50 Best Country Songs About the Weekend

Weekend Country Anthems to Keep the Good Times Rolling

There’s a certain switch that flips on a Friday afternoon. Work boots hit the porch, cold cans hit the table, and the air feels lighter even if nothing in life has really changed. The hours stretch in strange ways between that first sip and the moment you realize the weekend’s already slipping away. Some songs catch that mood perfectly, the kind that hum in your head as you’re throwing a bag in the truck or watching the sun drop behind a line of trees. It’s not about clean celebrations, it’s that messy middle where time feels like it’s yours again.

Weekend nights have their own rhythm. Parking lot tailgates with laughter bouncing off metal, a jukebox buzzing in a bar that smells like beer and fryer grease, the shuffle of boots over sticky floors. These are the hours where plans fall apart and get better at the same time. You might catch yourself singing along to a track you swore you’d never like, or pulling someone onto the floor because the beat is too good to ignore. The best ones cut across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but here the twang and steel guitar still take the lead.

Then there’s the slow burn of Sunday, when the dust starts to settle and the weekend glow fades into something softer. It’s the drive home with the windows down, the leftover buzz from two nights of being out too late, the soundtrack turning from rowdy to reflective without you really noticing. Some songs pull you right back into the thick of it, others make the edges blur until it all feels like one long night. These are the tracks that hold onto that weekend feeling for as long as they can, and here are the best country ones to line up next.

1. 'The Weekend'—Brantley Gilbert

2. 'Friday Night'—Eric Paslay

3. 'Louisiana Saturday Night'—Mel McDaniel

4. 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'—Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett

5. 'Chicken Fried'—Zac Brown Band

6. 'That's My Kind Of Night'—Luke Bryan

7. 'Summertime'—Kenny Chesney

8. 'Buy Me a Boat'—Chris Janson

9. 'Toes'—Zac Brown Band

10. 'When It Rains It Pours'—Luke Combs

11. 'Small Town Saturday Night'—Hal Ketchum

12. 'Friday'—Rascal Flatts

13. 'Chattahoochee'—Alan Jackson

14. 'Redneck Yacht Club'—Craig Morgan

15. 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night'—Jake Owen

16. 'Young Love and Saturday Nights'—Chris Young

17. 'Drink In My Hand'—Eric Church

18. 'It's Friday'—Aaron Tippin

19. 'House Party'—Sam Hunt

20. 'Wagon Wheel'—Darius Rucker

21. 'Here For The Party'—Gretchen Wilson

22. 'Good Time'—Alan Jackson

23. 'Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy'—Big & Rich

24. 'My Kinda Party'—Jason Aldean

25. 'Drunk On A Plane'—Dierks Bentley

26. 'Honky Tonk Saturday Night'—John Anderson

27. 'Dirt Road Anthem'—Jason Aldean

28. 'Get Your Shine On'—Florida Georgia Line

29. 'I Can't Drive 55'—Sammy Hagar

30. 'Day Drinking'—Little Big Town

31. 'Am I Okay?'—Megan Moroney

32. 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'—Kenny Chesney

33. 'It Ain't My Fault'—Brothers Osborne

34. 'The Git Up'—Blanco Brown

35. 'Young & Crazy'—Frankie Ballard

36. 'Cruise'—Florida Georgia Line

37. 'Play It Again'—Luke Bryan

38. 'Chillin' It'—Cole Swindell

39. 'Southbound'—Carrie Underwood

40. 'She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy'—Kenny Chesney

41. 'That's What I Love About Sunday'—Craig Morgan

42. 'American Kids'—Kenny Chesney

43. 'Friday Night'—Lady A

44. 'Finally Friday'—George Jones

45. 'Friday Night Heartbreaker'—Jon Pardi

46. 'Friday Paycheck'—Josh Turner

47. 'Honky Tonk Disco Nights'—Elle King featuring Nile Rogers

48. 'Night Train'—Jason Aldean

49. 'She's Country'—Jason Aldean

50. 'I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday)'—Steve Azar