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Brad Paisley became one of country music’s defining performers at the turn of the twenty-first century by combining traditional Nashville songwriting with sharp humor and remarkable electric guitar playing. Born October 28, 1972, in Glen Dale, West Virginia, he grew up surrounded by country music and received his first guitar from his grandfather. That early influence stayed with him as he developed a sound that drew equally from the classic country tradition, Bakersfield-style guitar work, honky-tonk, and the polished production of contemporary Nashville.
His first album, Who Needs Pictures, arrived in 1999 and immediately introduced a songwriter with a gift for telling memorable stories. The breakthrough singles “He Didn’t Have to Be” and “We Danced” established his romantic side, while the following album, Part II, featured the irresistible fishing comedy “I’m Gonna Miss Her.” With Mud on the Tires and Time Well Wasted, he broadened his appeal through the duet “Whiskey Lullaby” with Alison Krauss, the Dolly Parton collaboration “When I Get Where I’m Going,” and a steady run of country radio hits.
Paisley’s dazzling guitar work has been just as central to his reputation as his vocal recordings. Instrumental tracks such as “The Nervous Breakdown,” “Time Warp,” and “Throttleneck” reveal his command of the Telecaster, while Play: The Guitar Album placed his musicianship in the foreground alongside guests including Keith Urban, B.B. King, Buck Owens, and Steve Wariner. He also explored social commentary and a wider musical vocabulary on albums such as Wheelhouse, Moonshine in the Trunk, and Love and War.
Beyond the studio, Paisley became a major touring attraction, joined the Grand Ole Opry in 2001, and hosted the CMA Awards with Carrie Underwood for eleven consecutive years. His recording career has included film soundtracks, holiday albums, guitar showcases, songs recorded with fellow country stars, and collaborations with artists well outside the genre. The music ranges from playful novelty numbers to intensely personal ballads, a contrast that helps explain his lasting popularity.
His later releases have continued to expand that body of work. In 2023, Son of the Mountains: The First Four Tracks explored his West Virginia roots and the opioid crisis, while the 2025 holiday album Snow Globe Town added new seasonal originals and Christmas standards. In July 2026, Tacklebox (Disc 1) collected thirteen tracks drawing on unreleased songs from his songwriting archive and newer recordings. Together, these releases show an artist still exploring different ways to tell stories through songs.
Complete List Of Brad Paisley Songs From A to Z
0–C
- “364 Days to Go” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “4WP” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “A Man Don’t Have to Die” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “A Marshmallow World” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Accidental Racist” – Wheelhouse (2013), featuring LL Cool J
- “Ain’t Nothin’ Like” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Alcohol” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Alive Right Now” – Alive Right Now single (2019)
- “All I Wanted Was a Car” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “All In” – Planes: Fire & Rescue soundtrack (2014)
- “All You Really Need Is Love” – Part II (2001)
- “American Flag on the Moon” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “American Saturday Night” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Anything Like Me” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Away in a Manger” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Be the Lake” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Beat This Summer” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Behind the Clouds” – Cars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
- “Better Than This” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Bigger Fish to Fry” – 5th Gear (2007), with the Kung Pao Buckaroos
- “Blame Me” – My Kind of Livin’ (2005), with Craig Morgan and John Conlee
- “Bon Voyage” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Born on Christmas Day” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Born on Christmas Day (Single Edit)” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (Deluxe Version) (2011)
- “Born to Boogie” – It’s About Time (2016), with Hank Williams Jr., Justin Moore and Brantley Gilbert
- “Bucked Off” – Bucked Off single (2018)
- “Camouflage” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Catch All the Fish” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Celebrity” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Chicken Chet” – Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley (2009)
- “Christmas Time’s A-Comin’” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “City of Music” – City of Music single (2021)
- “Cliffs of Rock City” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Cloud of Dust” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Cluster Pluck” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with James Burton, Vince Gill and other guest guitarists
- “College” – Lucky Ones (2004), with Pat Green
- “College (Bonus Disc Recording)” – Time Well Wasted (Special Edition bonus disc) (2005)
- “Collision of Worlds” – Cars 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011), with Robbie Williams
- “Come On In” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with Buck Owens
- “Come On Over Tonight” – Part II (2001)
- “Contact High” – Love and War (2017)
- “Cornography” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Counting Down the Days” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Country Nation” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Cover Girl” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Crushin’ It” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Cupid’s Got a Shotgun” – Blown Away (2012), with Carrie Underwood
