"I Wish Grandpas Never Died" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Riley Green.
Green had written the song and performed it on tour before adding it to the tracklist of his debut album.
According to him, he was persuaded to record the song by Brad Paisley.
A radio edit was created to edit out the jab towards pop country, and the lyric was replaced with "I wish George Jones still got played on country radio.
[3] The song has sold 123,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020.