Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (song)

"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"
"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"
Single by Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
from the album Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
B-side	"Me & Hank & Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Released	April 1996
Genre	Country
Length	3:03
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Marty Stuart
Producer(s)	Tony Brown, Justin Niebank
Marty Stuart singles chronology
Travis Tritt singles chronology

"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" is a song written by Marty Stuart, and recorded by American country music artists Stuart and Travis Tritt. It was released in April 1996 as the first single and title track from the album Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best. The song reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 8 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[1] It was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals,^[2] but lost to High Lonesome Sound by Vince Gill.^[3] It was also nominated for a CMA Vocal Event Of The Year Award in 1996.^[4]

Music video[edit]

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in May 1996.

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	23

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1996)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	78

References[edit]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 339.
^ "The Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. 8 January 1997. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Vince Gill Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "CMA Vocal Event Of The Year Nominees: Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt: "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"". Country Weekly. 1 October 1996. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3008." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 24, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ "Marty Stuart Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 339.

[2] "The Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. 8 January 1997. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[3] "Vince Gill Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[4] "CMA Vocal Event Of The Year Nominees: Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt: "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"". Country Weekly. 1 October 1996. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[sc_Canadacountry_-5] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3008." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 24, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Marty_Stuart-6] "Marty Stuart Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[7] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

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v t e Marty Stuart
Studio albums	Busy Bee Cafe Marty Stuart Let There Be Country Hillbilly Rock Tempted This One's Gonna Hurt You Once Upon a Time Love and Luck Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best The Pilgrim Country Music Souls' Chapel Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota Live at the Ryman Cool Country Favorites Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Nashville, Volume 1: Tear the Woodpile Down Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Way Out West
Compilation albums	The Marty Party Hit Pack Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
Notable singles	"Arlene" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Hillbilly Rock" "Western Girls" "Little Things" "Till I Found You" "Tempted" "Burn Me Down" "This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Travis Tritt) "Now That's Country" "Kiss Me, I'm Gone" "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (with Travis Tritt) "You Can't Stop Love"
Guest singles	"The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (with Travis Tritt)
Related articles	Discography Connie Smith "Honky Tonk Crowd" "I'll Love You Forever (If I Want To)"

v t e Travis Tritt singles
Country Club	"Country Club" "Help Me Hold On" "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" "Put Some Drive in Your Country" "Drift Off to Dream"
It's All About to Change	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" "Anymore" "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (With Marty Stuart) "Nothing Short of Dying"
T-R-O-U-B-L-E	"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" "Can I Trust You with My Heart" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Looking Out for Number One" "Worth Every Mile"
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof	"Foolish Pride" "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" "Between an Old Memory and Me" "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	"Sometimes She Forgets" "Only You (And You Alone)"
The Restless Kind	"More Than You'll Ever Know" "Where Corn Don't Grow" "She's Going Home with Me" "Helping Me Get Over You" (With Lari White) "Still in Love with You"
No More Looking over My Shoulder	"If I Lost You" "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" "Start the Car"
Down the Road I Go	"Best of Intentions" "It's a Great Day to Be Alive" "Love of a Woman" "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde"
Strong Enough	"Strong Enough to Be Your Man" "Country Ain't Country"
My Honky Tonk History	"The Girl's Gone Wild" "What Say You" (with John Mellencamp) "I See Me"
The Storm	"You Never Take Me Dancing" "Something Stronger Than Me"
The Calm After...	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" (With Tyler Reese)
Other songs	"This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)" (with Marty Stuart) "Take It Easy" "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia" (With Mark O'Connor, Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash, and Marty Stuart) "Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best" (With Marty Stuart) "Hope" "Here's Your Sign (Get the Picture)" (With Bill Engvall) "Same Old Train" "Out of Control Raging Fire" (with Patty Loveless) "Southern Boy" (with Charlie Daniels) "Bible Belt" (with Little Feat) "Move It On Over" "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" "Outlaws & Outsiders"