D–H
- “Dang Me” – King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller (2018)
- “Death of a Married Man” – Wheelhouse (2013), featuring Eric Idle
- “Death of a Single Man” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Departure” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Don’t Breathe” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Don’t Drink the Water” – This Is Country Music (2011), featuring Blake Shelton
- “Drive of Shame” – Love and War (2017), featuring Mick Jagger
- “Dying to See Her” – Love and War (2017), with Bill Anderson
- “Eastwood” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Easy Money” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Everybody’s Here” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Everything and All” – 25th Anniversary Celebration (2011), with Randy Travis
- “Facebook Friends” – Wheelhouse (Deluxe Edition) (2013)
- “Fallin’” – Fallin’ single (2026)
- “Falling Just Like the Snow” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Famous People” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Farther Along” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Find Yourself” – Cars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
- “Flowers” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Forever Country” – Forever Country single (2016), as part of Artists of Then, Now & Forever
- “Freedom Was a Highway” – Freedom Was a Highway single (2021), with Jimmie Allen
- “Get Even” – Wheelhouse (Deluxe Edition) (2013)
- “Go to Bed Early” – Love and War (2017)
- “Goes Without Saying” – F-1 Trillion (2024), with Post Malone
- “Gold All over the Ground” – Love and War (2017)
- “Gone Green” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014), featuring Emmylou Harris
- “Grey Goose Chase” – Love and War (2017), featuring Timbaland
- “Hang Around” – Great Big World (2008), with Monty Lane Allen
- “Hard Life” – Hard Life single (2011)
- “Hard to Be a Husband, Hard to Be a Wife” – Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 2 (2000), with Chely Wright
- “Hard to Say Hello” – Time Well Wasted (Special Edition bonus disc) (2005)
- “Harvey Bodine” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “He Didn’t Have to Be” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Heaven South” – Love and War (2017)
- “Heaven South (Reprise)” – Love and War (2017)
- “Helen Back” – Helen Back EP (2026)
- “Hi Ho Silverado” – Hi Ho Silverado EP (2026), featuring David Lee Murphy
- “High Life” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014), featuring Carrie Underwood
- “Hold Me in Your Arms (And Let Me Fall)” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Holdin’ On to You” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Home Sweet Hotel” – Home Sweet Hotel EP (2026)
- “Hot Rod Heart” – Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013), with John Fogerty
- “Huckleberry Jam” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
I–M
- “I Can’t Change the World” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “I Do Now” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “I Don’t Care” – Charleston, SC 1966 (2010), with Darius Rucker
- “I Hope That’s Me” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “I Wish You’d Stay” – Part II (2001)
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “I’ll Take You Back” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “I’m Gonna Get Drunk and Play Hank Williams” – Old School New Rules (2012), with Hank Williams Jr.
- “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” – Part II (2001)
- “I’m Still a Guy” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “I’ve Been Better” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “I…Like You” – The Critics Give It 5 Stars (2016), with Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots
- “If Love Was a Plane” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “If You Can’t Make Money” – Songwriter (2010), with Bill Anderson
- “In the Garden” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “In Times Like These” – She Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool (2006)
- “Is It Raining at Your House” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “It Did” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “It Never Woulda Worked Out Anyway” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “It’s Still Goodbye” – Tacklebox (Disc 1) (2026)
- “Jammin’ for Stevie” – Deuces (2007), with Charlie Daniels
- “JFK 1962” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Jingle Bell Rock” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Jingle Bells (Instrumental)” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Karate” – Wheelhouse (2013), featuring Charlie Daniels
- “Keep on the Sunny Side” – Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash (2007)
- “Kentucky Jelly” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Kim” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Kung Pao Buckaroo Holiday” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Last Time for Everything” – Love and War (2017)
- “Last Year” – Snow Globe Town (2025), with Kelleigh Bannen
- “Leave the Christmas Lights On for Me” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Les Is More” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Let the Good Times Roll” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with B.B. King
- “Letter to Me” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Life’s Railway to Heaven” – This Is Country Music (2011), with Marty Stuart and other guests
- “Limes” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Lit” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Little Jimmy Dickens Outtake” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Little Moments” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Live for You” – Authentic (2013), with LL Cool J
