, 2022 @ 1:10 pm
“My Grass is Blue” by Kimmi Bitter!! She is amazing!
Monica Powell
December 12, 2022 @ 1:20 pm
Kimmi Bitter, My Grass is Blue – she is so talented!!
Beau
December 12, 2022 @ 1:24 pm
Oh man – somehow I missed Kimmi Bitter this year but listening to her two most recent singles, she’s fantastic! A great find indeed. Beautiful stuff.
Tomas
December 12, 2022 @ 1:34 pm
Kimmi Bitter takes the cake! So amazing live and keeping it the realest❤️
Lauren Knight
December 12, 2022 @ 1:58 pm
you said it yourselves, “Kimmi Bitter is the real deal”
davecomedy
December 12, 2022 @ 1:59 pm
“My Grass is Blue” is great – all the songs are stellar.
Jeff Hecox
December 12, 2022 @ 2:11 pm
Kimmi Bitter, My Grass is Blue for the win! Or my grass will be blue.
Tom
December 12, 2022 @ 2:18 pm
My Grass Is Blue by Kimmi Bitter
Goosebumps!
Leticia
December 12, 2022 @ 2:36 pm
Kimmi Bitter “My Grass is Blue” Has my vote! Beautiful voice. She’s amazing! ❤️
Debbie
December 12, 2022 @ 2:37 pm
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter such as beautiful voice.
EricM
December 12, 2022 @ 2:38 pm
The Lone Bellow – “Homesick”
Bill44
December 12, 2022 @ 3:12 pm
My choice would be either “I’m Just a Clown” or “Years.” Both are tracks I have had on repeat since they came out, they are special in that transport you to a completely different place while listening; Charley Crockett, in a worn out Juke Joint on a Friday after a long week, and Sierra Ferrel, in an ethereal dreamscape of your own memories. Simply fantastic.
Barnfire
December 12, 2022 @ 4:31 pm
Those are my two as well. I know some people don’t like Crockett’s voice, but it’s undeniably unique, even if he sounds like he’s perpetually getting better from having a cold. I think the only knock against “Clown” is that it’s more old R&B than country… my first thought when I heard it was “Is this a Bill Withers cover?”
Sierra Ferrell… that voice is on another plane of existence. I don’t think we’ve had a talent as undeniable as hers in three decades. “Years” is a really simple song, but this version adds a depth of emotion that can only be measured in geologic terms. If her career keeps going like this, hers will the voice we’ll be judging newcomers against for decades to come.
Coat
December 12, 2022 @ 3:26 pm
Saw 49 Winchester perform “Russell County Line” live for the third time this year on Saturday in Greenville, SC. They hit those opening notes and you know it’s game fucking on. The most exciting and exhilarating song by one of the best live bands in the world. Love it and Love them. Song of the Year!
Groovepainter
December 12, 2022 @ 3:27 pm
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter 🤘love that song!
William Galetka
December 12, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
Kimmie Bitter, My Grass Is Blue is the one for me!
Pamela Chant
December 12, 2022 @ 8:27 pm
Absolutely Kimmie Bitter’s “My Grass is Blue”!
Regan Henson
December 12, 2022 @ 4:28 pm
Calloway County is a great song, but am I the only one who hears Outfit by DBT when I listen to it?
Mikey G
December 13, 2022 @ 6:51 am
I keep thinking the same thing. I really love the song, but it’s too similar to ‘outfit’.
Euro South
December 12, 2022 @ 4:35 pm
I’m moving “Weatherman” over to songs and voting for him there, and then I vote for “Russell County Line” here. However you nominate it, “Weatherman” sure does deserve more love than just po’ ole Euro South’s vote.
Di Harris
December 12, 2022 @ 4:47 pm
Yep, Kimmi Bitter has a Beautiful voice.
And, although there is no rhyme or reason to the numbering – love that it is 1st on the list above.
: D Subliminal error, perhaps
Sandi
December 12, 2022 @ 5:06 pm
My Grass is Blue – Kimmi Bitter. Lovely voice, lovely song. Not my usual, but nice.
Jerry Clower's Ghost
December 12, 2022 @ 5:27 pm
“Years” by Sierra, goddammit.
If John’s version was nominated, and Sierra’s version is better, then the math says she should win?
Jackie Farley
December 12, 2022 @ 5:45 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue
Carol Grant
December 12, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
I love Kimmi Bitter and My Grass is Blue.
Louis
December 12, 2022 @ 6:13 pm
Digging Kimmi Bitter’s new song My Grass is Blue
Chris Shooks
December 12, 2022 @ 6:27 pm
Kimmi Bitter is putting in the work and hitting the road hard year after year. Great tune and great hustle with an insane touring schedule. Define ‘all-in’, ‘country music’ – Kimmi Bitter, she’s a credit to the genre and all musicians for that matter. It is obvious with the amount of support she already has in this forum, she makes a lasting impression with her voice, songwriting, and glowing personality everywhere she travels. Her strong fan base is made of folks all over the country anxiously waiting for her to roll back into town in THEKRNL and share her new tunes and stories. Her song ‘My Grass is Blue’ is no exception – exceptional! You just don’t get that with artists anymore.
