As a proud North Carolinian, I want to apologize on behalf of the Old North State for Parmalee. We're truly sorry. Please remember that we gave you Earl Scruggs, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Eric Church, Scotty McCreery, and Luke Combs.

This is the first year in which I don't know the vast majority of songs you cover in this video, and I'm extremely happy about that. Also, definitely check out Morgan Evans' live version of "Over for You" - it's much better and more like how it ought to be.

The promo picture with Jason and Brantley is so hilarious cause they’re clearly stock photos of them just edited together in one. It’s so mediocre

With Shania, just to give some background: she got Lyme's disease which heavily damaged her vocal chords (which is unfortunate since other singers like Avril Lavigne had it too but didn't get severely affected by it) and she had to go through intensive treatments for it - she now has a vocal chord transplant kinda thingy which has a shelf life so soon she won't be able to sing possibly. And even when she talks she has a strange auto-tuney effect on her voice and in the studio I think they use it even more to make her vocals steady since they're not very solid now. So all in all it ends up making her sound very mechanical. Anyway, this is not a "how dare you bash her", I'm not a fan of her new song either and I agree her voice is distracting. But I also feel bad for her and understand that she has no control over a lot of it now. She just wants to sing for as long as she can.

The best country & hip hop Collab was Tim McGraw and Nelly's "Over and Over." No question. 😊

I had to turn off EVERY SINGLE SONG by Walker Hayes when they came on the radio this year. Just can't

Come on, Grady Serously Deep Down You like doing this list

“I think that’s how I think” is not better than “doing what we’re doing”, Grady 😭

I absolutely love how I've resorted to listening to SiriusXM Y2Kountry & Prime Country rather than normal country radio, and I don't know hardly any of these new songs or artists 😂

100% agree with the Chris Stapleton part. Both "Maggie's Song" and "Cold" could potentially be career-defining hits for him. They most definitely deserve their own moment to shine although I'm not sure how much longer this album cycle is going to run. One song that I find to be one of the worst of the year is "Country On" by Luke Bryan. It deserved to underperform like "Up".

Shania should just retire. She ain’t Dolly.

one line from Beers On Me i hated was the Breland breakdown where he says "I like my drinks like my roof, on the house" like wtf is that even supposed to mean?

Morgan Evans suffered from the Chris Young 'Drowning' treatment - the live from Melbourne version where it's just him and the piano is great, but the production utterly killed it

While the music industry has persisted with their typical shenanigans, the last few years have definitely trended in the right direction for country music with the independent artists gaining traction in popularity.

Seaforth has good music. “Breakups” was a good single that didn’t get enough attention. “What I Get For Loving You” is also a quality song that appears on their latest EP.

Throwing shade at your old doppelgänger? Bruh. Let him steal his own stuff 😩

You’ve introduced me to so many great pieces of art, but as of today, you’re now only correct 99.9% of the time! Haha. Stapleton’s “Joy of my Life” is so simple and beautiful that it feels classic and timeless. Thanks for another great video!

Putting myself through this video with the song clips as difficult. great video again Grady, oh and I hate you for putting me through this.

Paused this video to go listen to Maggie’s Song and now I’m recovering from sobbing and bawling my eyes out. 😅😭😭😭 I was not expecting to cry that much with this song.

Grady, you were already my celebrity crush before, for your intellect & humor & good taste in music, and now you’re dropping Walt Whitman references?! 💛 I love your channel & hearing your thoughts!

Favorite annual event: Grady’s worst music of the year

Love you Grady! My fiancee and I are genuinely loving the unapologetic attitude in this video.

ugh morgan evans’s “over for you” would probably be something i play on repeat during sad girl hour™️ if the production wasn’t so generic

I can't listen to Dierks Bentley anymore. I can't.

Hey Grady, I’d like to suggest an artist from Canada. The reklaws are a brother sister duo, and I’m digging their new album. They’re pretty successful on Canadian country radio (11 beers feat Jake Owen hit no. 1) and though the production is at times more « radio friendly », I think there are some gems in there that are worth a try!

My toxic trait is that I’d love for Grady to hear my music but it would break my heart if he didn’t like it 😂❤ love your videos!!

That's a great point. A gritty, open-hearted song about a heart break shouldn't sound like a track that Dan and Shay would make just to fill up space on an album. A slower, raw acoustic version would sound great and would really let him put that emotion out there. Have a good one Grady!

