50 Best Country Songs About Seafood
Country Songs on Seafood Themes
There’s a particular headspace tied to seafood in country music. It’s a mix of salt air, fried catfish on a paper plate, and the memory of some old boat dock you probably shouldn’t have been standing on. Not every track spells it out, but that doesn’t matter. Some lean into shrimp boils and clam shacks, others hang out in that space where the smell of the ocean lingers even if the song never mentions the tide. Country has a way of twisting food into something bigger, like a shorthand for community or heartbreak, and seafood turns up in the middle of it.
The vibe isn’t sleek or polished. Think of crawfish piled high while someone tunes a guitar, or oysters on the half shell dropped into a verse that wasn’t really about food at all. That’s where these tracks land, next to the mess of paper towels and laughter you half-hear through the background noise. Plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have circled the table in similar ways, but country tends to make seafood feel tied to dirt roads, bayous, and the pull of the Gulf. Even when the lyrics only brush against it, the theme sits heavy in the atmosphere.
These aren’t songs to sip wine to. They’re for cracked crab legs, butter stains on your shirt, and that strange mix of hunger and nostalgia you only get when a plate is sitting in front of you. Some of them may not be literally seafood songs, but they still catch the spirit. Here are the best country songs on seafood.
Top 10 Seafood Country Songs
1. 'I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)' by Brad Paisley
2. 'Just Fishin'' by Trace Adkins
3. 'Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day' by Luke Bryan
4. 'Fishin' in the Dark' by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
5. 'Bad Day of Fishin'' by Billy Currington
6. 'Fish' by Craig Campbell
7. 'Bait a Hook' by Justin Moore
8. 'Five Pound Bass' by Robert Earl Keen
9. 'Let's Go Fishing' by Aaron Lewis
10. 'Talking Fishing Blues' by Woody Guthrie
Country Songs About Water and Boats #11 to 20
11. 'Buy Me a Boat' by Chris Janson
12. 'Pontoon' by Little Big Town
13. 'Where the Boat Leaves From' by Zac Brown Band
14. 'Boat Drinks' by Jimmy Buffett
15. 'Redneck Yacht Club' by Craig Morgan
16. 'The Seashores of Old Mexico' by George Strait
17. 'Boats' by Kenny Chesney
18. 'I Was on a Boat That Day' by Old Dominion
19. 'Song of the Shrimp' by Elvis Presley
20. 'Somethin' 'Bout a Boat' by Jimmy Buffett
More Country Songs About Water and Fish #21 to 30
21. 'Catch All the Fish' by Brad Paisley
22. 'Shut Up and Fish' by Maddie & Tae
23. 'Fish Ain't Bitin'' by David Lee Murphy
24. 'More Time Fishin'' by Thomas Rhett
25. 'Too Drunk To Fish' by Ray Stevens
26. 'I Wanna Go Fishing' by Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
27. 'The Fishin' Hole' by Andy Griffith
28. 'Fish and Whistle' by John Prine
29. 'Louisiana Man' by Doug Kershaw
30. 'The Lobster Song' by Dean Pike
Country Songs About Coastal and Water Themes #31 to 40
31. 'Knee Deep' by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
32. 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems' by Kenny Chesney
33. 'Some Beach' by Blake Shelton
34. 'Margaritaville' by Jimmy Buffett
35. 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot
36. 'The Downeaster 'Alexa'' by Billy Joel
37. 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line
38. 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Luke Combs
39. 'Sand in My Boots' by Morgan Wallen
40. 'Toes' by Zac Brown Band
Additional Country Songs with Ocean Life #41 to 50
41. 'Pickin' Crabs' by J.T. & The Plastic Garden Band
42. 'I Like Lobster' by Karl Brandt
43. 'We're Gonna Go Fishin'' by Hank Locklin
44. 'Jon Boat' by Cody Webb
45. 'Take Him Fishing' by Merle Haggard
46. 'Country Relaxin' by Hank Williams Jr.
47. 'Up Down' by Morgan Wallen featuring Florida Georgia Line
48. 'The Lovely Cruise' by Jimmy Buffett
49. 'A Country Boy Can Survive' by Hank Williams Jr.
50. 'Sweet Summer Loving' by Dolly Parton
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