Cheri
December 12, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
Wow! I vote for My Grass is Blue sung by Kimmi Bittet. Great song and love her singing!
Vince
December 12, 2022 @ 6:35 pm
So excited to see Kimmi Bitter getting props with her song My Grass is Blue
Carmen
December 12, 2022 @ 6:49 pm
Kimmi Bitter has a beautiful voice and My Grass is Blue is a wonderful song, she has my vote.
Phil
December 12, 2022 @ 6:53 pm
All are great but “My Grass Is Blue” by Kimmi Bitter is my personal favorite.
Susan jabro
December 12, 2022 @ 6:57 pm
Hands down, Kimmi Bitter’s song My Grass is Blue is true country. Her voice is outstanding totally deserves this award.
Dane
December 12, 2022 @ 6:58 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue
Kimmi and Willis are so talented.
Tom Jabro
December 12, 2022 @ 7:03 pm
Kimmie Bitter “My Grass is Blue” is my vote. I’ve been a loyal fan. Kimmie is a natural performer that brings the audience together. Her voice is as beautiful as she is and that says it all!
Sean
December 12, 2022 @ 7:35 pm
I have to go with Oklahoma Smokeshow by Zach Bryan. He had a lot of great songs this year, but that has been my favorite.
Vince Salminen
December 12, 2022 @ 7:48 pm
Kimmi Bitter! Her song is awesome and her and Willis Farnsworth rock live! Vote for Kimmi!
Donna Tomesch
December 12, 2022 @ 7:57 pm
My Grass is Blue by Kimmi Bitter is my choice. Her voice is hauntingly beautiful, just perfection! The song is sweet, not overdone, and after listening to the other nominees, hers is the only song I want to go back and listen to again and again. Love it!!
Matt Pitschman
December 12, 2022 @ 8:13 pm
Years – Sierra Ferrell
River Fool – Ian Noe
Daydreamer (far out west sessions) – Flatland Cavalry
Russell County Line – 49 Winchester
Boy from Illinois – David Quinn
Do You Feel Love – Courtney Patton
On the Ranch – Emily Nenni
Feel Like Going Home – Miko Marks
Ain’t a Day Goes By – Melissa Carper
The Liar – John Fullbright
First High – Nikki Lane
Larry Smith
December 12, 2022 @ 8:45 pm
“My Grass Is Blue” is a really great country song and Kimmi delivers a solid performance!! Truly a well deserved nomination for song of the year. It should win going away.
Jackie B
December 12, 2022 @ 8:45 pm
Kimmi Bitter
My Grass Is Blue
Andy Ngo
December 12, 2022 @ 8:58 pm
TF are you doing leaving out Aaron Lewis’ masterpiece “Am I The Only One” you woke zombie shill that song tells the TRUTH that I guess your fake patriot soyboy ass can’t handle smh THE CIVIL WAR WAS NOT ABOUT SLAVERY THEY ARE DESECRATING THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROES I DON’T CARE THAT HE IS FROM MASSECHUSSETS THIS CONCERNS ALL PATRIOTS anyway the song is so emotional makes all my nipples hard yes even the third one that grew after I bought those testosterone pills from Infowars to immunize myself against wokeness oh well at least I’ll never be woke now anyway amazing Aaron Lewis’s musical genius can still make me stain(d) my underpants after all these years SOROS DID 911 NGO OUT!
Jennifer
December 12, 2022 @ 9:06 pm
Kimmi Bitter my Grass is Blue
Rick
December 12, 2022 @ 9:39 pm
Kimmi Bitter is an amazing talent!
Kelly Grant
December 12, 2022 @ 9:47 pm
Kimmi Bitter’s song My Grass is Blue is the sweetest and prettiest song!
Kelly Grant
December 12, 2022 @ 9:48 pm
Kimmi Bitter’s song My Grass is Blue is the sweetest and prettiest song! We love it!
Doug Layne
December 12, 2022 @ 9:57 pm
It has to be Kimmi Bitter’s “My Grass is Blue”
Charlene
December 12, 2022 @ 10:07 pm
Kimmi is AMAZING! Such a wonderful artist!
Christy
December 12, 2022 @ 10:55 pm
Kimmi Bitter – My Grass is Blue!!
Lori Davis
December 12, 2022 @ 11:24 pm
Has to be Kimmi Bitter My Grass is Blue! Beautiful!
Amy Waltz
December 12, 2022 @ 11:34 pm
Absolutely Kimmi Bitter, My Grass is Blue! What talent!! Wow!!!