Grammy Award for Best Country Song - wikipedia Grammy Award for Best Country Song This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2014 ) The Grammy Award for `` ' Best Country Song '' ' ( sometimes known as the Country Songwriter 's Award ) has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer ( s ) of the song, not to the artist, except if the artist is also the songwriter. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award : From 1965 to 1968 it was known as `` ' Best Country & Western Song '' ' From 1969 to 1983 it was awarded as `` ' Best Country Song '' ' In 1984 it was awarded as `` ' Best New Country Song `` ' From 1985 to the present it has again been awarded as `` ' Best Country Song '' ' Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. Contents 1 2010s 2 2000s 3 1990s 4 1980s 5 1970s 6 1960s 7 References 2010s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) Ref. 2018 Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton `` Broken Halos '' Chris Stapleton Taylor Swift for `` Better Man '' ( Little Big Town ) Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne for `` Body Like a Back Road '' ( Sam Hunt ) Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach for `` Drinkin ' Problem '' ( Midland ) Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall for `` Tin Man '' ( Miranda Lambert ) 2017 Lori McKenna `` Humble and Kind '' Tim McGraw Clint Langenberg, Hillary Lindsey & Steven Lee Olsen for `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' ( Keith Urban ) Sean Douglas, Thomas Rhett & Joe Spargur for `` Die a Happy Man '' ( Thomas Rhett ) Michael James Ryan Busbee & Maren Morris for `` My Church '' ( Maren Morris ) Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne for `` Vice '' ( Miranda Lambert ) 2016 Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose `` Girl Crush '' Little Big Town Hayes Carll for `` Chances Are '' ( Lee Ann Womack ) Barry Dean, Luke Laird & Jonathan Singleton for `` Diamond Rings and Old Barstools '' ( Tim McGraw ) Brandy Clark & Mark Stephen Jones for `` Hold My Hand '' ( Brandy Clark ) Chris Stapleton for `` Traveller '' ( Chris Stapleton ) 2015 Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond I 'm Not Gonna Miss You ! `` I 'm Not Gonna Miss You '' Glen Campbell Rodney Clawson, Luke Laird & Shane McAnally for `` American Kids '' ( Kenny Chesney ) Nicolle Galyon, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert for `` Automatic '' ( Miranda Lambert ) Eric Church & Luke Laird for `` Give Me Back My Hometown '' ( Eric Church ) Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston & Jeffrey Steele for `` Meanwhile Back at Mama 's '' ( Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill ) 2014 Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne Merry Go ' Round ! `` Merry Go ' Round '' Kacey Musgraves Taylor Swift for `` Begin Again '' ( Taylor Swift ) Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary for `` I Drive Your Truck '' ( Lee Brice ) Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves for `` Mama 's Broken Heart '' ( Miranda Lambert ) Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington & Deric Ruttan for `` Mine Would Be You '' ( Blake Shelton ) 2013 Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins Blown Away ! `` Blown Away '' Carrie Underwood Philip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn for `` Cost of Livin ' '' ( Ronnie Dunn ) Will Hoge & Eric Paslay for `` Even If It Breaks Your Heart '' ( Eli Young Band ) Jay Knowles & Adam Wright for `` So You Do n't Have to Love Me Anymore '' ( Alan Jackson ) Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell for `` Springsteen '' ( Eric Church ) 2012 Taylor Swift Mean ! `` Mean '' Taylor Swift Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy for `` Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not '' ( Thompson Square ) Dave Barnes for `` God Gave Me You '' ( Blake Shelton ) Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill for `` Just Fishin ' '' ( Trace