It was hard to narrow down the top country songs of the '90s, but every song on this list is a masterpiece in one way or another. Put on your 10-gallon hat and wear the biggest belt buckle you can find because it's up to you to vote for the most popular country songs...
1 hits in her native country, as well as eight Top 20 singles in the United States, including "Songbird," "Danny's Song" "You Needed Me" and "Could I Have This Dance." Murray rose to international fame in the 1970s on the strength of her polished, mellifluous voice and...
The song won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1995. 6.“Independence Day” by Martina McBride Martina McBride is the spokesperson for several domestic abuse charities and has dedicated herself to women and children’s fight against emotional and physically abusive relationships. So, when sh...
Songwriter Gretchen Peters penned this breakthrough ballad about domestic abuse and revenge, powered by McBride’s thousand-watt voice. Written from the perspective of an 8-year-old girl scarred by years of bearing witness to her father’s abuse of her mother, the girl heads downtown to a lo...
Due to its graphic depiction of domestic abuse and the character's choice to burn down her house (with her husband / abuser inside), both visualized in the music video, the song received a mixed response at radio. But despite the controversy, the hit won two CMA Awards and a Grammy for...
On her new album Obsessed, Wade offers her most detailed and unvarnished storytelling to date, particularly on her new song with veteran pop hitmaker Kesha. “Walked on Water” is a post-breakup realization of one’s own faults and delusions that led to the relational dissolution. “Pe...
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"Well, I didn't expect—sorry, I'm eating popcorn—country radio to play it. They're not gonna," she toldPrideSourcein 2013, just three months after the album was first released. "That's OK, though. I think the song can be bigger than country radio. They wouldn't know what to ...
Released in 1966, "Just Between You and Me" marked the first big hit of Charley Pride's career. This song is about a man going through the deepest depths of heartbreak — and he's in so much pain that he doubts he'll ever recover. No. 5: Loretta Lynn, "Dear Uncle Sam" YouTube...
A characteristic country song taking place in Rhode Island about a girl, a dog and an old car. About times in your life when you may be "lost and lonely" and you need a friend. A very sweet story about a girl that finds this friend in her adopted once-abused dog. Male Vocals, C...