Country Music Association Song of the Year

Country Music Association Song of the Year

Song of the Year award has been given annually since the beginning of the award in 1967. The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. Beginning in 1969, the awards were televised live, usually during October or November of each year. They continued to be broadcast on NBC until switching to CBS in 1972, where they remained until 2005. Starting in November 2006, the Annual CMA Awards are televised on ABC.

YearSongwriterSong 
2008Jennifer NettlesStay 
2007Bill Anderson, Jamey JohnsonGive It Away 
2006Craig Wiseman, Ronnie DunnBelieve 
2005Bill Anderson, Jon RandallWhiskey Lullaby 
2004Craig Wiseman, Tim NicholsLive Like You Were Dying 
2003Doug Johnson, Kim WilliamsThree Wooden Crosses 
2002Alan JacksonWhere Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) 
2001Larry Cordell, Larry ShellMurder on Music Row 
2000Mark D. Sanders, Tia SillersI Hope You Dance 
1999Beth Neilsen Chapman, Annie Roboff, Rob LernerThis Kiss 
1998Steve Wariner, Billy KirshHoles in the Floor of Heaven 
1997Matraca Berg, Gary HarrisonStrawberry Wine 
1996Vince GillGo Rest High on That Mountain 
1995Gretchen PetersIndependence Day 
1994Alan Jackson, Jim McBrideChatahoochee 
1993John Barlow Jarvis, Vince GillI Still Believe in You 
1992Max D. Barnes, Vince GillLook at Us 
1991Tim Dubois, Vince GillWhen I Call Your Name 
1990Don Henry, Jon VeznerWhere've You Been 
1989Max D. Barnes, Vern GosdinChiseled in Stone 
1988K.T. Oslin80s Ladies 
1987Paul Overstreet, Don SchlitzForever and Ever, Amen 
1986Paul Overstreet, Don SchlitzOn the Other Hand 
1985Lee GreenwoodGod Bless the USA 
1984Larry Henley, Jeff SilbarWind Beneath My Wings 
1983Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark JamesAlways on My Mind 
1982Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark JamesAlways on My Mind 
1981Bobby Braddock, Curly PutmanHe Stopped Loving Her Today 
1980Bobby Braddock, Curly PutmanHe Stopped Loving Her Today 
1979Don SchlitzThe Gambler 
1978Richard LeighDon't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 
1977Roger Bowling, Hal BynumLucille 
1976Larry WeissRhinestone Cowboy 
1975John DenverBack Home Again 
1974Don WayneCountry Bumpkin 
1973Kenny O'DellBehind Closed Doors 
1972Freddie HartEasy Lovin' 
1971Freddie HartEasy Lovin' 
1970Kris KristoffersonSunday Mornin' Comin' Down 
1969Bob FergusonCarroll County Accident 
1968Bobby RussellHoney 
1967Dallas FrazierThere Goes My Everything 
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