Adkins ) Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillan O'Brian for `` Threaten Me with Heaven '' ( Vince Gill ) Matraca Berg & Deana Carter for `` You and Tequila '' ( Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter ) 2011 Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott Need You Now ! `` Need You Now '' Lady Antebellum Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon for `` The Breath You Take '' ( George Strait ) Zac Brown for `` Free '' ( Zac Brown Band ) Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin for `` The House That Built Me '' ( Miranda Lambert ) Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate for `` I 'd Love to Be Your Last '' ( Gretchen Wilson ) Kimberly Perry for `` If I Die Young '' ( The Band Perry ) Liz Rose & Taylor Swift White Horse ! `` White Horse '' Taylor Swift Casey Beathard & Tim James for `` All I Ask For Anymore '' ( Trace Adkins ) Jamey Johnson & James T. Slater for `` High Cost of Living '' ( Jamey Johnson ) Tom Douglas, Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott for `` I Run to You '' ( Lady Antebellum ) Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones for `` People Are Crazy '' ( Billy Currington ) 2000s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) Ref. 2009 Jennifer Nettles Stay ! `` Stay '' Sugarland Ashley Gorley & Bob Regan for `` Dig Two Graves '' ( Randy Travis ) Rodney Clawson, Monty Criswell & Wade Kirby for `` I Saw God Today '' ( George Strait ) Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller & James Otto for `` In Color '' ( Jamey Johnson ) Ashley Gorley & Lee Thomas Miller for `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' ( Trace Adkins ) 2008 Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear Before He Cheats ! `` Before He Cheats '' Carrie Underwood Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon & Jamey Johnson for `` Give It Away '' ( George Strait ) Tony Lane & David Lee for `` I Need You '' ( Tim McGraw featuring Faith Hill ) Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren for `` If You 're Reading This '' ( Tim McGraw ) Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard for `` Long Trip Alone '' ( Dierks Bentley ) 2007 Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson Jesus, Take the Wheel ! `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' Carrie Underwood Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Steve Bogard for `` Every Mile a Memory '' ( Dierks Bentley ) Matraca Berg & Jim Collins for `` I Do n't Feel Like Loving You Today '' ( Gretchen Wilson ) Melanie Castleman & Robert Lee Castleman for `` Like Red on a Rose '' ( Alan Jackson ) Steve Robson & Jeffrey Steele for `` What Hurts the Most '' ( Rascal Flatts ) 2006 Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna & Marcus Hummon Bless the Broken Road ! `` Bless the Broken Road '' Rascal Flatts Brad Paisley for `` Alcohol '' ( Brad Paisley ) Vicky McGehee, John Rich & Gretchen Wilson for `` All Jacked Up '' ( Gretchen Wilson ) Keb Mo ', Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines & Emily Robison for `` I Hope '' ( Dixie Chicks ) Odie Blackmon for `` I May Hate Myself in the Morning '' ( Lee Ann Womack ) 2005 Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman Live Like You Were Dying ! `` Live Like You Were Dying '' Tim McGraw Rodney Crowell & Vince Gill for `` It 's Hard to Kiss The Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long '' ( Notorious Cherry Bombs ) Loretta Lynn for `` Miss Being Mrs. '' ( Loretta Lynn ) Loretta Lynn & Allen Shamblin for `` Portland Oregon '' ( Loretta Lynn & Jack White ) John Rich & Gretchen Wilson for `` Redneck Woman '' ( Gretchen Wilson ) Jim `` Moose '' Brown & Don Rollins It 's Five O'Clock Somewhere ! `` It 's Five O'Clock Somewhere '' Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith for `` Beer for My Horses '' ( Willie Nelson & Toby Keith ) Brad Paisley for `` Celebrity '' ( Brad Paisley ) Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange & Shania