Riley Green’s Steamy Song “Worst Way” Inspired by Eric Church’s Hit

A fast fan-favorite, for obvious reasons.

In March, Riley Green released one of the steamiest songs he’s ever written and recorded called “Worst Way,” which was part of his fantastic Way Out Here EP.

The super sexy song was the only solo write he has on the project, and there’s just something about the songs he writes by himself that hit different. Think of hits like “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” and “Numbers on the Cars” — though they’re not as steamy.

Just take a look at the second verse:

“Baby, that don’t mean that I

Don’t love to go wine and dine you

That ain’t on the menu tonight

‘Cause I think I need to remind you

That your skin on my skin

Feels just like heaven to me

You look like an angel tonight

But you might wanna slip off those wings”

Apart from being a rare love song from the Alabama native, the well-crafted lyrics are quite enticing. When it was released earlier this year, it seemed reminiscent of Eric Church’s song “Like A Wrecking Ball.” The line “close all the blinds, lock all the doors, put away anything that’ll break” felt inspired by Eric’s classic tune.

In a recent interview on the Kelleigh Bannen Show on Apple Music Country, Riley confirmed that Eric’s song influenced not just “Worst Way” but also “When She Comes Home Tonight.”

Long-time fans know and love “When She Comes Home Tonight,” which Riley wrote early in his touring career to move away from covering “Wrecking Ball” and have a similar song of his own:

“I wrote a song years ago and it was called ‘When She Comes Home Tonight’ and it’s that type of sexy love song thing, which I don’t tend to do a lot, but I wrote that song because I was covering ‘Like a Wrecking Ball’ by Eric Church.

That was when I started touring and writing what I would call professional songs. I thought, ‘How can I replace this cover with a song that has that feel?’ It went over so well, so I wrote that song, and it’s hung around all these years.

But I didn’t have a producer, I didn’t have a manager, I would just record it in like Bob’s garage, so the production quality wasn’t what I’ve now learned to achieve.”

“Worst Way,” a more polished and fresh version of that vibe, has become a huge hit at his live shows:

“When I wrote ‘Worst Way’ that was kind of in that vein, and I had a vision of songs that give me that type of feeling over the years.

‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’ by John Mayer had that cool vibe, and it was fun to make it country and my own. I didn’t expect that song to be as big as it has been, but it’s had a whole moment.”

If you haven’t heard this one yet, you’re welcome:

“Worst Way”