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]
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.
Compiled from liner notes.[3]
Chart (1992) | Position | |
---|---|---|
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 48 | |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 55 |
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 353.