50 Best Country Songs About the Lake
Best Country Tracks for Lazy Days by the Lake
There’s a strange kind of calm that settles in when you’re sitting on a dock with your feet in the water. The sun’s been out long enough to make everything hazy, and the air feels slow in a way that makes you forget what day it is. Somewhere nearby, a cooler lid keeps snapping open, someone’s grill keeps flaring, and a speaker’s fighting to keep its battery alive. The right song in that moment doesn’t need to push, it drifts in, hangs low over the ripples, and feels like it’s been there all along.
Lakes have a way of making time fold in on itself. You start the afternoon tossing a frisbee or hauling a rope swing, but by evening, you’re wrapped in an old hoodie, counting the first stars, wondering how the day got away from you. Music threads through it all, pulling together the crackle of conversation and the creak of the dock. Sometimes it’s a slow burn from a steel guitar, sometimes it’s a light breeze from a track that could have been lifted from a mixtape of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs. The tempo shifts but the mood stays in that soft, unhurried space where you can hear the water lap between verses.
Some lake days are quiet, others tilt into loud laughter and barefoot runs down to the shoreline. Either way, the soundtrack has to match the way it all blends together, from the calm moments to the rowdy bursts. These songs catch that in-between space and let it play out without trying to dress it up. Here are the best country songs for lake days that hit that exact vibe.
Top 10 Lake Songs
1. 'Pontoon'—Little Big Town
2. 'Redneck Yacht Club'—Craig Morgan
3. 'Buy Me a Boat'—Chris Janson
4. 'Chattahoochee'—Alan Jackson
5. 'Fishin' in the Dark'—Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
6. 'I Was on a Boat That Day'—Old Dominion
7. 'Toes'—Zac Brown Band
8. 'Water'—Brad Paisley
9. 'Boat Drinks'—Jimmy Buffett
10. 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'—Kenny Chesney
The Best Country Music for Lake Days #11—20
11. 'Beer on a Boat'—Clayton Anderson
12. 'Margaritaville'—Jimmy Buffett
13. 'Knee Deep'—Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett
14. 'Redneck Yacht Club'—Craig Morgan
15. 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night'—Jake Owen
16. 'Something Like That'—Tim McGraw
17. 'Buy Dirt'—Jordan Davis with Luke Bryan
18. 'Save It for a Rainy Day'—Kenny Chesney
19. 'Some Beach'—Blake Shelton
20. 'Where the Boat Leaves From'—Zac Brown Band
Country Songs About Water and Summer #21—30
21. 'Drunk on a Boat'—Jake Owen
22. 'Pontoon'—Little Big Town
23. 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'—Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
24. 'Summertime'—Kenny Chesney
25. 'River Bank'—Brad Paisley
26. 'I Love My Country'—Florida Georgia Line
27. 'Just Another Day in Paradise'—Phil Vassar
28. 'A Pirate Looks at Forty'—Jimmy Buffett
29. 'Boats'—Kenny Chesney
30. 'Cruise'—Florida Georgia Line
Greatest Country Music for the Lake #31—40
31. 'Paradise to Me'—Niko Moon
32. 'Summertime Blues'—Alan Jackson
33. 'Where the Green Grass Grows'—Tim McGraw
34. 'The River'—Garth Brooks
35. 'Tequila on a Boat'—Dustin Lynch and Chris Lane
36. 'Same Boat'—Zac Brown Band
37. 'Tennessee River'—Alabama
38. 'Chillin' It'—Cole Swindell
39. 'Where I Come From'—Jason Aldean
40. 'One Margarita'—Luke Bryan
Popular Country Songs about Lakes and Rivers #41—50
41. 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress'—The Hollies
42. 'Dixieland Delight'—Alabama
43. 'Take Me to the River'—Al Green
44. 'Wagon Wheel'—Darius Rucker
45. 'Free'—Zac Brown Band
46. 'River'—Leon Bridges
47. 'Where the River Goes'—Blackberry Smoke
48. 'Mud on the Tires'—Brad Paisley
49. 'My Kinda Party'—Jason Aldean
50. 'I'm Gonna Miss Her'—Brad Paisley
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