Chicken Fried and Whatever It Is were top-3 country hits for which American music group?
Chicken Fried "Chicken Fried" is a song by the Zac Brown Band, whose frontman Zac Brown co-wrote it with Wyatt Durrette. The song was first recorded in 2003 for the 2004 album "Home Grown". A second version was then released in 2006 by The Lost Trailers, whose version was released as a single but withdrawn from radio. Two years later, the Zac Brown Band re-recorded the song and released it as the first single from their album "The Foundation". In late 2008, it became their first chart single, as well as their first number-one hit on the "Billboard" country charts. The Zac Brown Band version was also featured in the 2008 movie "Witless Protection", starring Larry the Cable Guy.
Whatever (The Statler Brothers song) "Whatever" is a song recorded by American country group The Statler Brothers. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album "The Legend Goes On". The song reached #7 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Don Reid and Harold Reid. It is considered to be the rarest hit in the Statlers' catalog, as the "Legend Goes On" album has never been issued on CD as of 2017, and the song had never appeared on any of the group's compilation albums until 2010 when it was included on the 2-disc edition of their ICON Series release.