50 Best Country Songs About Rhode Island

Country Music That Captures Rhode Island

There’s a strange sort of charm when country music brushes up against Rhode Island. It’s not the kind of place that usually comes to mind with steel guitars or fiddles, but that mismatch is part of the pull. The coastal towns, fishing docks, and quiet backroads give off their own rhythm, and country artists occasionally catch it. Some tracks name-drop the state, others circle the feeling in a roundabout way, and a few slip in from unexpected directions where you’d think only pop, rock, country, and R&B songs tend to live. They may not always lock onto the geography head-on, but the vibe still lands.

Rhode Island in country music tends to feel like a postcard smudged by real life. Salt air mixed with beer on the deck, long drives past water that’s too cold for most of the year, and a sense that you’re slightly off the main map. Some artists use the state like shorthand for distance or escape, and some bend it into the shape of memory. Even if the lyrics are playing loose with the details, the mood they create can still hang heavy like humid August nights on the coast. That’s what makes these picks click together as a playlist that belongs to Rhode Island even when it wanders outside it.

Not every track comes cleanly packaged as a state anthem, and that’s fine. A few ride on nostalgia, a few lean into heartache, and some crash into the edges of chaos in a way that feels truer than a straightforward tribute. These are songs that can make Rhode Island feel bigger than it looks on the map, or at least stranger in a way that stays with you. Here are the best country songs tied to Rhode Island.

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1. 'The Last Resort' by The Eagles

2. 'Toes' by Zac Brown Band

3. 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems' by Kenny Chesney

4. 'Some Beach' by Blake Shelton

5. 'Margaritaville' by Jimmy Buffett

6. 'The Seashores of Old Mexico' by George Strait

7. 'Boondocks' by Little Big Town

8. 'My Town' by Montgomery Gentry

9. 'Small Town' by John Mellencamp

10. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver

11. 'Knee Deep' by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett

12. 'Somewhere on a Beach' by Dierks Bentley

13. 'Pontoon' by Little Big Town

14. 'Beachin'' by Jake Owen

15. 'Suntan City' by Luke Bryan

16. 'Long Hot Summer' by Keith Urban

17. 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' by Jake Owen

18. 'Summertime' by Kenny Chesney

19. 'Chattahoochee' by Alan Jackson

20. 'Try That in a Small Town' by Jason Aldean

21. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

22. 'Back Where I Come From' by Kenny Chesney

23. 'Drinkin' Town with a Football Problem' by Billy Currington

24. 'Merry Go 'Round' by Kacey Musgraves

25. 'Homegrown' by Zac Brown Band

26. 'Hometown Girl' by Josh Turner

27. 'Small Town Ain't Small No More' by Metro Haul

28. 'Coastal' by Kenny Chesney

29. 'I'm from the Country' by Tracy Byrd

30. 'When the Sun Goes Down' by Kenny Chesney

31. 'Vacation' by Thomas Rhett

32. 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere' by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

33. 'Where the Boat Leaves From' by Zac Brown Band

34. 'Redneck Yacht Club' by Craig Morgan

35. 'Sunshine and Summertime' by Faith Hill

36. 'Get Your Shine On' by Florida Georgia Line

37. 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line

38. 'Summer' by Brothers Osborne

39. '21 Summer' by Brothers Osborne

40. 'Homesick' by Kane Brown

41. 'Something Like That' by Tim McGraw

42. 'Fishin' in the Dark' by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

43. 'The Boys of Fall' by Kenny Chesney

44. 'Sunshine and Whiskey' by Frankie Ballard

45. 'Southern State of Mind' by Darius Rucker

46. 'Blue Clear Sky' by George Strait

47. 'Ocean Front Property' by George Strait

48. 'The Downeaster Alexa' by Billy Joel

49. 'Goodbye Summer' by Jonny Fritz

50. 'I Was on a Boat That Day' by Old Dominion