The Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been handed out since 1965. The award is applicable only to the writer of the song. It was known as Best Country and Western Song from 1965 to 1968. It was awarded as Best Country Song from 1969 to 1983, and was given out as Best New Country Song in 1984. From 1984 to present it has been awarded as Best Country Song.
Winners: Grammys Best Country Song
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Year
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Winner/s
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Song/Performer
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2010
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Liz Rose & Taylor Swift
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"White Horse" performed by Taylor Swift
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2009
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Jennifer Nettles
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"Stay" performed by Sugarland
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2008
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Chris Tompkins & Josh Kear
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"Before He Cheats" performed by Carrie Underwood
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2007
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Hillary Lindsey, Brett James & Gordie Sampson
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"Jesus, Take the Wheel" performed by Carrie Underwood
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2006
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Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna& Marcus Hummon
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"Bless the Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts
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2005
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Tim Nichols & Craig Wiseman
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"Live Like You Were Dying" performed by Tim McGraw
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2004
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Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins
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"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" performed by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
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2003
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Alan Jackson
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"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
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2002
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Robert Lee Castleman
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"The Lucky One" performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
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2001
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Mark D. Sanders & Tia Sillers
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"I Hope You Dance" performed by Lee Ann Womack
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2000
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"Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain
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"Come On Over" performed by Shania Twain
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1999
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"Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain
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"You're Still the One" performed by Shania Twain
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1998
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Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas
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"Butterfly Kisses" performed by Bob Carlisle / Jeff Carson / the Raybon Brothers
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1997
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Bill Mack
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"Blue" performed by LeAnn Rimes
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1996
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Vince Gill
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"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
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1995
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Gary Baker & Frank J. Myers
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"I Swear" performed by John Michael Montgomery
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1994
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Lucinda Williams
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"Passionate Kisses" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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1993
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Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis
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"I Still Believe in You" performed by Vince Gill
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1992
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John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd & Paul Overstreet
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"Love Can Build a Bridge" performed by The Judds
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1991
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Don Henry & Jon Vezner
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"Where've You Been" performed by Kathy Mattea
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1990
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Rodney Crowell
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"After All This Time" performed by Rodney Crowell
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1989
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K.T. Oslin
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"Hold Me"
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1988
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Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz
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"Forever and Ever, Amen" performed by Randy Travis
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1987
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Jamie O'Hara
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"Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" performed by The Judds
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1986
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Jimmy L. Webb
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"Highwayman" performed by The Highwaymen
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1985
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Steve Goodman
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"City of New Orleans" performed by Willie Nelson
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1984
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Mike Reid
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"Stranger in My House" performed by Ronnie Milsap
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1983
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Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James
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"Always on My Mind" performed by Willie Nelson
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1982
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Dolly Parton
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"9 to 5"
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1981
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Willie Nelson
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"On the Road Again"
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1980
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Debbie Hupp & Bob Morrison
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"You Decorated My Life" performed by Kenny Rogers
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1979
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Don Schlitz
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"The Gambler" performed by Kenny Rogers
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1978
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Richard Leigh
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"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" performed by Crystal Gayle
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1977
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Larry Gatlin
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"Broken Lady"
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1976
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Larry Butler & Chips Moman
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"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" performed by B. J. Thomas
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1975
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Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson
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"A Very Special Love Song" performed by Charlie Rich
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1974
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Kenny O'Dell
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"Behind Closed Doors" performed by Charlie Rich
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1973
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Ben Peters
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"Kiss an Angel Good Morning" performed by Charley Pride
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1972
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Kris Kristofferson
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"Help Me Make It Through the Night"
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1971
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Marty Robbins
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"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife"
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1970
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Shel Silverstein
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"A Boy Named Sue" performed by Johnny Cash
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1969
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Bobby Russell
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"Little Green Apples" performed by Roger Miller /O.C. Smith
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1968
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John Hartford
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"Gentle on My Mind" performed by Glen Campbell
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1967
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Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton
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"Almost Persuaded" performed by David Houston
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1966
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Roger Miller
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"King of the Road"
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1965
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Roger Miller
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"Dang Me"
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