Kid Rock<\/strong> <\/a>has the \u201cnumber one song\u201d in America.<\/p>\n Not with a new original. Not off the back of a stadium tour or a major label rollout. He got there with a cover of someone else\u2019s country hit, a faith-driven verse he says came to him in a moment of spiritual clarity, and a halftime show performance that wasn\u2019t even broadcast on live television.<\/p>\n By Monday afternoon, the song \u201c\u2018Til You Can\u2019t<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u2014 released at midnight, less than 24 hours after he performed it at Turning Point USA\u2019s \u201cAll-American Halftime Show\u201d \u2014 sat at No.1 on the all-genre iTunes chart.<\/p>\n The song is not Kid Rock\u2019s. It\u2019s a Cody Johnson hit from 2021 \u2014 a ballad about not letting life pass you by that won two CMA Awards and a Grammy for Best Country Song. Kid Rock added a verse. In it, he tells listeners to dust off their Bibles, find the man who died on the cross, and give their lives to Jesus while they still can.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Kid Rock\u2019s rendition of \u201c\u2018Til You Can\u2019t\u201d with his added verse about giving your life to Jesus has SURPASSED Bad Bunny on the charts<\/p>\n It\u2019s now at NUMBER ONE, post-Super Bowl<\/p>\n WE ARE WINNING! \ud83d\udd25\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 pic.twitter.com\/Qgso1PRpKL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n He says the verse came to him on a Sunday morning, weeks after the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in September 2025. \u201cSomeone or something spoke to me,\u201d he told the audience, \u201cand told me there was still a verse missing from this song.\u201d He first performed it at Arizona\u2019s Hondo Rodeo Fest in November, filling in for Cody Johnson, who was recovering from a burst eardrum. Johnson and the songwriters \u2014 Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers \u2014 gave their blessing for Kid Rock to record and release it.<\/p>\n The TPUSA halftime show was billed as a patriotic alternative to Bad Bunny\u2019s official Super Bowl performance. Turning Point USA organized the event after backlash from conservative audiences over the NFL selecting a Spanish-speaking, Puerto Rican artist as its halftime headliner. Kid Rock framed it plainly in an interview beforehand: \u201cHe\u2019s said he\u2019s having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America.\u201d<\/p>\n The show streamed on YouTube and several conservative networks. At its peak, roughly 6 million viewers were watching concurrently. Bad Bunny\u2019s halftime show, by early estimates, drew well over 100 million \u2014 potentially an all-time high, though official ratings had not yet been released.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 JUST IN: Kid Rock announces he\u2019s about to drop a LIVING ROOM PERFORMANCE to silence the haters who claimed he lip-synced his halftime music \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n \u201cMy DJ is coming tonight! We\u2019re gonna do it LIVE.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt would\u2019ve been EASY to sync it up if it were pre-recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am jumping\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/kjbhkU9Sqb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Variety later reported that the TPUSA show was pre-taped in Atlanta. Turning Point USA never officially confirmed the location or whether the performances occurred in real time. During Kid Rock\u2019s opening number \u2014 his 1999 hit \u201cBawitdaba\u201d \u2014 viewers noticed his mouth appeared out of sync with the audio. Accusations of lip-syncing spread immediately. Even the Trump-friendly outlet Next News Network criticized it: \u201cCharlie Kirk would not have approved of Kid Rock\u2019s pre-recorded Lip Sync Super Bowl performance.\u201d<\/p>\n The lip-syncing concerns did not carry over to \u201c\u2018Til You Can\u2019t,\u201d which by all accounts was performed live.<\/p>\n The reactions split along predictable lines \u2014 and a few unpredictable ones.<\/p>\n Others online questioned what the iTunes ranking actually proved. Critics pointed out that Bad Bunny has roughly 85 million monthly Spotify listeners compared to Kid Rock\u2019s 5 million, and that iTunes \u2014 a platform most of the music industry has moved past \u2014 is a narrow lens through which to declare any kind of victory. \u201cWhat chart are you citing?<\/strong>\u201d became a recurring line of skepticism across social media, with some arguing that celebrating an iTunes win in 2026 is like winning a race nobody else signed up for.<\/p>\n You must have the dumbest followers anywhere, dude.<\/p>\n What chart are you citing? You want us to believe that Kid Pedophile, with zero Grammys and even less self respect, is beating Bad Bunny on \u201cThe Charts?\u201d<\/p>\n Are these charts in the room with you now? \ud83e\udd28 pic.twitter.com\/tC1HCpH4Bc<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s Not Even His Song<\/h2>\n
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About That Performance<\/h2>\n
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Not Everyone Was Impressed<\/h2>\n
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Just \u201cThe Chart?\u201d<\/p>\n
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