50 Best Country Songs About Making Money
Top Country Tracks on Earning Money
There’s a certain kind of grit that runs through songs tied to chasing a paycheck. It’s not always pride, not exactly frustration, but something tangled up in the grind. Country artists especially have a way of bending that into stories that sound like half a victory and half a warning. You hear it in the punch of a fiddle line or the stomp of a drum that feels like steel-toed boots on a factory floor. These tracks live in the tension between wanting more cash and knowing the price of trying to get it.
Money songs in country music don’t always stick to literal bills and wages. Some spin it through metaphors, some lean on character sketches, and some sneak in humor that covers up real pressure underneath. They land in the same space that pop, rock, country, and R&B songs do when they play with ambition and survival. A barroom singalong can hold the same bite as a ballad that aches through empty pockets. Even if the lyrics stray, the energy fits the theme and keeps the playlist sharp.
It’s not all clean lines or moral lessons either. A few of these tracks shrug and laugh at the hustle, others lean hard into wanting stacks, and some circle the way chasing dollars can bend a life sideways. The mess of it is what makes the songs stick. Here are the best country songs on making money.
Top 10 Country Songs about Money
1. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers
2. 'If I Could Make a Living' by Clay Walker
3. 'Take This Job and Shove It' by Johnny Paycheck
4. '9 to 5' by Dolly Parton
5. 'Workin' Man Blues' by Merle Haggard
6. 'Hard Workin' Man' by Brooks & Dunn
7. 'If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time' by Lefty Frizzell
8. 'Buy Me a Boat' by Chris Janson
9. 'Last Dollar (Fly Away)' by Tim McGraw
10. 'Check Cashin' Country' by Midland
Great Country Songs About Hard Work and Financial Themes #11—20
11. 'Rich' by Maren Morris
12. 'Beer Money' by Kip Moore
13. 'Rich Men of North Richmond' by Oliver Anthony
14. 'Money in the Bank' by John Anderson
15. 'Too Much Month at the End of the Money' by Marty Stuart
16. 'The Dollar' by Jamey Johnson
17. 'Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')' by Alabama
18. 'Working for a Living' by Huey Lewis & The News
19. 'I'm Workin'' by Charley Crockett
20. 'Paycheck to Paycheck' by Mike and the Moonpies
Popular Country Songs About Financial Success #21—30
21. 'Workin' Man's Dollar' by Chris LeDoux
22. 'Daddy Made the Dollars' by Doug Supernaw
23. 'Right On the Money' by Alan Jackson
24. 'Ka-Ching!' by Shania Twain
25. 'Busted' by Johnny Cash
26. 'Money' by Blake Shelton
27. 'Money Isn't Real' by Jordan Davis
28. 'A Dollar Short of Happy' by Nick Lowe
29. 'If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)' by Joe Diffie
30. 'Cash on the Barrelhead' by Dolly Parton
Essential Country Songs About Making a Living #31—40
31. 'Workin' Overtime' by Lainey Wilson
32. 'This Is My Dirt' by Justin Moore
33. 'I Got a Life' by Mike Reid
34. 'Marry for Money' by Trace Adkins
35. 'Ain't Gotta Dollar' by Oliver Anthony
36. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers
37. 'When I Get It' by Craig Campbell
38. 'I Don't Want the Money' by Don Williams
39. 'Paycheck' by Jon Pardi
40. 'Workin' Hard' by Larry Fleet
Iconic Country Songs About Financial Success #41—50
41. 'Money' by K.T. Oslin
42. 'Silver and Gold' by Dolly Parton
43. 'White Trash with Money' by Jason Aldean
44. 'Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man' by Travis Tritt
45. 'When You're Hot, You're Hot' by Jerry Reed
46. 'Rich and Miserable' by Kenny Chesney
47. 'Buy Dirt' by Jordan Davis
48. 'Cost of Livin'' by Ronnie Dunn
49. 'A Day Late and a Dollar Short' by Donny & Marie Osmond
50. 'Goin for Broke' by Bryan Martin
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