Warren Donald Zeiders is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released four studio albums under Warner Records: Acoustic Covers (2021), 717 Tapes the Album (2022), Pretty Little Poison (2023), and Relapse (2024). He had his first number one hit on country radio with his single "Pretty Little Poison" (2023).
Zeiders studied business at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland where he also recorded and posted covers on TikTok.[3] He began co-writing and singing original songs including "Ride the Lightning", which has over 500 million views on TikTok.[4]
Zeiders released his debut album, Acoustic Covers on August 6, 2021.[5] The deluxe edition includes his cover of the single "Outskirts of Heaven" featuring Craig Campbell, who originally sang the track.[6] The album contains covers of songs by Tyler Childers, Afroman, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among others. In 2022, Zeiders signed with Warner Records[3] and re-released "Ride the Lightning", which debuted at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[7] The song was certified platinum in both the United States[8] and Canada.[9] In 2021 and 2022, he released two EP's titled 717 Tapes and 717 Tapes, Vol II, which were eventually combined into his second album release, 717 Tapes the Album.[10]
"Pretty Little Poison" was released as Zeiders' country radio debut single on July 10, 2023, and became his first number one hit in February 2024.[11] His third studio album of the same name was released on August 10, 2023. On November 17, 2023, he released "Sin So Sweet" as a single to be included on the deluxe edition of Pretty Little Poison.[12] "Heartbreaker", the second single from the deluxe edition of Pretty Little Poison, was released on February 2, 2024.[13] It peaked at 41 on the U.S. Country Songs Billboard chart. Pretty Little Poison (Deluxe Edition) was released two weeks later on February 16. 2024.[14]
In May 2024, Zeiders released "Betrayal", the first promotional single from his upcoming fourth studio album.[15] An a cappella version and an instrumental version were included with the release. On June 7, 2024, he released "Relapse", along with an a cappella and instrumental version, as the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album. In July 2024, Zeiders announced his fourth studio album, Relapse, which was released on August 23, 2024.[16] Zeiders was invited to record a song for Twisters: The Album, and his song "The Cards I've Been Dealt" was released on July 19, 2024.[17] Two more promotional singles, "Addictions" and "Intoxicated", were released from Relapse, prior to the album's release.[18]
In October 2024, Zeiders released "You for a Reason" as his first release since Relapse.[19] On January 10, 2025, he released "Can a Heart Take" alongside his announcement of the deluxe version of Relapse entitled, Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal. A double album, it was released on March 14, 2025.[20] On February 21, 2025, he released the third promotional single from the deluxe edition, "Without You".[21]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] |
US Country [23] |
CAN [24] | ||||||||
| Acoustic Covers |
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— | — | — | ||||||
| 717 Tapes the Album |
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— | — | — | ||||||
| Pretty Little Poison |
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59 | 12 | 80 |
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| Relapse |
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63 | 12 | 65 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| 717 Tapes |
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| 717 Tapes Vol. II |
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| Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [27] |
US Country Songs [28] |
US Country Airplay [29] |
CAN [30] |
CAN Country [31] | ||||||
| "Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes)" | 2021 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 717 Tapes | |||
| "Pretty Little Poison" | 2023 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 17 | Pretty Little Poison | |||
| "Relapse" | 2024 | —[A] | 30 | 33 | — | — |
|
Relapse | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Songs [35] |
NZ Hot [36] | |||||||||
| "Ride It Hard" (featuring Sueco)[37] |
2022 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "One Hell of an Angel"[38] | — | — | 717 Tapes the Album | |||||||
| "West Texas Weather"[39] | 2023 | — | — | Pretty Little Poison | ||||||
| "Sin So Sweet" | 39 | — | Pretty Little Poison (Deluxe Edition) | |||||||
| "Addictions" | 2024 | — | — | Relapse | ||||||
| "You for a Reason" | 39 | 33 | Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal | |||||||
| "Can a Heart Take" | 2025 | — | 18 | |||||||
| "Without You" | — | 32 | ||||||||
| "Love in Letting Go" (with Lanie Gardner) |
44 | 36 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Songs [28] |
NZ Hot [40] | |||||||||
| "Up to No Good" | 2022 | — | — |
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717 Tapes the Album | |||||
| "Weeping Willow" | 2023 | — | — |
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Pretty Little Poison | |||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 2024 | 41 | — | Pretty Little Poison (Deluxe Edition) | ||||||
| "Betrayal" | 41 | 31 | Relapse | |||||||
| "Intoxicated" | — | 36 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
