50 Best Country Songs About the Devil

Country Devil Songs Worth Turning Up

There’s a certain charge that comes from a country track that leans into the devil’s shadow. Not straight-up horror, not pure camp, but something in that murky space where temptation and folklore twist together. You’re hearing a fiddle that feels like it’s picking a fight, a steel guitar sliding toward trouble, or a voice low enough to make you check the locks. The best ones don’t hammer you with warnings. They pull you in, slow, until you’re toe-tapping along with a story you might not want to live through.

These tracks live in the same messy headspace as pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that dance with danger. You can smell the dust off the highway and maybe the burn of whiskey on the breath of whoever’s telling it. Sometimes it’s a barroom brag, sometimes a backwoods confession, sometimes both in the same verse. A few carry a smirk, like they’re in on something you’ll figure out later. Others roll heavy with fire-and-brimstone energy, the kind that makes you picture a preacher shouting at the storm.

It’s not always clean or easy to follow, and that’s part of why it sticks. The rhythm might be ragged, the verses might wander, but the pull stays strong from first note to last. These are the cuts that can haunt a late drive or shake the dust off a crowded dance floor. Here are the best country songs that circle the devil’s fire without flinching.

1. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia'—The Charlie Daniels Band

2. 'Satan is Real'—The Louvin Brothers

3. 'To Beat the Devil'—Kris Kristofferson

4. 'The Devil's Right Hand'—Steve Earle

5. 'Rattlesnake Preacher'—Ashley McBryde

6. 'The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie'—Colter Wall

7. 'Devil Woman'—Marty Robbins

8. 'Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down'—Uncle Tupelo

9. 'Conversation With The Devil'—Ray Wylie Hubbard

10. 'The Devil I Know'—Ashley McBryde

11. 'Devil Don't Even Bother'—Kane Brown

12. 'Tying Knots in the Devil's Tail'—Colter Wall

13. 'The Devil to Pay'—Johnny Cash

14. 'Old Lady and the Devil'—Bill and Belle Reed

15. 'The Devil Always Made Me Think Twice'—Chris Stapleton

16. 'The Devil Made Me Do It the First Time'—Billy Joe Shaver

17. 'If I Was The Devil'—Justin Townes Earle

18. 'Devil Don't Know'—Morgan Wallen

19. 'The Silver Tongued Devil and I'—Kris Kristofferson

20. 'The Devil Is My Running Mate'—Jason Isbell

21. 'Devil in My Bed'—Vincent Neil Emerson

22. 'Devil in This Holler'—The Steel Woods

23. 'Devil in Me'—Anderson East

24. 'I'm Not the Devil'—Cody Jinks

25. 'Where the Devil Don't Go'—Elle King

26. 'Take The Devil Out Of Me'—Lee Ann Womack

27. 'The Devil Had A Hold Of Me'—Gillian Welch

28. 'If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)'—Joe Diffie

29. 'Where the Devil Don't Stay'—Drive-By Truckers

30. 'Old Devils'—William Elliott Whitmore

31. 'The Devil's Right Hand'—Waylon Jennings

32. 'Between the Devil and Me'—Alan Jackson

33. 'I Feel A Sin Comin' On'—Pistol Annies

34. 'Son of a Sinner'—Jelly Roll

35. 'The Devil'—Stephen Wilson Jr.

36. 'The Devil's Stomping Ground'—The Kentucky Headhunters

37. 'The Devil is a Woman'—Toby Keith

38. 'The Devil in Me'—John Anderson

39. 'Cross Road Blues'—Robert Johnson

40. 'Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' there as Fast as I Can'—Ray Wylie Hubbard

41. 'Satan's Gotta Get Along Without Me'—Buck Owens

42. 'Devil Don't Even Bother'—Hailey Whitters

43. 'If I Were The Devil'—Colby Acuff

44. 'Devil May Care'—Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

45. 'The Devil Is in Her Eyes'—The Jayhawks

46. 'Pray the Devil Back to Hell'—Lucinda Williams

47. 'Devil in a Sleepin' Bag'—Willie Nelson

48. 'The Devil's Right Hand'—Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives

49. 'Heaven's Just a Sin Away'—The Kendalls

50. 'Take the Devil Out of Me'—George Jones