Twain for `` Forever And For Always '' ( Shania Twain ) Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard for `` Wave on Wave '' ( Pat Green ) 2003 Alan Jackson Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning ) ! `` Where Were You ( When the World Stopped Turning ) '' Alan Jackson Kelley Lovelace & Lee Thomas Miller for `` The Impossible '' ( Joe Nichols ) Darrell Scott for `` Long Time Gone '' ( Dixie Chicks ) Matt Serletic & Bernie Taupin for `` Mendocino County Line '' ( Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack ) Radney Foster & Pat Green for `` Three Days '' ( Pat Green ) 2002 Robert Lee Castleman The Lucky One ! `` The Lucky One '' Alison Krauss & Union Station Gary Baker, Richie McDonald & Frank Myers for `` I 'm Already There '' ( Lonestar ) Steven Dale Jones & Bobby Tomberlin for `` One More Day '' ( Diamond Rio ) Lisa Drew, Jamie O'Neal & Shaye Smith for `` There Is No Arizona '' ( Jamie O'Neal ) Roxie Dean, Jamie O'Neal & Sonny Tillis for `` When I Think About Angels '' ( Jamie O'Neal ) 2001 Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers I Hope You Dance ! `` I Hope You Dance '' Lee Ann Womack Stephanie Bentley & Holly Lamar for `` Breathe '' ( Faith Hill ) Vince Gill for `` Feels Like Love '' ( Vince Gill ) Don Cook & David Malloy for `` One Voice '' ( Billy Gilman ) Michael Dulaney & Keith Follese for `` The Way You Love Me '' ( Faith Hill ) 2000 Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange & Shania Twain Come On Over ! `` Come On Over '' Shania Twain Marv Green, Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo for `` Amazed '' ( Lonestar ) Mike Curtis & Billy Yates for `` Choices '' ( George Jones ) Marcus Hummon & Martie Seidel for `` Ready to Run '' ( Dixie Chicks ) Bill Anderson & Steve Wariner for `` Two Teardrops '' ( Steve Wariner ) 1990s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) Ref. 1999 Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange & Shania Twain You 're Still the One ! `` You 're Still the One '' Shania Twain Billy Kirsh & Steve Wariner for `` Holes in the Floor of Heaven '' ( Steve Wariner ) Vince Gill & Troy Seals for `` If You Ever Have Forever in Mind '' ( Vince Gill ) Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner & Annie Roboff for `` This Kiss '' ( Faith Hill ) Bob Dylan for `` To Make You Feel My Love '' ( Garth Brooks ) 1998 Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas Butterfly Kisses ! `` Butterfly Kisses '' Bob Carlisle, Jeff Carson & the Raybon Brothers Pam Tillis for `` All the Good Ones Are Gone '' ( Pam Tillis ) Deana Carter & Rhonda Hart for `` Did I Shave My Legs For This ? '' ( Deana Carter ) Bobby Wood, John Peppard & Garth Brooks for `` In Another 's Eyes '' ( Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood ) Stephony Smith for `` It 's Your Love '' ( Tim McGraw & Faith Hill ) 1997 Bill Mack Blue ! `` Blue '' LeAnn Rimes Angelo Petraglia, Larry Gottlieb & Kim Richey for `` Believe Me Baby ( I Lied ) '' ( Trisha Yearwood ) Vince Gill for `` High Lonesome Sound '' ( Vince Gill featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station ) Junior Brown for `` My Wife Thinks You 're Dead '' ( Junior Brown ) Matraca Berg & Gary Harrison for `` Strawberry Wine '' ( Deana Carter ) Vince Gill Go Rest High on That Mountain ! `` Go Rest High on That Mountain '' Vince Gill Robert John `` Mutt '' Lange & Shania Twain for `` Any Man Of Mine '' ( Shania Twain ) Bob McDill for `` Gone Country '' ( Alan Jackson ) Maribeth Derry, Steve Diamond & Jennifer Kimball for `` I Can Love You Like That '' ( John Michael Montgomery ) Gretchen Peters for `` You Do n't Even Know Who I Am '' ( Patty Loveless ) 1995 Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers `` I Swear '' John Michael Montgomery Burton Banks Collins & Karen Taylor - Good for `` How Can I Help You Say Goodbye '' ( Patty Loveless ) Gretchen Peters for `` Independence Day '' ( Martina McBride ) Mary Chapin Carpenter for `` Shut Up and Kiss Me '' ( Mary Chapin Carpenter ) Vince