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David Nail

Data updated on 2025-08-04 07:01:38 UTC
David Nail’s candor cuts like a laser through star-making propriety, a ritual of predictable answers to predictable questions, recited by artists averse to the controversy that truth can bring. True, he is respected up and down and beyond Music Row. He’s written or co-written multiple hits. His songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. The practical and the personal: These are the poles that mark the path Nail continues to follow. It began in Kennett, Missouri, Nail’s hometown, and led to Nashville. Frank Liddell, the celebrated producer, helmed Nail’s album debut, I’m About To Come Alive, and the three that followed: The Sound Of A Million Dreams, I’m A Fire and Fighter. These releases ignited his reputation as an innovator and creative risk-taker yet left Nail feeling restless. In 2018, Nail decided to create something brand new, David Nail & The Well Ravens, created with longtime colleagues Jason Hall and Andrew Petroff. By mid January 2019, momentum from that liberating experience had propelled Nail into his next adventure. Over the next few months, he wrote nine or ten songs, each one pushing to be next in line, leading to his raw and emotional EP Oh, Mother. David Nail is leaving behind any self-imposed restrictions as he continues to create new music.

Genres

: country acoustic country

Total plays

476.6 million
Updated on 2025-08-04

Country

United States

Social media links

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Monthly listeners

1,035,547

Followers

390,795

Top Cities

  1. United States
    Chicago
    26,782 listeners
  2. United States
    Dallas
    16,157 listeners
  3. United States
    Charlotte
    16,794 listeners
  4. United States
    Denver
    18,930 listeners
  5. United States
    Minneapolis
    16,728 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Whatever She's Got
Whatever She's Got
160,228,336 3:57 2014-01-01
Night's On Fire
Night's On Fire
123,373,657 3:10 2016-07-15
Let It Rain
Let It Rain
30,487,340 3:42 2011-01-01
Red Light
Red Light
29,512,437 4:06 2009-01-01
Kiss You Tonight
Kiss You Tonight
21,713,029 3:50 2014-01-01
Someone Like You - Piano Vocal
Someone Like You - Piano Vocal
15,747,672 5:21 2012-01-01
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
14,315,180 4:08 2019-11-01
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
11,096,185 3:30 2016-05-20
Sunset Carousel
Sunset Carousel
4,522,942 3:04 2022-06-17
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
4,114,871 3:55 2011-01-01
Good At Tonight
Good At Tonight
3,829,758 3:30 2016-07-15
In The Ghetto
In The Ghetto
3,369,513 3:15 2016-05-20
I'm A Fire
I'm A Fire
2,792,752 4:04 2014-01-01
St. Louis
St. Louis
2,778,209 4:35 2021-11-05
Turning Home
Turning Home
2,226,233 4:59 2009-01-01
In The Air Tonight
In The Air Tonight
2,001,533 4:30 2016-05-20
Half Mile Hill
Half Mile Hill
1,759,195 4:19 2011-01-01
Champagne Promise
Champagne Promise
1,678,711 3:54 2016-07-15
Broke My Heart
Broke My Heart
1,625,582 3:17 2014-01-01
The Secret
The Secret
1,602,100 4:21 2014-01-01
Can't Feel My Face
Can't Feel My Face
1,520,223 3:33 2016-05-20
That's How I'll Remember You
That's How I'll Remember You
1,500,137 4:58 2011-01-01
I Won't Let You Go
I Won't Let You Go
1,476,849 5:33 2016-07-15
I'm About To Come Alive
I'm About To Come Alive
1,443,338 4:29 2009-01-01
Wherever You Are Tonight
Wherever You Are Tonight
1,435,540 3:14 2022-09-16
Burnin' Bed
Burnin' Bed
1,435,433 3:37 2014-01-01
Let It Rain
Let It Rain
1,430,940 4:59 2011-01-01
Fighter
Fighter
1,288,060 4:36 2016-07-15
Brand New Day
Brand New Day
1,202,321 4:44 2014-01-01
Best of Me
Best of Me
1,116,265 2:53 2023-04-28
Countin' Cars
Countin' Cars
1,111,437 2:52 2014-01-01
Ease Your Pain
Ease Your Pain
1,087,838 2:59 2016-07-15
When They're Gone (Lyle County)
When They're Gone (Lyle County)
991,952 3:42 2014-01-01
I Thought You Knew
I Thought You Knew
990,023 3:43 2011-01-01
Strangers On A Train
Strangers On A Train
842,048 4:08 2009-01-01
Got Me Gone
Got Me Gone
818,262 3:12 2016-07-15
Easy Love
Easy Love
800,534 3:22 2014-01-01
