"Follow Your Arrow" is a song recorded by American country music singer and songwriter Kacey Musgraves. The song is featured on her major label debut album, Same Trailer Different Park. It was released on October 21, 2013 as the album's third single. It was written by Musgraves, Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. It was named Song Of The Year at the 2014 CMA Awards.

Suggesting that any given choice will elicit criticism from others, the narrator states that one's best course is to remain true to oneself ("follow your arrow").

The song is in the key of F major with a main chord pattern of F-D_m-B♭-G_m-C and a vocal range of F₃-C₅. It is in a 4/4 time signature with a moderate tempo.

The music video was directed by Honey and Kacey Musgraves and premiered in December 2013.

Musgraves performed the song on November 6 at the 2013 Country Music Association Awards. On January 26, Musgraves performed the song at the 56th annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Billboard listed "Follow Your Arrow" at number 2 on their list of 20 Best Songs of 2013, saying that "you didn't have to be a hardcore country fan to boogie along to Kacey Musgraves' exuberant call to make lots of noise and kiss lots of boys – or lots of girls, if that's something you're into." At the 2013 Country Music Awards, they censored the famous line "Roll up a joint" because they deemed it too controversial for primetime television. "Follow Your Arrow" received mixed reviews due to some of the song's controversial lyrics. Some called the country tune "an attack on Christians", while others called it a "sign of [a] shift in country music" due to the song's positive reference to homosexuality.

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