Gill & Michael Omartian for `` When Love Finds You '' ( Vince Gill ) 1994 Lucinda Williams `` Passionate Kisses '' Mary Chapin Carpenter Kostas & James House for `` Ai n't That Lonely Yet '' ( Dwight Yoakam ) Alan Jackson & Jim McBride for `` Chattahoochee '' ( Alan Jackson ) Sandy Knox & Billy Stretch for `` Does He Love You '' ( Reba McEntire & Linda Davis ) Mary Chapin Carpenter for `` The Hard Way '' ( Mary Chapin Carpenter ) 1993 Vince Gill & John Barlow Jarvis `` I Still Believe in You '' Vince Gill Don Von Tress for `` Achy Breaky Heart '' ( Billy Ray Cyrus ) Richard Leigh & Layng Martine Jr. for `` The Greatest Man I Never Knew '' ( Reba McEntire ) Mary Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz for `` I Feel Lucky '' ( Mary Chapin Carpenter ) Dave Loggins for `` She Is His Only Need '' ( Wynonna Judd ) 1992 John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet `` Love Can Build a Bridge '' The Judds Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall for `` Do n't Rock the Jukebox '' ( Alan Jackson ) Mary Chapin Carpenter for `` Down at the Twist and Shout '' ( Mary Chapin Carpenter ) Dolly Parton for `` Eagle When She Flies '' ( Dolly Parton ) Travis Tritt for `` Here 's a Quarter ( Call Someone Who Cares ) '' ( Travis Tritt ) 1991 Don Henry & Jon Vezner `` Where 've You Been '' Kathy Mattea K.T. Oslin, Rory Michael Bourke & Charlie Black for `` Come Next Monday '' ( K.T. Oslin ) Tony Arata for `` The Dance '' ( Garth Brooks ) DeWayne Blackwell & Earl Bud Lee for `` Friends in Low Places '' ( Garth Brooks ) Vince Gill & Tim DuBois for `` When I Call Your Name '' ( Vince Gill ) 1990 Rodney Crowell `` After All This Time '' Rodney Crowell Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas for `` A Better Man '' ( Clint Black ) k.d. lang & Ben Mink for `` Luck in My Eyes '' ( k.d. lang ) John Hiatt for `` She Do n't Love Nobody '' ( The Desert Rose Band ) Hank Williams for `` There 's a Tear in My Beer '' ( Hank Williams & Hank Williams Jr. ) 1980s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) Ref. 1989 K.T. Oslin `` Hold Me '' K.T. Oslin Vern Gosdin & Max D. Barnes for `` Chiseled in Stone '' ( Vern Gosdin ) Rodney Crowell for `` I Could n't Leave You If I Tried '' ( Rodney Crowell ) Lyle Lovett for `` She 's No Lady '' ( Lyle Lovett ) Homer Joy for `` Streets of Bakersfield '' ( Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens ) 1988 Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz `` Forever and Ever, Amen '' Randy Travis Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer for `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' ( George Strait ) K.T. Oslin for `` 80 's Ladies '' ( K.T. Oslin ) Todd Cerney, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose for `` I 'll Still Be Loving You '' ( Restless Heart ) Betsy Cook & Linda Thompson for `` Telling Me Lies '' ( Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris ) Jamie O'Hara `` Grandpa ( Tell Me ' Bout the Good Ol ' Days ) '' The Judds Holly Dunn for `` Daddy 's Hands '' ( Holly Dunn ) Steve Earle for `` Guitar Town '' ( Steve Earle ) Dwight Yoakam for `` Guitars, Cadillacs '' ( Dwight Yoakam ) Kendal Franceschi & Quentin Powers for `` Whoever 's in New England '' ( Reba McEntire ) 1986 Jimmy Webb `` Highwayman '' The Highwaymen Bob McDill for `` Baby 's Got Her Blue Jeans On '' ( Mel McDaniel ) Guy Clark for `` Desperados Waiting for a Train '' ( The Highwaymen ) Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver & Don Schlitz for `` 40 Hour Week ( For a Livin ' ) '' ( Alabama ) Rosanne Cash & Rodney Crowell for `` I Do n't Know Why You Do n't Want Me '' ( Rosanne Cash ) Mike Reid, Troy Seals & Fred Parris for `` Lost in the Fifties Tonight ( In the Still of the Night ) '' ( Ronnie Milsap ) Kent Robbins for `` Love Is Alive '' ( The Judds ) 1985 Steve Goodman `` City of New Orleans '' Willie Nelson Hank Williams Jr. for `` All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight '' ( Hank Williams Jr. ) J.D. Souther for `` Faithless Love '' ( Glen