50 Best Country Songs About Food
Country Music Tracks Inspired by Food
There’s a certain kind of scene that comes with a song about food in country music. Not the picture-perfect backyard barbecue on a commercial, but the messy, lived-in version. A plate of ribs leaving sauce on your shirt, cornbread cooling on the porch while someone’s dog circles like a shark, that one uncle who deep-fries everything and swears he’s got the secret recipe. The right track hits and suddenly you’re in the middle of a kitchen that smells like cinnamon rolls or pulled pork, with laughter spilling over clinking beer bottles. These are the moments that make the music stick, even if the lyrics are talking about pie instead of politics.
Food in country songs isn’t background detail, it’s often the heart of the story. Fried chicken at a Sunday dinner table can feel like home, peach cobbler can pull up memories you forgot you had, and a jug of sweet tea can be the glue holding together a summer afternoon that feels like it’ll last forever. It’s the same reason pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that mention food can hit harder than you expect. They’re not just about eating, they’re about where you were, who you were with, and how the air smelled when that first bite hit. That mix of taste and time gets under your skin in a way that can’t be faked.
Some of these songs lean funny, turning cheeseburgers and biscuits into punchlines. Others run tender, with lines that make you think of your grandmother’s kitchen before you even notice the melody. And a few have that strange mix of sweet and sad, the kind you only understand when the plates are empty and everyone’s gone home. Here are the best country songs about food that capture those flavors in full.
Top 10 Food Country Songs
1. 'Jambalaya (On The Bayou)'—Hank Williams
2. 'Chicken Fried'—Zac Brown Band
3. 'Biscuits'—Kacey Musgraves
4. 'Fancy Like'—Walker Hayes
5. 'Cheeseburger In Paradise'—Jimmy Buffett
6. 'Homegrown Tomatoes'—Guy Clark
7. 'Do You Want Fries With That'—Tim McGraw
8. 'Watermelon Crawl'—Tracy Byrd
9. 'Burgers and Fries'—Charley Pride
10. 'That's What I Love About Sunday'—Craig Morgan
More Country Songs About Food #11—20
11. 'Ode to Billie Joe'—Bobbie Gentry
12. 'Meat and Potato Man'—Alan Jackson
13. 'I Still Like Bologna'—Alan Jackson
14. 'Country Pie'—Bob Dylan
15. 'Please Pass the Biscuits'—Jimmy Dean
16. 'Green Bananas'—Jake Owen
17. 'Big Cheeseburgers & Good French Fries'—Blaze Foley
18. 'Fried Chicken & Evil Women'—Vincent Neil Emerson
19. 'Beans For Breakfast'—Johnny Cash
20. 'Look At Them Beans'—Johnny Cash
Country Music and Food Culture #21—30
21. 'A Home Cooked Meal'—Anointed Family
22. 'Hey, Good Lookin''—Hank Williams
23. 'Hot Dogs And Hamburgers'—John Mellencamp
24. 'Three Hundred Pounds of Hongry'—Donnie Fritts
25. 'Bread & Water'—Ryan Bingham
26. 'I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size'—Merle Travis
27. 'Christmas Cookies'—Lainey Wilson
28. 'The Wonderful Soup Stone'—Bobby Bare
29. 'I Wish Lunch Could Last Forever'—Jimmy Buffett
30. 'Crowded Table'—The Highwomen
Famous Country Songs and Food #31—40
31. 'Strawberry Cake'—Johnny Cash
32. 'Lemon Drop'—Pistol Annies
33. 'Take an Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait)'—Little Jimmy Dickens
34. 'Roly-Poly'—Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
35. 'The Martha White Theme'—Lester Flatt
36. 'How Many Biscuits Can You Eat'—Mac Wiseman
37. 'Soppin' the Gravy'—The Nashville Bluegrass Band
38. 'Cornbread and Butterbeans'—Carolina Chocolate Drops
39. 'My Bacon Roll'—Mark Knopfler
40. 'White Palace'—Clay Walker
Best Country Music About Food #41—50
41. 'Have a Feast Here Tonight'—The Monroe Brothers
42. 'Country Ham and Red Gravy'—Poor Benny
43. 'Polk Salad Annie'—Tony Joe White
44. 'If French Fries Were Fat Free'—Alan Jackson
45. 'Soul Food'—Keith Urban
46. 'Government Cheese'—Keb' Mo'
47. 'Gringo Honeymoon'—Robert Earl Keen
48. 'Dirty Dishes Blues'—The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
49. 'Corndog'—Jamey Johnson
50. 'Peach Picking Time In Georgia'—Doc Watson
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