"Body Like a Back Road" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Sam Hunt. It was released to country radio, by MCA Nashville on February 6, 2017 as the first single from his upcoming second studio album. The song is written by Hunt, Zach Crowell, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. It was released to American hot adult contemporary radio on April 3, 2017, becoming his second crossover single promoted to a pop music format.

The song was written by Hunt with his producer Zach Crowell, Josh Osborne and Shane McAnally. Hunt described it as "a lighthearted song" as he wanted to release something lighter than the "heavy direction" that his new album was taking. According to Hunt, the song was written after his engagement to Hannah Lee Fowler. Hunt said: "I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions, feelings, all that kind of stuff." He had previously broken up with Fowler, and wrote "Drinkin' Too Much" as an apology (the break-up also inspired a few other songs in Montevallo). The couple got back together, and a few days after "Drinkin' Too Much" was released in January 2017, he announced their engagement.

In the US, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and stayed at that spot for sixteen consecutive weeks. It is Hunt's longest chart-topping single, overtaking "Take Your Time" which stayed on top of the Hot Country Songs chart for 11 weeks. It also reached number one on the Country Airplay chart and stayed at that spot for three consecutive weeks. On the week after Hunt's performance at the ACM Awards, the song sold 70,000 copies and jumped up six places from number 12 to number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hunt's highest-charting single, and his first top-10 single overall, on that chart. With this peak, the song becomes the highest-charting country music single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since "Cruise" by Florida Georgia Line in 2013. The song also crossed over to pop radio.

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