Kid Rock makes a multi-chart entrance as his rendition of the 2022 Cody Johnson hit “Til’ You Can’t” debuts, most notably, at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs survey dated Feb. 21. The track opens with 3.7 million official U.S. streams and 51,000 sold in the Feb. 6-12 tracking week, according to Luminate, while also launching atop the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart.
The song’s impact extends across genres. “Til’ You Can’t” also bows at No. 9 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, No. 14 on Hot Country Songs and No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The wide debut follows Kid Rock’s Feb. 8 performance of the song during Turning Point USA’s concert, billed as counter-programming to the NFL’s Super Bowl LX halftime show starring Bad Bunny, which helped draw attention to the release during the tracking week.
Originally written by Matt Rogers and Ben Stennis, Kid Rock’s version adds a verse with explicitly Christian lyrics, earning him a writing credit, and his first Hot Christian Songs appearance. “There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off,” he sings. “There’s a man that died for all our sins hanging from the cross/ You can give your life to Jesus and he’ll give you a second chance/ Til’ you can’t, til’ you can’t.”
Kid Rock logs his second Digital Song Sales No. 1, after “We the People” launched atop the chart and led for two weeks in 2022. He’s now charted eight titles on the ranking dating to “Lean on Me,” a 2010 cover of the Bill Withers classic with Sheryl Crow and Keith Urban. “Don’t Tell Me How To Live,” featuring Monster Truck, has also hit the top five (No. 5, 2021).
Kid Rock first appeared on the all-genre Hot 100 in 1999 with “Cowboy.” “Til’ You Can’t” marks his first appearance since 2015’s “First Kiss,” padding a chart résumé that includes “Only God Knows Why” (No. 19, 2000), “Picture,” featuring Crow (No. 4, 2003), and “All Summer Long” (No. 23, 2008).
With his latest debut, Kid Rock writes another chapter in a catalog that has stretched from rap-rock to country and now Christian across more than 25 years.
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