Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker album cover

Songs Similar to Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker

Album: True Believers · Country · Happy

Darius Rucker's “Wagon Wheel” from the album True Believers is a country track that we file under happy songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 148 BPM.

The closest match right now is “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band (100% match). The list also pulls in Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney, Cody Johnson and Thomas Rhett — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Darius Rucker's. All of the tagged tracks are country, so the list stays close to home. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.

20 songs similar to “Wagon Wheel”

  1. 1Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band album cover

    Chicken Fried

    Zac Brown Band

    Country

    100% match
  2. 2Cruise by Florida Georgia Line album cover

    Cruise

    Florida Georgia Line

    Country

    80% match
  3. 3American Kids by Kenny Chesney album cover

    American Kids

    Kenny Chesney

    Country

    78% match
  4. 4'Til You Can't by Cody Johnson album cover

    'Til You Can't

    Cody Johnson

    Country

    69% match
  5. 5Make Me Wanna by Thomas Rhett album cover

    Make Me Wanna

    Thomas Rhett

    Country

    67% match
  6. 6Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) by Toby Keith album cover

    Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)

    Toby Keith

    Country

    64% match
  7. 7That's My Kind of Night by Luke Bryan album cover

    That's My Kind of Night

    Luke Bryan

    Country

    62% match
  8. 8Toes by Zac Brown Band album cover

    Toes

    Zac Brown Band

    Country

    61% match
  9. 9Play It Again by Luke Bryan album cover

    Play It Again

    Luke Bryan

    Country

    60% match
  10. 10Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean album cover

    Dirt Road Anthem

    Jason Aldean

    Country

    59% match
  11. 11Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw album cover
  12. 12What Was I Thinkin' by Dierks Bentley album cover

    What Was I Thinkin'

    Dierks Bentley

    Country

    57% match
  13. 13Neon Moon by Brooks & Dunn album cover

    Neon Moon

    Brooks & Dunn

    Country

    56% match
  14. 14Rock and a Hard Place by Bailey Zimmerman album cover

    Rock and a Hard Place

    Bailey Zimmerman

    Country

    51% match
  15. 15Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith album cover

    Red Solo Cup

    Toby Keith

    Country

    51% match
  16. 16She's Country by Jason Aldean album cover

    She's Country

    Jason Aldean

    Country

    49% match
  17. 17Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) by Big & Rich album cover

    Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)

    Big & Rich

    Country

    48% match
  18. 18Good Directions by Billy Currington album cover

    Good Directions

    Billy Currington

    Country

    47% match
  19. 19Drink in My Hand by Eric Church album cover

    Drink in My Hand

    Eric Church

    Country

    47% match
  20. 20Something Like That by Tim McGraw album cover

    Something Like That

    Tim McGraw

    Country

    46% match

Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.

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FAQ about “Wagon Wheel”

What songs are similar to Wagon Wheel?

On our list, the closest matches are “Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band, “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line and “American Kids” by Kenny Chesney. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.

Who does Wagon Wheel sound like?

Based on listening data, “Wagon Wheel” sits closest to Zac Brown Band, Florida Georgia Line, Kenny Chesney and Cody Johnson. Fans of Darius Rucker play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.

Is Wagon Wheel Country?

We file “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker under Country. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.

How do you find similar songs to Wagon Wheel?

Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Wagon Wheel” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.