50 Best Country Songs About DUI
Country Tracks that Deal with DUI Stories and Consequences
There’s a certain atmosphere that hangs over a night that spirals the wrong way. You can picture it. The neon’s still buzzing in the rearview, your hands gripping the wheel a little too tight, and the radio throws on something that hits too close. These songs don’t tidy up the edges or pretend the drive ends clean. They sit in that space where choices tilt in the wrong direction and every mile feels heavier than the last. It’s the part of the story where the silence in between verses says as much as the lyrics.
Country artists have a way of making that weight feel real. You’ll hear the slow ache in the steel guitar, the flat truth in a voice that’s seen it play out for real. Some pull from their own mistakes, some spin stories that could have been overheard at a corner booth after last call. It’s not limited to twang either, the same kind of storytelling bleeds into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs. But here, the drawl and dust make the picture sharper, more familiar, harder to brush off.
It’s not the kind of playlist for a light drive. These tracks come loaded with regret, warnings, and a few stubborn sparks of redemption. They carry that messy in-between where the past can’t be undone and the road ahead is nothing but questions. Below is a look at the best country songs on DUI that capture that uneasy, unforgettable mood.
Top 10 DUI Country Songs
1. 'Drunk Driving'—Koe Wetzel
2. 'Drive'—Alan Jackson
3. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
4. 'It Ain't Drunk Driving If You're Riding a Horse'—Margo Price
5. 'Too Drunk to Drive'—Luke Bryan
6. 'Drinkin' and Drivin''—Johnny Paycheck
7. 'Fast Car'—Luke Combs
8. 'Last Call'—Lee Ann Womack
9. 'What Was I Thinking'—Dierks Bentley
10. 'The Night'—Morgan Wade
Country Songs About Consequences #11—20
11. 'Let Somebody Else Drive'—John Anderson
12. 'Choices'—George Jones
13. 'High Cost of Living'—Jamey Johnson
14. 'Drowning'—Chris Young
15. 'I Told You So'—Carrie Underwood
16. 'The Good Stuff'—Kenny Chesney
17. 'You Don't Have to Be an Angel'—Waylon Jennings
18. 'I'm Not the Only One'—Sam Hunt
19. 'Wasted'—Carrie Underwood
20. 'It Gets Easier'—Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Country Songs About Drinking Alone #21—30
21. 'Drinking Alone'—Carrie Underwood
22. 'The Bottle Let Me Down'—Merle Haggard
23. 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink'—Merle Haggard
24. 'Misery and Gin'—Merle Haggard
25. 'Whiskey River'—Willie Nelson
26. 'Tonight the Heartache's on Me'—The Chicks
27. 'You Never Even Call Me by My Name'—David Allan Coe
28. 'Family Tradition'—Hank Williams Jr.
29. 'Folsom Prison Blues'—Johnny Cash
30. 'Ten Feet Away'—Keith Whitley
Country Songs About Bad Decisions #31—40
31. 'Wasting No More Whiskey'—Mike Ryan
32. 'The Bottle Is the Only Thing That's Broken'—Cody Jinks
33. 'Drunker Than Me'—Trent Willmon
34. 'The Man in Me'—Bob Dylan
35. 'There's a Tear in My Beer'—Hank Williams
36. 'Drinking Problem'—Midland
37. 'Honky Tonk'—Merle Haggard
38. 'Walking the Floor Over You'—Ernest Tubb
39. 'Let's Get Drunk and Drive'—Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
40. 'Alcohol'—Brad Paisley
Country Songs About Bad Choices #41—50
41. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
42. 'Pancho and Lefty'—Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
43. 'The Ride'—David Allan Coe
44. 'Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound'—Hank Williams Jr.
45. 'I Don't Think I'll Start Again'—Alan Jackson
46. 'I'm a Little Drunk'—Toby Keith
47. 'Drinking Days'—Jason Aldean
48. 'Friends in Low Places'—Garth Brooks
49. 'Barton Hollow'—The Civil Wars
50. 'I Gotta Get Drunk'—Willie Nelson
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