Amen
by Shaboozey (featuring Jelly Roll)

Album: Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going (2025)
Charted: 27
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • "Amen" is a raw, confessional country song where Shaboozey and Jelly Roll grapple with feeling lost and broken. The pair don't ask for much - just for someone to send up a prayer on their behalf. Preferably soon. Because the old comforts - the bottles, the bravado, the long drives to nowhere - aren't working.
  • Shaboozey and Jelly Roll wrote the song alongside Jackson Foote, Jordan Gray, Kevin Powers and Seth Ennis. Production comes courtesy of Shaboozey's usual musical companions Sean Cook and Nevin Sastry, with Danny Majid pitching in.
  • Both Shaboozey and Jelly Roll have histories of addressing personal struggle and redemption in their music, making "Amen" a natural and powerful collaboration.

    Shaboozey's "Highway" is a mental health anthem about loss and regret, while "Good News" finds him leaning on alcohol to cope and longing for hope.

    Jelly Roll, for his part, turned his own personal detours into chart-toppers. His breakout "Save Me" was born from his darkest moments, and "Son Of A Sinner" is a bruised meditation on guilt and grace.
  • "Amen" is one of six new tracks on Where I've Been, It's Where I'm Going: The Complete Edition, the deluxe edition of Shaboozey's third album.
  • "Amen" won Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the Grammy Awards in 2026. Jelly Roll also won that night for Beautifully Broken, which earned Best Contemporary Country Album.

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Top American Idol Moments: Songs And Scandals

Top American Idol Moments: Songs And ScandalsSong Writing

Surprise exits, a catfight and some very memorable performances make our list of the most memorable Idol moments.

Mike Scott of The Waterboys

Mike Scott of The WaterboysSongwriter Interviews

The stories behind "Whole Of The Moon" and "Red Army Blues," and why rock music has "outlived its era of innovation."

Dave Edmunds

Dave EdmundsSongwriter Interviews

A renowned guitarist and rock revivalist, Dave took "I Hear You Knocking" to the top of the UK charts and was the first to record Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk."

Lip-Synch Rebels

Lip-Synch RebelsSong Writing

What happens when Kurt Cobain, Iron Maiden and Johnny Lydon are told to lip-synch? Some hilarious "performances."

Michael Bolton

Michael BoltonSongwriter Interviews

Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.

Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde

Johnette Napolitano of Concrete BlondeSongwriter Interviews

The singer/bassist for Concrete Blonde talks about how her songs come from clairvoyance, and takes us through the making of their hit "Joey."