| Guitar Town | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Steve Earle |
| Album: | Guitar Town |
| B-Side: | ""Little Rock 'N' Roller" |
| Released: | June 2, 1986 |
| Genre: | country rock, rockabilly[1] |
| Length: | 2:33 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Emory Gordy Jr., Tony Brown |
| Prev Title: | Hillbilly Highway |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Someday |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Guitar Town" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle. It was released in June 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Guitar Town. The song reached number 7 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[2] It was Earle's highest-peaking song to date on the country charts in both the U.S. and Canada.The album version mentions a "Jap guitar", which the radio edit changes to "cheap guitar".
Kip Kirby, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Earle "revives the tremolo-laden guitar sound of the early '60s for this song about music and love on the road."[3]
In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at #146 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.[4]
The music video was directed by Gerry Wenner and premiered in mid-1986.