Campbell ) Lee Greenwood for `` God Bless the U.S.A. '' ( Lee Greenwood ) Kenny O'Dell for `` Mama He 's Crazy '' ( The Judds ) 1984 Mike Reid `` Stranger in My House '' Ronnie Milsap Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke & Rafe Van Hoy for `` Baby I Lied '' ( Deborah Allen ) Kerry Chater & Austin Roberts for `` I.O.U. '' ( Lee Greenwood ) Randy Owen for `` Lady Down on Love '' ( Alabama ) Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black & Rory Bourke for `` A Little Good News '' ( Anne Murray ) Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James `` Always on My Mind '' Willie Nelson Dewayne Blackwell for `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' ( David Frizzell ) Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for `` Nobody '' ( Sylvia ) Don Goodman, Pam Rose & Mary Ann Kennedy for `` Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands '' ( Lee Greenwood ) Tim DuBois for `` She Got the Goldmine ( I Got the Shaft ) '' ( Jerry Reed ) 1982 Dolly Parton `` 9 to 5 '' Dolly Parton Dallas Frazier for `` Elvira '' ( The Oak Ridge Boys ) Kye Fleming & Dennis Morgan for `` I Was Country When Country Was n't Cool '' ( Barbara Mandrell ) Ed Penney & Jerry Gillespie for `` Somebody 's Knockin ' '' ( Terri Gibbs ) Larry Collins & Sandy Pinkard for `` You 're the Reason God Made Oklahoma '' ( David Frizzell & Shelly West ) 1981 Willie Nelson `` On the Road Again '' Willie Nelson David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt & Even Stevens for `` Drivin ' My Life Away '' ( Eddie Rabbitt ) Bobby Braddock & Curly Putman for `` He Stopped Loving Her Today '' ( George Jones ) Roger Cook & Sam Hogin for `` I Believe in You '' ( Don Williams ) Bob Morrison, Wanda Mallette & Patti Ryan for `` Lookin ' for Love '' ( Johnny Lee ) 1980 Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison `` You Decorated My Life '' Kenny Rogers Larry Gatlin for `` All the Gold in California '' ( Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers ) Johnny Mullins for `` Blue Kentucky Girl '' ( Emmylou Harris ) Milton Brown, Steve Dorff & Snuff Garrett for `` Every Which Way But Loose '' ( Eddie Rabbitt ) David Bellamy for `` If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me '' ( The Bellamy Brothers ) 1970s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) 1979 Don Schlitz `` The Gambler '' Kenny Rogers Jan Dyer & Jeffrey Tweel for `` Every Time Two Fools Collide '' ( Kenny Rogers & Dottie West ) Archie Jordan & Naomi Martin for `` Let 's Take the Long Way Around the World '' ( Ronnie Milsap ) Ed Bruce & Patsy Bruce for `` Mamas Do n't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys '' ( Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings ) David Allen Coe for `` Take This Job and Shove It '' ( Johnny Paycheck ) 1978 Richard Leigh `` Do n't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue '' Crystal Gayle Glenn Frey & Don Henley for `` Desperado '' ( Johnny Rodriguez ) Archie Jordan & Hal David for `` It Was Almost Like a Song '' ( Ronnie Milsap ) Roger Bowling & Hal Bynum for `` Lucille '' ( Kenny Rogers ) Bobby Emmons & Chips Moman for `` Luckenbach, Texas '' ( Waylon Jennings ) 1977 Larry Gatlin `` Broken Lady '' Larry Gatlin Bob McDill & Dickey Lee for `` The Door is Always Open '' ( Dave & Sugar ) Paul Craft for `` Dropkick Me Jesus '' ( Bobby Bare ) Charlie Rich & Billy Sherrill for `` Everytime You Touch Me I Get High ( Charlie Rich ) Paul Craft for `` Hank Williams You Wrote My Life '' ( Moe Bandy ) 1976 Chips Moman & Larry Butler `` ( Hey Wo n't You Play ) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song '' B.J. Thomas Vivian Keith & Ben Peters for `` Before the Next Teardrop Falls '' ( Freddy Fender ) Fred Rose for `` Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain '' ( Willie Nelson ) Jessi Colter for `` I 'm Not Lisa '' ( Jessi Colter ) John Martin Sommers for `` Thank God I 'm a Country Boy '' ( John Denver ) Norro Wilson & Billy Sherrill `` A Very Special Love Song '' Charlie Rich