Finally, Grady gets to talk about The Worst Country Song of All Time

tbh wouldn't consider half of those country and I would have added at least "drunk and I don't wanna go home"

You should definitely release merch that says “I contain multitudes” lol

The Overton Window has definitely not moved in the direction of quality country when one of the biggest names is face tat guy named Jelly Roll.

Any and all of Walker Hayes

Way to keep doing what you do, Grady! Just keep doing your thing, we like it like that 😂

So glad I’d never heard one song out of your list. Love your channel ✌🏼

Soul by Lee brices, I di t known if it came out this year but I hate how he says toeses

Another year, another video where I don’t know a single damn song on Grady’s hit list lol (except for the last one, but only because of TikTok). Can’t wait to see the other ones, Grady!!!

Great work Grady. Loved the transitions from song to song in this video!! 👏🏻

Grateful to have remained unscathed by most of these songs: 3 cheers for Spotify!

The real winner of this is ME! I've only heard one of these songs at all before and it's Joy of My Life.

Your take on Joy of My Life is so cold. Goodness Grady

Man you hit the nail on the head with this video. Thanks. Happy Holidays .

What is a Grady video without Luke Bryan grinding? 😂

I was a huge fan of Shania growing up but she has had one of the worst comebacks ever. It is embarrassing at this point.

I decided to listen to Maggie’s Song after watching this video and that’s how I found myself uncontrollably crying while driving to church! Warn a girl next time!

There was a stretch of time where you could not get away from Maggie's Song on Sirius's The Highway. They played it to death (almost). So I'm not sure if it was considered a "single" while they were doing that...or what ;-)

favorite time of year thanks for keeping it going grady and yeah i agree with luke combs its been very more country year then normal very thankful for that

Love Dierks, hate Beers on Me!

I just have to let you know that I picked your video over a video of a puppy. You’re welcome. 😂😂😂😂😂

I disagree with Beers on Me and Joy of my Life I love those songs. Other than that great list.

My, those are all the worst. No wonder I turned off country radio 10 years ago. Glad I did and didn't have to hear those in real time along with the past 9 other years

Don't normally comment on your videos but have to say this... "Queen of Daytona Beach" is a jam that's lighthearted and fun and I can't help but sing along when it comes on, don't think it's anywhere near as bad as any of the others on this video

I actully kinda dig high heels on a beach lol

"Rolex on a Redneck" is indeed the absolute worst song of the year BY FAR!

The way you feel about "Beer's On Me" and "Gone" is how I feel about "Beer Can't Fix" and "Half of Me". "Half of Me" literally feels like a ripoff of "Beer Can't Fix" in almost every way.

whoa, never wanna hear these "songs" again.

I love your vids. This is my favorite series on KZfaq

I love all of your positive content and where your channel has gotten, with all of that said I still love my guilty pleasure of this video! Thanks Grady for still doing this for us when we know you don’t like it as much!

I don’t even listen to country really, but as a musician, I stay for the taste.

Brantley is so under appreciated every is so distracted by songs like bottoms up, weekend, Rolex. They often don't even notice songs like heaven by then, three feet of water, you promised.

As always, thanks for keeping it real Grady 👍🏼

Ill be honest i watch these videos to find my new favorite pop country guilty pleasures lol

Still waiting for the country in this video

I'm kind of bummed 'She Had Me at Heads Carolina' wasn't on the list

Kane brown got my heart right now. It was Jason aldean last year. I know Jason said he wouldn't do a duo with Kane brown "cause they have different music styles" that's what he said. I would still love it.

Allow me to humiliate myself in saying...I dig "Where The Country Girls At" lol. Real talk, sometime I just like a very mindless jam that sounds fun. I apologize Grady...there goes that coveted country cred...lol

These videos are an absolute joy. The sass is strong and I’m here for it

Im not too sure if its a 2022 or 21' song but Walker Hayes "Fancy like" is just a horrible song that should be burned with fire.

So if you want another song that uses the lyric “when was it over for you” but has good production check out When Was It Over by Sasha Sloan and Sam Hunt from 2021. Same idea and I give them credit for using the “over for you” line first

I didn't know almost any of these songs and I listen to country everyday. Hell yeah 😂🔥🔥

Hi Grady, will you be making an under the radar/under rated video for 2022. Recently found your channel, great content and some excellent new music suggestion. Thanks 👍!

Wheeler Walker Jr.'s blasphemous song is the only country song on my Top 20 Worst Songs Of 2022 vid. It's #2

Honestly, the first time I heard Rolex on a Redneck I was laughing so freaking much, but then I found myself starting to actually like the song.