- “Long Sermon” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Love and War” – Love and War (2017), featuring John Fogerty
- “Love Her Like She’s Leavin’” – This Is Country Music (2011), featuring Don Henley
- “Love Is Never-Ending” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Luxury Liner” – Heartbreak Hill (2003), with Albert Lee and Vince Gill
- “Make a Mistake” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Make a Mistake with Me” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Me and Jesus” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Me Neither” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Meaning Again” – Love and War (2017)
- “Merry Christmas, Baby” – Christmas in the Sand (2012), with Colbie Caillat
- “Moonshine in the Trunk” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “More Beaver” – Just Another Day in Parodies (2000), with Cledus T. Judd
- “More Than Just This Song” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with Steve Wariner
- “Mr. Policeman” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Mud on the Tires” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Munster Rag” – Part II (2001)
- “My Favorite Things” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “My Miracle” – My Miracle single (2019)
N–R
- “Never Again” – Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley (2009)
- “New Again” – The Passion of the Christ: Songs (2004), with Sara Evans
- “New Favorite Memory” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “No” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “No I in Beer” – No I in Beer single (2020)
- “No I in Beer (Acoustic Version)” – No I in Beer (Acoustic) single (2020)
- “Nobody’s Fool” – Cars 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011)
- “O Holy Night” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Ode de Toilet (The Toilet Song)” – Time Well Wasted (Special Edition bonus disc) (2005)
- “Off Road” – Off Road single (2021)
- “Officially Alive” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Oh Love” – 5th Gear (2007), with Carrie Underwood
- “Oh Yeah, You’re Gone” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Old Alabama” – This Is Country Music (2011), featuring Alabama
- “One Beer Can” – Love and War (2017)
- “One of Those Lives” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Online” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Online (Live Reprise)” – Hits Alive (2010)
- “Out in the Parkin’ Lot” – Time Well Wasted (2005), with Alan Jackson
- “Out of the Picture” – Out of the Picture EP (2026)
- “Out Take 1 (2005)” – Time Well Wasted (hidden tracks) (2005)
- “Out Take 2 (2005)” – Time Well Wasted (hidden tracks) (2005)
- “Out Take 3” – Time Well Wasted (hidden tracks) (2005)
- “Out Take 4” – Time Well Wasted (hidden tracks) (2005)
- “Outstanding in Our Field” – Wheelhouse (2013), with Dierks Bentley and other musicians
- “Outtake #1” – 5th Gear (hidden tracks) (2007)
- “Outtake #2” – 5th Gear (hidden tracks) (2007)
- “Overnight Low” – Overnight Low EP (2026)
- “Part Two” – Part II (2001)
- “Penguin, James Penguin” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Perfect Storm” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Playing with Fire” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Plug It In, Sparky” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Pre-Cluster Cluster Pluck Prequel” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Pressing on a Bruise” – Wheelhouse (2013), featuring Mat Kearney
- “Previously” – 5th Gear (2007), with the Kung Pao Buckaroos
- “Rainin’ You” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Raining Inside” – Raining Inside single (2025), with Dawes
- “Real” – Has Been (2004), with William Shatner
- “Remind Me” – This Is Country Music (2011), with Carrie Underwood
- “River Bank” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “Rockin’ Down the Highway” – Southbound (2014), with the Doobie Brothers
- “Runaway Train” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Runway Romance” – Planes: Fire & Rescue soundtrack (2014)
S–Z
- “Same Here” – Same Here single (2023), featuring a spoken appearance by Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Selfie#TheInternetIsForever” – Love and War (2017)
- “Sharp Dressed Man” – Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top (2002)
- “Shatner Says Goodbye” – Time Well Wasted (hidden tracks) (2005)
- “Shattered Glass” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “She Never Really Got over Him” – Wheelhouse (Cracker Barrel Edition) (2013)
- “She’s Everything” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “She’s Her Own Woman” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Silent Night” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Silver Bells” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “Sleepin’ on the Foldout” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Snow Globe Town” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “So Many Summers” – So Many Summers single (2023)
- “Solar Power Girl” – Love and War (2017), featuring Timbaland
- “Some Mistakes” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Somebody Knows You Now” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “Someone Else’s Arms” – Someone Else’s Arms EP (2026), with Miranda Lambert
- “Something About Her (Live)” – Something About Her live digital single (2003)
- “Something in the Water” – Join the Band (2008), with Little Feat and Bob Seger
- “Son of the Mountains” – Son of the Mountains: The First Four Tracks (EP) (2023), featuring Dan Tyminski and Jerry Douglas
- “Southern Comfort Zone” – Southern Comfort Zone single (2012)
- “Southern Comfort Zone (Acoustic Version)” – Wheelhouse (Deluxe Edition) (2013)