Anita Pointer & Bonnie Pointer for `` Fairytale '' ( The Pointer Sisters ) Ray Pennington for `` I 'm a Ramblin ' Man '' ( Waylon Jennings ) Merle Haggard for `` If We Make it Through December '' ( Merle Haggard ) Janice Torre & Fred Spielman for `` Paper Roses '' ( Marie Osmond ) Kenny O'Dell `` Behind Closed Doors '' Charlie Rich Billy Davis & Dottie West for `` Country Sunshine '' ( Dottie West ) Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson for `` The Most Beautiful Girl '' ( Charlie Rich ) Tom T. Hall for `` Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine '' ( Tom T. Hall ) Kris Kristofferson for `` Why Me '' ( Kris Kristofferson ) 1973 Ben Peters `` Kiss an Angel Good Mornin ' '' Charley Pride Alex Harvey & Larry Collins for `` Delta Dawn '' ( Tanya Tucker ) Donna Fargo for `` Funny Face '' ( Donna Fargo ) Donna Fargo for `` The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA '' ( Donna Fargo ) Gary S. Paxton for `` Woman ( Sensuous Woman ) '' ( Don Gibson ) 1972 Kris Kristofferson `` Help Me Make It Through the Night '' Sammi Smith Freddie Hart for `` Easy Loving '' ( Freddie Hart ) Kris Kristofferson for `` For the Good Times '' ( Ray Price ) Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster for `` Me and Bobby McGee '' ( Gordon Lightfoot ) Joe South for `` ( I Never Promised You a ) Rose Garden '' ( Lynn Anderson ) 1971 Marty Robbins `` My Woman, My Woman, My Wife '' Marty Robbins Merle Haggard for `` The Fightin ' Side of Me '' ( Merle Haggard ) Conway Twitty for `` Hello Darlin ' '' ( Conway Twitty ) Glenn Martin & Dave Kirby for `` Is Anybody Goin ' to San Antone '' ( Charley Pride ) Bill Rice for `` Wonder Could I Live There Anymore '' ( Charley Pride ) 1970 Shel Silverstein `` A Boy Named Sue '' Johnny Cash Dallas Frazier & A.L. Owens for `` All I Have To Offer You is Me '' ( Charley Pride ) Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette for `` Stand by Your Man '' ( Tammy Wynette ) Don Sumner for `` The Things That Matter '' ( Van Trevor ) Marty Robbins for `` You Gave Me a Mountain '' ( Marty Robbins ) 1960s Year Songwriter ( s ) Title Artist ( s ) Nominees ( Performer ( s ) in parentheses ) 1969 Bobby Russell `` Little Green Apples '' Roger Miller Curly Putman & Bobby Braddock for `` D-I-V-O-R-C-E '' ( Tammy Wynette ) Tom T. Hall for `` Harper Valley PTA '' ( Jeannie C. Riley ) Bobby Russell for `` Honey '' ( Bobby Goldsboro ) Glenn Tubb & Jack Moran for `` Skip a Rope '' ( Henson Cargill ) 1968 John Hartford `` Gentle on My Mind '' Glen Campbell John D. Loudermilk for `` Break My Mind '' ( George Hamilton IV ) Bill Anderson for `` The Cold Hard Facts of Life '' ( Porter Wagoner ) Don Robertson, John Crutchfield & Doris Clement for `` Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger '' ( Charley Pride ) Dale Noe for `` It 's Such a Pretty World Today '' ( Wynn Stewart ) 1967 Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton `` Almost Persuaded '' David Houston Hank Cochran for `` Do n't Touch Me '' ( Jeannie Seely ) Roger Miller for `` Husbands and Wives '' ( Roger Miller ) Tompall Glaser & Harlan Howard for `` The Streets of Baltimore '' ( Bobby Bare ) Dallas Frazier for `` There Goes My Everything ( Jack Greene ) 1966 Roger Miller `` King of the Road '' Roger Miller Ted Harris for `` Crystal Chandelier '' ( Charley Pride ) Lew DeWitt for `` Flowers on the Wall '' ( The Statler Brothers ) Neal Merritt for `` May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose '' ( Little Jimmy Dickens ) Carl Belew, B.J. Moore, Eddie Busch for `` What 's He Doing in My World '' ( Eddy Arnold ) 1965 Roger Miller `` Dang Me '' Roger Miller Dottie West & Bill West for `` Here Comes My Baby '' ( Dottie West ) Bill Anderson for `` Once a Day '' ( Connie Smith ) Betty Sue Perry for `` Wine, Women, and Song '' ( Loretta Lynn ) Sonny James & Bob Tubert for `` You 're the Only World I Know '' ( Sonny James ) References Jump up ^ Lynch, Joe ( November 28, 2017 ). `` Grammys 2018 : See the Complete List of Nominees ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2017. Jump up ^ List of Nominees 2017 ^ Jump up to : List of Nominees 2015 Jump up ^ 2014 Nominees Grammy Award Categories Grammy Nominees Records Locations EGOT Special awards Legend Award Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Special Merit / Technical Grammy Award Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year Ceremony year 1959 May Nov 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Related Grammy Museum By Country American Argentine Australian Austrian Brazilian British Canadian Chinese Cuban French Indian Irish Italian Japanese Malian Mexican Nigerian New Zealand Peruvian Polish Senegalese South African Spanish Grammy Award Record of the Year Song of the Year Album of the Year Best New Artist The Recording Academy Grammy Award categories General Record of the Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Pop Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo / Group Performance Best Pop Vocal Album Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Dance / Electronic Best Dance Recording Best Dance / Electronic Album Rock Best Rock Performance Best Metal Performance Best Rock Song Best Rock Album Alternative Best Alternative Music Album R&B Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance Best R&B Song Best R&B Album Best Urban Contemporary Album Rap / Hip - Hop Best Rap Performance Best Rap / Sung Performance Best Rap Song Best Rap Album Country Best Country Solo Performance Best Country Duo / Group Performance Best Country Song Best Country Album Jazz Best Improvised Jazz Solo Best Jazz Vocal Album Best Jazz Instrumental Album Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Best Latin Jazz Album Gospel / Contemporary Christian Music Best Gospel Performance / Song Best Gospel Album Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance / Song Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Latin Best Latin Pop Album Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album Best Regional Mexican Music Album ( including Tejano ) Best Tropical Latin Album American Roots Best Americana Album Best Bluegrass Album Best Traditional Blues Album Best Contemporary Blues Album Best Folk Album Best Regional Roots Music Album Best American Roots Performance Best American Roots Song Music for Visual Media Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Song Written for Visual Media Composing / Arranging Best Instrumental Composition Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals Crafts Best Historical Album Best Recording Package Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Best Album Notes Production / Engineering Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Best Engineered Album, Classical Best Remixed Recording Best Surround Sound Album Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Producer of the Year, Classical Classical Best Orchestral Performance Best Opera Recording Best Choral Performance Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance Best Classical Instrumental Solo Best Classical Vocal Solo Best Classical Compendium Best Classical Contemporary Composition Music Video Best Music Video Best Music Film Others Contemporary Instrumental Best Contemporary Instrumental Album New Age Best New Age Album Reggae Best Reggae Album World Music Best World Music Album Spoken Word Best Spoken Word Album Children 's Best Children 's Album Comedy Best Comedy Album Musical Theatre Best Musical Theater Album Special Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Trustees Award Legend Award Grammy Hall of Fame MusiCares Person of the Year Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song&oldid=826437892 '' Categories : Grammy Awards for country music Grammy Award categories Song awards Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2014 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 19 February 2018, at 02 : 47. 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Question: who won the grammy for best country song
Answer: Chris Stapleton