Morgan Wallen reimagines English rock band Nothing But Thieves’ 2014 track “Graveyard Whistling,” leaning into an alt-rock sound on his version, released as an Amazon Music Original cover on Friday (June 27)
The 19-time Billboard Music Award winner first released “Graveyard Whistling” in March 2024 as part of his Abbey Road Sessions series on YouTube. Those covers were recorded at London’s historic Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios.
Amazon Music will also release the song as a limited-edition 7″ on Sept. 19, with “Dark Til Daylight” as the B-side of the track.
Nothing But Thieves originally released the song on the band’s 2015 debut self-titled album, with the track exploring love, sorrow and past emotional wounds. The group’s song “Trip Switch” spent two weeks atop Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart in 2016.
Wallen’s release of “Graveyard Whistling” comes as his latest album, I’m the Problem, spends a fifth consecutive week leading the Billboard 200. Upon its release on May 16, the album also broke the record for the most-streamed country album in its first day on Amazon Music.
Meanwhile, Wallen’s collaboration with Tate McRae on “What I Want” remains at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart for a fifth week.
The country star recently launched his headlining I’m The Problem Tour with two shows at Houston’s NRG Stadium on June 20-21. His next stop on the tour comes with a double-header of shows at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisc., on June 28-29.
During his NRG Stadium shows, Wallen welcomed several top celebrities to join him, including Drake, Roger Clemens, Andre Johnson and Houston businessman Mattress Mack.