Darryl Wade Worley (born October 31, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last (2000), I Miss My Friend (2002), Have You Forgotten?

His most recent studio release is 2009's Sounds Like Life via Stroudavarious Records, owned by James Stroud.

Worley's six albums have produced 18 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three number ones: "I Miss My Friend", "Have You Forgotten?

[1] Worley attended the University of North Alabama and earned a degree in biology and chemistry.

He worked in the chemical industry prior to pursuing country music, and wrote for FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

His second album, I Miss My Friend became his first Number One hit on the country charts that year, and was followed by the top 30 "Family Tree", written by Darrell & Scott.

Its lead-off single, the Harley Allen co-write "Awful, Beautiful Life", became his third Number One hit in early 2005.

Later that same year, Worley signed with country singer Neal McCoy's vanity label 903 Music.

His sixteenth chart entry, "Tequila on Ice", was issued in the middle of that year, peaking at No. 44.

In addition, Worley posed nude (non-full frontal) for the July 2007 issue of Playgirl magazine.

[6] Each year, Worley hosts a Charity Foundation Event, which is called the "Tennessee River Run."