- “Space Cowboy” – Seeking Major Tom (2011), with William Shatner and Steve Miller
- “Spaghetti Western Swing” – Mud on the Tires (2003), featuring the Kung Pao Buckaroos
- “Start a Band” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with Keith Urban
- “Sugarfoot Rag” – The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 (2001), with Asleep at the Wheel
- “Tell Me Your Life Story” – Tacklebox (Disc 1) (2026)
- “That Crazy Elf (On the Shelf)” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “That’s Love” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “The Best Thing That I Had Goin’” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “The Cigar Song” – Mud on the Tires (2003)
- “The Devil Is Alive and Well” – Love and War (2017)
- “The First Noel” – Snow Globe Town (2025)
- “The Medicine Will” – Son of the Mountains: The First Four Tracks (EP) (2023)
- “The Mona Lisa” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “The Nervous Breakdown” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “The Old Rugged Cross” – Part II (2001)
- “The Only Way She’ll Stay” – Wheelhouse (Cracker Barrel Edition) (2013)
- “The Pants” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “The Uncloudy Day” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “The World” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Then” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Then (Piano Mix)” – Hits Alive (2010)
- “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” – Duets II (2011), with Tony Bennett
- “Things We Quit” – The High Road (2025), with Kane Brown
- “This Is Country Music” – This Is Country Music single (2010)
- “This Town Ain’t Small Enough” – This Town Ain’t Small Enough single (2026)
- “Those Crazy Christians” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Throttleneck” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Thunder Hollow Breakdown” – Cars 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
- “Ticks” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Time Warp” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Time Well Wasted” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Tin Can on a String” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Today” – Love and War (2017)
- “Too Country” – Part II (2001)
- “Toothbrush” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Treading Whiskey” – Treading Whiskey EP (2026)
- “Truck Still Works” – Truck Still Works single (2024)
- “Truckaroo” – Cars 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
- “Turf’s Up” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “Two Feet of Topsoil” – Part II (2001)
- “Two People Fell in Love” – Part II (2001)
- “(Untranslated)” – Wheelhouse (2013)
- “Waitin’ on a Woman” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “Waitin’ on a Woman (2008 Single Re-Recording)” – 5th Gear (2008 Reissue) (2008)
- “Waitin’ on a Woman (with Andy Griffith)” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with Andy Griffith
- “Water” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “We Danced” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Welcome to the Future” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “Welcome to the Future (Reprise)” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
- “What Child Is This” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (Deluxe Version) (2011)
- “When I Get Where I’m Going” – Time Well Wasted (2005), featuring Dolly Parton
- “When We All Get to Heaven” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Whiskey Lullaby” – Mud on the Tires (2003), featuring Alison Krauss
- “Who Knew” – Tacklebox (Disc 1) (2026)
- “Who Needs Pictures” – Who Needs Pictures (1999)
- “Winter Wonderland” – A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
- “With You, Without You” – 5th Gear (2007)
- “Without a Fight” – Without a Fight single (2016), with Demi Lovato
- “Without You” – Without You EP (2026)
- “Working on a Tan” – This Is Country Music (2011)
- “Wrapped Around” – Part II (2001)
- “Yankee Doodle Dixie” – Wheelhouse (Deluxe Edition) (2013)
- “Yes You Will” – Time Well Wasted (Special Edition bonus disc) (2005)
- “You Do the Math” – American Saturday Night (2009)
- “You Have That Effect on Me” – Part II (2001)
- “You Need a Man Around Here” – Time Well Wasted (2005)
- “You Shouldn’t Have To” – Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
- “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” – Part II (2001)
Brad Paisley Studio Albums
Who Needs Pictures (1999)
Part II (2001)
Mud on the Tires (2003)
Time Well Wasted (2005)
A Brad Paisley Christmas (2006)
5th Gear (2007)
Play: The Guitar Album (2008)
American Saturday Night (2009)
This Is Country Music (2011)
Wheelhouse (2013)
Moonshine in the Trunk (2014)
Love and War (2017)
Snow Globe Town (2025)
Tacklebox (Disc 1) (2026)
Brad Paisley Official Live Albums
Life Amplified World Tour: Live from WVU (2016)
Brad Paisley Official Compilation Albums
Playlist: The Very Best of Brad Paisley (2009)
Norwegian Favorites (2010)
Hits Alive (2010) — studio hits and live recordings
Original Album Classics (2015) — studio-album box set
Song Still Sings (2024) — seven-song retrospective
Brad Paisley Official EPs
Son of the Mountains: The First Four Tracks (2023)
Without You (2026)
Hi Ho Silverado (2026)
Overnight Low (2026)
Helen Back (2026)
Someone Else’s Arms (2026)
Treading Whiskey (2026)
Out of the Picture (2026)
Home Sweet Hotel (2026)
Selected Collaborative Albums and Soundtracks
The Passion of the Christ: Songs (2004)
Cars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
Cars 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2011)
Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
Cars 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
Updated November 8, 2026
Complete List Of Brad Paisley Songs From A to Z article published on ClassicRockHistory.com© 2026
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