50 Best Country Songs About Water
Best Country Songs Featuring Water
There’s a pull that water has in country music, the same way it creeps into memory. It can be the creek where summers stretched too long, or the rain that turned backroads to clay, or the ocean that feels too wide for someone aching to leave. Not every track is literally tied to rivers or storms, but the presence of water in these songs bends the feeling in one direction or another. It lingers in the background like a character in the story, showing up when a voice gets tired or a guitar bends a note too far.
Think of the way other genres have their own running symbols. In pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, water keeps surfacing as a way to frame escape, loss, or wild freedom. Sometimes it’s calm and glassy, sometimes it’s flooding everything around it, sometimes it’s only mentioned once before disappearing into the mix. These country tracks play with that same imagery, twisting it into something that feels lived-in instead of borrowed.
The best ones hold the grit of mud on boots, the hush of waves after sunset, or the sting of a storm rolling fast. They don’t smooth the edges or make it too pretty. The music leans into the mess and lets it stand there, soaked and heavy, waiting for someone to notice. Here are the best country songs featuring water.
Top 10 Water Country Songs
1. 'Water' by Brad Paisley
2. 'When It Rains It Pours' by Luke Combs
3. 'Pontoon' by Little Big Town
4. 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems' by Kenny Chesney
5. 'Toes' by Zac Brown Band
6. 'Buy Me a Boat' by Chris Janson
7. 'Chattahoochee' by Alan Jackson
8. 'I Was on a Boat That Day' by Old Dominion
9. 'The River' by Garth Brooks
10. 'The Seashores of Old Mexico' by George Strait
Top Rated Country Songs for Beach Lovers #11 to 20
11. 'Knee Deep' by Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
12. 'Some Beach' by Blake Shelton
13. 'Rain Is a Good Thing' by Luke Bryan
14. 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' by Willie Nelson
15. 'Smoky Mountain Rain' by Ronnie Milsap
16. 'When the Sun Goes Down' by Kenny Chesney
17. 'Beer in Mexico' by Kenny Chesney
18. 'Redneck Yacht Club' by Craig Morgan
19. 'Whiskey River' by Willie Nelson
20. 'River of Love' by George Strait
Greatest Country Songs to Listen to by the Water #21 to 30
21. 'Rain' by Breaking Benjamin
22. 'Bringing on the Rain' by Jo Dee Messina
23. 'She's My Kind of Rain' by Tim McGraw
24. 'I Love a Rainy Night' by Eddie Rabbitt
25. 'Georgia Rain' by Trisha Yearwood
26. 'I'm No Stranger to the Rain' by Keith Whitley
27. 'Raining on Sunday' by Keith Urban
28. 'Songs About Rain' by Gary Allan
29. 'Let It Rain' by David Nail
30. 'When It Rains' by Eli Young Band
Country Songs that Feature the Rain #31 to 40
31. 'Like the Rain' by Clint Black
32. 'The Beaches of Cheyenne' by Garth Brooks
33. 'It's Five O' Clock Somewhere' by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
34. 'River Bank' by Brad Paisley
35. 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line
36. 'Fishin' in the Dark' by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
37. 'Dirt on My Boots' by Jon Pardi
38. 'Somewhere on a Beach' by Dierks Bentley
39. 'Where the Boat Leaves From' by Zac Brown Band
40. 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills & Nash
More Country Songs to Enjoy by the Water #41 to 50
41. 'That's What I Love About Sunday' by Craig Morgan
42. 'Dixieland Delight' by Alabama
43. 'Coast of Carolina' by Jimmy Buffett
44. 'To a River' by Brett Eldredge
45. 'The Sand I Brought to the Beach' by Luke Bryan
46. 'Hurricane' by The Band of Heathens
47. 'When the Levee Breaks' by Led Zeppelin
48. 'Big River' by Johnny Cash
49. 'Five Feet High and Rising' by Johnny Cash
50. 'Rollin' and Tumblin'' by Johnny Winter
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