The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
{{Infobox song
| name = The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
| cover = Travis Tritt - Whiskey.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart
| album = It's All About To Change
| B-side = Bible Belt
| released = November 11, 1991
| format =
| recorded = 1991
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 2:40
| label = Warner Bros. Nashville
| writer = Ronny Scaife
Marty Stuart
| producer = Gregg Brown
| chronology = Travis Tritt
| prev_title = Anymore
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Nothing Short of Dying
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Marty Stuart
| type = singles
| prev_title = Tempted
| prev_year = 1991
| title = The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
| year = 1991
| next_title = Burn Me Down
| 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,{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=353}} 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 34th Annual Grammy Awards in 1992.{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/marty-stuart/6414 | title=Search results for Marty Stuart | work=Grammy.com | accessdate=August 11, 2020}}
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.{{cite AV media notes |title=It's All About to Change |others=Travis Tritt |year=1991 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |id=26589}}
- Richard Bennett — electric guitar
- Mike Brignardello — bass guitar
- Larry Byrom — acoustic guitar
- Terry Crisp — steel guitar
- Stuart Duncan — fiddle
- Dennis Locorriere — background vocals
- Tim Passmore — background vocals
- Matt Rollings — piano
- Jim Ruggiere — harmonica
- Marty Stuart — electric guitar solo, lead and background vocals
- Travis Tritt — lead vocals
- Steve Turner — drums
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. — electric guitar
Chart positions
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!align="left"|Chart (1991–1992) !align="center"|Peak |
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|4|chartid=2058|publishdate=February 22, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}} |
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Travis Tritt}} |
=Year-end charts=
References
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{{Travis Tritt singles}}
{{Marty Stuart}}
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Category:Songs written by Marty Stuart
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Songs written by Ronny Scaife
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