Wasn’t a conversation he expected to be having. Kid Rock scored his first #1 song on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart with his cover of Cody Johnson‘s hit “‘Til You Can’t,” which the rocker released after performing at the Turning Point USA alternate Super Bowl halftime show. During the performance, Kid Rock performed a third verse that he had written and debuted during an appearance while filling in for Cody at the Hondo Rodeo Fest last year: “There’s a book that is sitting in your house somewhere That could use some dusting off There’s a man that died for all our sins, hanging on the cross You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance ‘Til you can’t” Kid introduced the new lyrics by saying that he woke up one morning and felt called to add one more verse: “I awoke one Sunday morning all alone with this song stuck in my head, and in that moment, something or someone spoke to me. They said there was still a verse that needed to be written for this song. And to get up and write it down.”  Ahead of the dropping the song, Kid Rock revealed that he was given the blessing of both Cody Johnson and the songwriters, Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers, to record his version of their #1 hit: “A big thank you to [Cody Johnson] and the songwriters Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers for giving me [their] blessing to record and release it, It really is one of the best written songs I have heard in a long time and NOTHING is more powerful than a great song in my book!” If you enjoyed our version of "Til Ya Can’t” on The TPUSA All American Halftime – Our studio recording of it will be available to purchase or stream at midnight tonight! A big thank you to @codyjohnson and the songwriters Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers for giving me there blessing… pic.twitter.com/KzKUfKHebh — KidRock (@KidRock) February 9, 2026 And this week, Cody opened up on how the Kid Rock version of the song came about from his perspective. During an appearance on the Rodeo Time podcast with Dale Brisby, CoJo says he first saw Kid Rock perform the song when he saw a video from the Hondo Rodeo Fest. But ahead of the TPUSA halftime show, he got a text from his record label alerting him that Kid Rock would be calling him about releasing his version of the song. And his first question was how the songwriters felt about it: “She said, ‘Well they sent the message that they’re not signing off on it if Cody doesn’t, cause it’s Cody’s song.’ And I was like, that’s really respectful, that was really cool to feel the admiration from those guys of taking their song that they wrote and making it what it is.” Well the next step was talking to Kid Rock himself, and during the conversation he explained his reasoning for adding a third verse while making it clear he wasn’t critiquing the original version: “He said, ‘Here’s the deal.’ He said, ‘I feel like that Ben and Matt did such a great job writing this song. I don’t want to insinuate that they didn’t write it good enough.’ He’s like, ‘I just, you know, you take the phone call from your mom. You tell your old man you go fishing. You fix up the Pontiac with your old man. Say I’m sorry. Say I love you.’ He’s like, ‘But they just didn’t include God.’ And he’s like, I just felt like, you can only ask forgiveness and get to know Jesus until you can’t.” Cody says that Kid Rock’s explanation for the third verse “raised the hair on your arms,” and it wasn’t a conversation he was expecting to have – especially with Kid Rock. But he was all in and said he would “100% sign off on it.” Kid Rock then told him that he would be performing it on the TPUSA halftime show, so naturally Cody was tuned in to see his song being performed: “I watched it, had tears in my eyes. I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s awesome.’ Freaking Kid Rock singing my song, man. That’s cool.” Of course he does wish Kid would have done one thing differently: “I wish he’d have worn a Cody Johnson hat but I couldn’t talk him into that.” You can’t win ’em all. But there’s no doubt that Cody appreciates all that Kid Rock has done for his song: After the performance at the TPUSA halftime show, Cody’s version even went to the top of the all-genre iTunes chart – even ahead of Bad Bunny, who performed the actual Super Bowl halftime show. “I was like, ‘Thanks bro.’ I was just sitting at home.” Worked out well for everyone – and it all started with a conversation with Kid Rock that he never could have guessed he would be having. The post “Raised The Hair On Your Arms” – Cody Johnson Recalls The Conversation He Had With Kid Rock Over “‘Til You Can’t” Cover first appeared on Whiskey Riff.