knee deep debuted at number 73 the week ending may 28, 2011. the song kept ascending and fell twice before reaching a final peak of number 18 the week ending august 6, 2011. the song was last seen in its 20th week on the chart at number 62, before being moved to recurrent status. more than two months later, knee deep was ranked by "billboard" as the 80th best song of 2011 in the year-end. colder weather is also very narrowly in the year-end chart, giving zac brown band a total of 4 year-end singles, with knee deep narrowly the highest (despite being only number 80). knee deep remains zac brown band’s biggest hit to date.