"Dust on the Bottle" is the name of a song written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist David Lee Murphy

David Lee Murphy

David Lee Murphy is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the Billboard country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds. A year later, Murphy's debut album Out with a Bang was...

. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks in late 1995 and is Murphy's only number one hit. The song also hit number 9 on the Canadian Country charts.

Background and writing

In an interview with The Boot, Murphy said that he was playing guitar at his kitchen table in the morning and the song "came out of nowhere." Murphy goes on to say that he wrote the song in 15 minutes.

Chart positions

"Dust on the Bottle" debuted at #72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 12, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	9