The Sound Of A Million Dreams - Piano Vocal
The Sound Of A Million Dreams - Piano Vocal
785,912 3:57 2012-01-01
Clouds
Clouds
783,366 3:54 2009-01-01
Missouri
Missouri
748,870 4:03 2009-01-01
Home
Home
743,347 5:56 2016-07-15
Heavy
Heavy
724,167 3:46 2018-09-14
Songs For Sale
Songs For Sale
716,520 3:44 2011-01-01
Catch You While I Can
Catch You While I Can
690,995 4:23 2011-01-01
Lie With Me
Lie With Me
675,469 2:51 2016-07-15
Babies
Babies
673,060 3:24 2016-07-15
Looking For A Good Time
Looking For A Good Time
670,950 5:13 2009-01-01
Again
Again
653,006 4:21 2009-01-01
She Rides Away
She Rides Away
642,140 4:36 2011-01-01
Old Man's Symphony
Old Man's Symphony
557,833 3:44 2016-07-15
Summer Job Days
Summer Job Days
554,681 4:10 2009-01-01
Galveston
Galveston
547,084 3:14 2014-01-01
Desiree
Desiree
540,089 4:52 2011-01-01
Mississippi
Mississippi
531,164 4:37 2009-01-01
Oh, Mother
Oh, Mother
519,887 4:54 2019-11-01
Catherine
Catherine
454,239 4:53 2011-01-01
This Time Around
This Time Around
435,795 3:25 2009-01-01
Silverado
Silverado
410,161 3:27 2023-06-30
La Cienega Just Smiled
La Cienega Just Smiled
396,507 4:44 2019-11-01
Back Home
Back Home
360,405 3:50 2020-12-11
Grandpa's Farm
Grandpa's Farm
328,705 4:21 2011-01-01
If I Could Call
If I Could Call
254,738 3:32 2024-03-15
Looking For A Good Time
Looking For A Good Time
197,978 5:23 2016-05-20
Why
Why
184,244 3:45 2024-08-23
In My Head
In My Head
182,842 4:16 2018-08-10
Come Back Around
Come Back Around
180,208 3:26 2018-08-24
Comeback History
Comeback History
172,221 3:47 2021-11-05
Oh, Mother - Piano Version
Oh, Mother - Piano Version
149,105 4:50 2019-11-01
Cheating On Me
Cheating On Me
143,837 4:41 2018-09-14
Raising You
Raising You
131,491 3:56 2021-11-05
Roach Motel
Roach Motel
128,845 4:03 2020-12-11
Nobody Knows
Nobody Knows
118,585 3:28 2020-12-11
The Gun
The Gun
98,342 3:49 2018-09-14
Grandpa's Farm - Spotify Interview
Grandpa's Farm - Spotify Interview
81,260 0:42 2011-01-01
Songs For Sale - Spotify Interview
Songs For Sale - Spotify Interview
66,734 2:04 2011-01-01
Let It Rain - Spotify Interview
Let It Rain - Spotify Interview
64,996 0:54 2011-01-01
Desiree - Spotify Interview
Desiree - Spotify Interview
63,158 1:50 2011-01-01
Half Mile Hill - Piano Vocal
Half Mile Hill - Piano Vocal
60,392 3:49 2012-01-01
She Rides Away - Spotify Interview
She Rides Away - Spotify Interview
60,132 2:11 2011-01-01
The Sound Of A Million Dreams - Spotify Interview
The Sound Of A Million Dreams - Spotify Interview
59,513 2:01 2011-01-01
That's How I'll Remember You - Spotify Interview
That's How I'll Remember You - Spotify Interview
56,773 1:36 2011-01-01
I'll Be Home for Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
54,894 2:29 2024-10-18
I Thought You Knew - Spotify Interview
I Thought You Knew - Spotify Interview
53,768 1:27 2011-01-01
Interlude
Interlude
52,486 0:33 2020-12-11
Catch You While I Can - Spotify Interview
Catch You While I Can - Spotify Interview
52,351 1:29 2011-01-01
Back Home - Piano Version
Back Home - Piano Version
49,518 3:54 2020-12-11
Hotel Keys
Hotel Keys
48,411 3:26 2025-07-11
White Trash Girl
White Trash Girl
46,989 2:41 2018-09-14
Half Mile Hill - Spotify Interview
Half Mile Hill - Spotify Interview
46,741 1:06 2011-01-01
Over
Over
46,298 3:27 2018-09-14
Catherine - Spotify Interview
Catherine - Spotify Interview
45,094 1:59 2011-01-01
Prelude
Prelude
42,835 0:32 2020-12-11
Pacing The Cage
Pacing The Cage
42,584 4:58 2025-03-07
But I Can't Let You Go
But I Can't Let You Go
38,446 4:27 2001-06-05
White Christmas
White Christmas
32,400 3:17 2024-11-01
Postlude (Lawson Nail) [Performed for his Great Grandaddy Lawson Brent's funeral June 2021]
Postlude (Lawson Nail) [Performed for his Great Grandaddy Lawson Brent's funeral June 2021]
25,163 1:02 2021-11-05
I'm About To Come Alive - Edit
I'm About To Come Alive - Edit
12,777 3:57 2008-01-01
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
8,928 4:17 2024-11-01
Silent Night
Silent Night
7,082 3:43 2024-11-01
Silver Bells
Silver Bells
5,699 2:43 2024-11-01
Let It Rain - Live
Let It Rain - Live
3,846 5:17 2011-01-01
Prelude - Lilli Cate Nail
Prelude - Lilli Cate Nail
< 1000 0:29 2021-11-05

