# Hank Williams — Every Record We Rank

Hank Williams appears 2 times in our Country and Sung to Someone lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 2
- **Appears on:** Country and Sung to Someone
- **Year:** 1949
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Country
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/hank-williams/

## Appears on

### [I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry](https://waxonia.com/track/hank-williams--im-so-lonesome-i-could-cry/)

*1949 · MGM · No. 1 in [Country](https://waxonia.com/genre/country/)*

A whippoorwill, a falling star and a man who cannot say the thing directly. The most imitated lyric in American songwriting, and nobody has bettered it.

Also on: [Sung to Someone](https://waxonia.com/theme/sung-to-someone/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Hank%20Williams%20I'm%20So%20Lonesome%20I%20Could%20Cry) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI)

### [I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry](https://waxonia.com/track/hank-williams--im-so-lonesome-i-could-cry/)

*1949 · MGM · Picked by [Sung to Someone](https://waxonia.com/theme/sung-to-someone/)*

It reads as a nature poem — a whippoorwill, a falling star — right up to "did you ever see a robin weep". Every image in it is being handed to somebody. He is not describing loneliness; he is telling one person what it is doing to him.

Also on: [Country](https://waxonia.com/genre/country/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Hank%20Williams%20I'm%20So%20Lonesome%20I%20Could%20Cry) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXYjm74WFI)

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