Carry on

Album

Silver Sands Marina

Label

Independent

Genre

Country

Media Type

DD

Duration

3:00

Composer(s)

Jessi Alexander;Matt Jenkins;Chase McGill

Entered Chart

Jul 4, 2026

Peak Date

Oct 10, 2026

Released

May 8, 2026

Catalog #

Hey Now

"Carry On" is a song by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released on May 8, 2026, as the lead single from his upcoming twenty-first studio album, Silver Sands Marina, via Hey Now Records.[1] The song was co-written by Jessi Alexander, Matt Jenkins, and Chase McGill, and Chesney co-produced it with Buddy Cannon. "Carry On" is Chesney's first solo release since "Just to Say We Did" in July 2024. The song also served as the debut single for Hey Now Records, of which Chesney was signed as the flagship artist in March 2026

She was 69, still smokin'
Serving hurricanes since the Schooner's Wharf opened
When she poured me one, I asked the secret
She said, "Don't ever let grass grow up underneath you"

Carry on karaoke, it don't matter if you can't
Carry a tune in a bucket anyways
Carry on, who cares what the naysayers say?
If it's Saturday night, get carried away
Carry on, carry on
You can't carry nothin' with you, and it won't be long
'Til it's six carrying you home
'Til then you gotta carry on

Well, it turns out she kissed Elvis
The story she told would make Penny Lane jealous
And she said, "Hun, my shift's ending"
Beside a peace sign at the bottom of my ticket

Carry on karaoke, it don't matter if you can't
Carry a tune in a bucket anyways
Carry on, who cares what the naysayers say?
If it's Saturday night, get carried away
Carry on, carry on
You can't carry nothin' with you, and it won't be long
'Til it's six carrying you home
'Til then you gotta carry on

Carry on, carry on
If it feels good, do it, if it doesn't, then don't
Carry on, carry on
Yeah, man, you gotta carry on

Carry on karaoke, it don't matter if you can't
Carry a tune in a bucket anyways
Carry on, who cares what the naysayers say?
If it's Saturday night, get carried away
Carry on, carry on
If it feels good, do it, if it doesn't, then don't
Carry on, carry on
Yeah, man, you gotta carry on
Yeah, man, you gotta carry on
Yes, ma'am, I'm gonna carry on