New releases

Hotel Keys
Hotel Keys
2025-07-11
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Pacing The Cage
Pacing The Cage
2025-03-07
[One Five Sound, LLC]
A Campfire Christmas
A Campfire Christmas
2024-11-01
[One Five Sound, LLC]
I'll Be Home for Christmas
I'll Be Home for Christmas
2024-10-18
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Why
Why
2024-08-23
[One Five Sound, LLC]
If I Could Call
If I Could Call
2024-03-15
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Best of Me
Best of Me
2023-06-30
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Best Of Me
Best Of Me
2023-04-28
[Independent]
Wherever You Are Tonight
Wherever You Are Tonight
2022-09-16
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Sunset Carousel
Sunset Carousel
2022-06-17
[One Five Sound]
St. Louis
St. Louis
2021-11-05
[One Five Sound, LLC]
Bootheel 2021
Bootheel 2021
2021-11-05
[117 Entertainment]
Bootheel 2020
Bootheel 2020
2020-12-11
[One Five Sound LLC]
Oh, Mother
Oh, Mother
2019-11-01
[One Five Sound LLC]
Only This and Nothing More
Only This and Nothing More
2018-09-14
[One Five Sound LLC]
Heavy
Heavy
2018-09-14
[One Five Sound LLC]
Come Back Around
Come Back Around
2018-08-24
[One Five Sound LLC]
In My Head
In My Head
2018-08-10
[One Five Sound LLC]
Fighter
Fighter
2016-07-15
[MCA Nashville]
Uncovered
Uncovered
2016-05-20
[MCA Nashville]
I'm A Fire
I'm A Fire
2014-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
2013-11-16
[MCA Nashville]
1979
1979
2012-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
2011-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
The Sound Of A Million Dreams
2011-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
Let It Rain
Let It Rain
2011-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
The Sound Of A Million Dreams (Spotify Interview)
The Sound Of A Million Dreams (Spotify Interview)
2011-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
I'm About To Come Alive
I'm About To Come Alive
2009-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
I'm About To Come Alive
I'm About To Come Alive
2009-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
I'm About To Come Alive (Exclusive to Echospin)
I'm About To Come Alive (Exclusive to Echospin)
2009-01-01
[MCA Nashville]
I'm About To Come Alive
I'm About To Come Alive
2008-01-01
[MCA Nashville]