John Morgan's 'Kid Myself' reaches No. 1 after 66-week climb

John Morgan has his first No. 1 on United States country radio. His single “Kid Myself” tops Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, which ranks songs by radio airplay, on the list dated Oct. 17. It moved up two places to get there, as reported by Billboard.

It took 66 weeks. That is a long haul by any measure.

“Kid Myself” drew 31.3 million audience impressions, a count of how many times listeners heard it on radio, during the tracking week of Oct. 2-8, according to Luminate. That audience was up 12% on the week before.

Morgan wrote the song with Tyler Hubbard and Jordan Schmidt. It is only his second entry on Country Airplay as a recording artist. His first was “Friends Like That” with Jason Aldean, which reached No. 2 in April 2025.

What makes this stand out is the patience involved. The 66-week climb is the second-longest run to No. 1 in the 36-year history of Country Airplay. The longest is 67 weeks, set by Justin Moore’s “Time’s Ticking” in 2025-26.

Morgan arrived as a singer after years behind the songs. He has co-written eight Country Airplay entries recorded by Aldean. That run includes two No. 1s, “If I Didn’t Love You” with Carrie Underwood and “Trouble With a Heartbreak.”

Elsewhere on the Oct. 17-dated chart, Luke Combs collected his 28th top 10. His single “Rethink Some Things” rose 11-10 with 19.2 million audience impressions, up 13%. His previous single, “Be By You,” spent four weeks at No. 1 and now sits at No. 7. It was his 21st chart-topper.

There is also a new duet in the mix. Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley’s “Snakeskin Boots” starts at No. 31 with 4.4 million in first-week reach. The song opens Lambert’s album Crisco.

It was co-written by Lambert, Jesse Frasure, Natalie Hemby and Brendan McLoughlin. McLoughlin, Lambert’s husband, earns his first Billboard chart credit on the song.