Steve Wariner’s “Holes in the Floor of Heaven” is widely considered to be one of the saddest country hits of all time.
The song was released in 1998 as the lead-off single from his album Burnin’ the Roadhouse Down and became Wariner’s first solo single in three years. It peaked at No. 2 in both the United States and Canada. And by the end of the year, the song won big both on Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, bringing home the award for Song of the Year.
One Of The Saddest Songs You’ll Ever Hear
Written by Steve Wariner with songwriter Billy Kirsch, “Holes in the Floor of Heaven” tells the tale of a man’s sadness upon the passing of his grandmother when he was just “one day shy of eight years old” and then his young wife who he thought he’d grow old with.
