| | 2007 Bill Anderson, Jamey Johnson - "Give It Away" |
| | 2006 Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Dunn - "Believe" |
| | 2005 Bill Anderson, Jon Randall - "Whiskey Lullaby" |
| | 2004 Craig Wiseman, Tim Nichols - "Live Like You Were Dying" |
| | 2003 Doug Johnson, Kim Williams - "Three Wooden Crosses" |
| | 2002 Alan Jackson - "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |
| | 2001 Larry Cordell, Larry Shell - "Murder on Music Row" |
| | 2000 Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers - "I Hope You Dance" |
| | 1999 Beth Neilsen Chapman, Annie Roboff, Rob Lerner - "This Kiss" |
| | 1998 Steve Wariner, Billy Kirsh - "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" |
| | 1997 Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison - "Strawberry Wine" |
| | 1996 Vince Gill - "Go Rest High on That Mountain" |
| | 1995 Gretchen Peters - "Independence Day" |
| | 1994 Alan Jackson, Jim McBride - "Chatahoochee" |
| | 1993 John Barlow Jarvis, Vince Gill - "I Still Believe in You" |
| | 1992 Max D. Barnes, Vince Gill - "Look at Us" |
| | 1991 Tim Dubois, Vince Gill - "When I Call Your Name" |
| | 1990 Don Henry, Jon Vezner - "Where've You Been" |
| | 1989 Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin - "Chiseled in Stone" |
| | 1988 K.T. Oslin - "80s Ladies" |
| | 1987 Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz - "Forever and Ever, Amen" |
| | 1986 Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz - "On the Other Hand" |
| | 1985 Lee Greenwood - "God Bless the USA" |
| | 1984 Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar - "Wind Beneath My Wings" |
| | 1983 Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James - "Always on My Mind" |
| | 1982 Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James - "Always on My Mind" |
| | 1981 Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman - "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
| | 1980 Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman - "He Stopped Loving Her Today" |
| | 1979 Don Schlitz - "The Gambler" |
| | 1978 Richard Leigh - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" |
| | 1977 Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - "Lucille" |
| | 1976 Larry Weiss - "Rhinestone Cowboy" |
| | 1975 John Denver - "Back Home Again" |
| | 1974 Don Wayne - "Country Bumpkin" |
| | 1973 Kenny O'Dell - "Behind Closed Doors" |
| | 1972 Freddie Hart - "Easy Lovin'" |
| | 1971 Freddie Hart - "Easy Lovin'" |
| | 1970 Kris Kristofferson - "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" |
| | 1969 Bob Ferguson - "Carroll County Accident" |
| | 1968 Bobby Russell - "Honey" |
| | 1967 Dallas Frazier - "There Goes My Everything" |