Pitbull isn't loved by people who live in the countryside of Mexico and other Latin American countries. Maybe he's liked...possibly tolerated....but that's about it. He'll have an American country hit before any artist that does "Banda", "duranguense", or "corridos" will give him a shot.

Hahaha the 2 “entertainers of the year” years ago, do a collaboration and it’s trash! Who would have thought 😂

Grady, we are in a fight and it’s because of what you said about Joy Of My Life. It did not deserve that slander. Are you right about Maggie’s song? yea, but Joy of My Life did not deserve that. 😂

You know I just hear so many in a year that I don't even turn on the radio station anymore. When you can't really tell the difference between the Country station and the Pop station is there even a point?

I'm probably in the minority but I don't see the appeal in Breland. I really do like Jimmy Allen's new album but yeah, Pessos is so random.

Not me writing a satire piece about radio country and coming back to this video for inspiration

Walker Hates is TERRIBLE. There are SO many random artists all over Apple Music, KZfaq, Spotify etc that are more deserving of a record deal.

Anyone else hear the Need A Boat cameo in the beginning

Florida even tried to use the Eurovision song contest to prop his career up.

So many hilarious zingers in this one, "pop artists love wearing a denim dress to get a photo at the CMAs" 😂

YES OMG hahahaha when it hit December I was thinking GRADYS END OF YEAR VIDS A COMIN’

Since I stopped listening to radio and only play recommended songs on Apple Music, I didn't really have to listen to much garbage this year. Wow, radio stinks. I don't miss it.

I'm so glad I've never heard the majority of these songs...gonna go rinse my ears out with bleach now.

Your last video on the BEST country music of the year helped me find CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN! So I can’t thank you enough dude I love these vids

I could understand a Spanish themed country song IF the artist was of Hispanic heritage

I’m in agreement with what you said, so much of the music on the radio is insultingly basic and just makes me switch it off. So much just sounds the same and seems like garbage when you listen to music from the 70s and 80s.

Haven't watched this yet, but if that song "10-4" by Sam Williams that curated playlists were shoving down my throat isn't in this video, I will be disappointed. Edit: sigh... it should have been mentioned. What a lyrically lazy song that isn't even country.

Ghost Story or anything by Carrie Underwood who overkills every damn song she sings with her incessant screaming. She has not learned the art of belting a song. Her voice annoys me.

One of the most disappointing tracks for me must have been Way Down Yonder, by Chase Rice. Coming on the heels of Key West and Colorado, which was a really good song, Chase had my expectations high. And at first, the song was pretty great. The spooky, slightly out of tune guitars gave me almost Colter Wall vibes (or at least the Dead South). But then the refrain kicked in, and it was just like any other outlaw, God's Country rip off of the past few years. It sacrificed its originality to be another sports-game sounding country song. And, much like Kane Brown's 'Riot' (an ok song), Way Down Yonder never covered any new ground after the first verse. It had so much potential, but in the end it sounded like a cheap trick to get some streams from different types of country fans. But I do like the direction Chase seems to be going, and I'm hoping for some more good stuff in the future.

I couldn't imagine dictating what should be the best and the worst songs. Lets just keep country as your singular view of what it should be, that sounds great

1. Blake Shelton, 2. Luke Bryan, 3. Luke Combs, anything else starts at 4.

The version of Over for You with just the piano is awesome though

Agree on Maggies song. Chris does not have to sing it. Just release it as a single and watch it climb the charts.

I need Breland takes from you. I think For What It’s Worth is a really solid track, but with everything else I’ve heard so far I don’t get the buzz I’m seeing about this guy online. Am I missing something?

Señorita translates closer to "young lady" than anything a real young woman would like to be called, if any of you is wondering.

I just tried double tapping my phone to like it when you said “I’d rather you take a swing and miss big versus playing it safe and being bad.” Song I had to turn off on the radio this year was Soul by Lee Brice. I’m not a connoisseur like you. Just grew up on a constant rotation of Merle, Buck Owens, Creedence, Patsy Cline, and country radio. It’s a part of my life. Something about Soul by Lee Brice just made me want to pull my hair out. Country radio is improving but this song is enough for me to not put country radio on at all in my personal vehicle.

Do you have a Playlist for every single mentioned in this video?

My country station in SC plays "real country" that's their words not mine haha. I've never heard a single song you talked about in this video🤣