"Jesus and Jones" is a song recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released to radio on January 19, 2016, as the lead single to his debut album for Wheelhouse Records, and his fifteenth overall, Something's Going On. The song was written by Tyler Farr, Jim McCormick, and Casey Beathard.
The song discusses Trace being "In a War" since he was a kid trying to be like Jesus and Country Music icon George Jones.
The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered on CMT, GAC & VEVO in 2016.
The website "For The Country Record" gave the song a negative review, saying "Now, please Trace fans, put down the pitch forks and torches, because, believe me, IâÂÂm actually on your side. I love Trace, always have. I love his deep, rich baritone, his confident personality, and his music, but letâÂÂs face facts; this song just isnâÂÂt up to par with his earlier music. This song is really just a result of lazy songwriting and bad production. You canâÂÂt blame it on the theme, because when done well, the theme is a great and relatable one. Plenty of artists have pulled it off beautifully; Big and RichâÂÂs âÂÂBetween Raising Hell and Amazing GraceâÂÂ, Brian Randle's âÂÂHeaven and HankâÂÂ, Eric Church's âÂÂLike Jesus DoesâÂÂ, and Eric Lee Beddingfield's âÂÂThe Gospel According to JonesâÂÂ, all come to mind."