Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (song)

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"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"
ReleasedApril 1996
Studio Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length3:03
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Marty Stuart
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Justin Niebank
Marty Stuart singles chronology
"If I Ain't Got You"
(1995)
"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"
(1996)
"Thanks to You"
(1996)
Travis Tritt singles chronology
"Sometimes She Forgets"
(1995)
"Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best"
(1996)
"More Than You'll Ever Know"
(1996)

"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]

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Music video

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

Chart performance

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

Year-end charts

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

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