From classic country tunes to contemporary country sounds, these 100 songs are an essential part of music history and showcase some of the most impressive storytelling skills in the country music genre. To find the top country songs of all time, Stacker analyzed Billboard's Greatest of All-Time Top Country Songs to create a ranked list of classic tracks and modern hits from 1959 to present day.
Though country star Carrie Underwood has her fair share of chart-topping hits, "Before He Cheats" entered the unofficial country music hall of fame in 2006. It spent 64 consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
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In Tim McGraw's fast-paced 1995 hit, he expresses how deeply in love he is with his romantic partner. In the years since its release, the song has been featured in dozens of promotional videos for various athletic events.
The controversial song describes a romantic rendezvous between a man and his much less-experienced girlfriend. Though there was a public outcry about the song's raunchy lyrics in 1973, it became Conway Twitty's only song to cross over from the country charts to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #22.
The 1983 recording was the Gatlin Brothers' third and final #1 hit on the country chart. In the emotional song, the narrator tells his romantic partner he's looking forward to finishing his concert tour, so he can return home.
This romantic single, a sharp departure from the duo's usual honky-tonk style, spent six weeks at the top of the country charts. "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" even crossed over to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001.
The country group Lone Star's 1999 hit spent eight weeks at the top of the Billboard country chart. A remix of the song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single is a powerful declaration of a man's love for his romantic partner, whose every move leaves him "amazed." 2ff7e9595c
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