The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Explained

The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
Cover:Travis Tritt - Whiskey.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart
Album:It's All About To Change
B-Side:Bible Belt
Released:November 11, 1991
Recorded:1991
Genre:Country
Length:2:40
Label:Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer:Gregg Brown
Chronology:Travis Tritt
Prev Title:Anymore
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:Nothing Short of Dying
Next Year:1992

"The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" is a song recorded by American country music artists Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart. It was released in November 1991 as the third single from Tritt's album It's All About to Change. It peaked at number two on the Billboard country music chart in the United States,[1] and at number four on the country singles chart in Canada. The song was written by Stuart and Ronny Scaife.

The song won both artists the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the 356h Annual Grammy Awards in 1992.[2]

Music video

The music video is directed by Gerry Wenner. In it, Tritt and Stuart are at a bar and they wind up going to jail, but are bailed out by a woman who was also at the bar.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[3]

Chart positions

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 48
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 55

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 353.

  2. Web site: Search results for Marty Stuart . Grammy.com . August 11, 2020.
  3. It's All About to Change . Travis Tritt . 1991 . CD booklet . Warner Bros. Records . 26589.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992. RPM. December 19, 1992. August 15, 2013.
  5. Best of 1992: Country Songs . . . 1992. August 15, 2013.