500 Greatest Country Songs of All-Time List

500 Greatest Country Songs

500 Greatest Country Songs of All-Time List

Amarillo by Morning- George Strait

Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash

Mama Tried- Merle Haggard

He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones

Ring of Fire- Johnny Cash

Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)- Garth Brooks

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain- Willie Nelson

Here in the Real World- Alan Jackson

I’m No Stranger to the Rain- Keith Whitley

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry- Hank Williams

How Do You Like Me Now?- Toby Keith

The Thunder Rolls- Garth Brooks

Galveston- Glen Campbell

Killin’ Time- Clint Black

The Chair- George Strait

Forever & Ever Amen- Randy Travis

Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?- Waylon Jennings

Guitars, Cadillacs- Dwight Yoakam

Green, Green Grass of Home- Porter Wagoner

Guitar Town- Steve Earle

For the Good Times- Ray Price

King of the Road- Roger Miller

El Paso- Marty Robbins

Dream Walkin’- Toby Keith

Too Cold at Home- Mark Chesnutt

Sunday Morning Coming Down- Johnny Cash

Friends in Low Places- Garth Brooks

Chattahoochee- Alan Jackson

Sing Me Back Home- Merle Haggard

Act Naturally- Buck Owens

The Devil Went Down to Georgia- Charlie Daniels Band

Check Yes or No- George Strait

Copperhead Road- Steve Earle

Anymore- Travis Tritt

A Country Boy Can Survive- Hank Williams Jr.

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys- Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings

Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisley/Allison Krauss

He’ll Have to Go- Jim Reeves

Carrying Your Love With Me- George Strait

On the Other Hand- Randy Travis

Hello Walls- Faron Young

The Back of Your Hand- Dwight Yoakam

Austin- Blake Shelton

The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want to Get Over You)- Waylon Jennings

Heartland- George Strait

Streets of Bakersfield- Dwight Yoakam/Buck Owens

Love, Me- Colin Raye

Hey Porter- Johnny Cash

Lost Highway- Hank Williams

I Sang Dixie- Dwight Yoakam

Behind Closed Doors- Charlie Rich

Texas Tornado- Tracy Lawrence

East Bound & Down- Jerry Reed

Flowers on the Wall- Statler Brothers

Walkin’ The Floor Over You- Ernest Tubb

Kiss An Angel Good Morning- Charley Pride

Long Black Train- Josh Turner

Seminole Wind- John Anderson

Jackson- Johnny & June Carter Cash

Good Ole Boys Like Me- Don Williams

Don’t Take the Girl- Tim McGraw

Fishin’ in the Dark- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Smoke Rings in the Dark- Gary Allan

When You Say Nothing at All- Keith Whitley

Back to the Barrooms- Merle Haggard

I’d Be Better Off in a Pinebox- Doug Stone

If We Make It Through December- Merle Haggard

Seven Spanish Angels- Ray Charles/Willie Nelson

Would You Go With Me- Josh Turner

Cold One Coming On- Montgomery Gentry

Good Hearted Woman- Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson

Past the Point of Rescue- Hal Ketchum

How Forever Feels- Kenny Chesney

Crazy- Patsy Cline

Making Memories of Us- Keith Urban

Pancho & Lefty- Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard

Long Black Veil- Lefty Frizzell

Dixieland Delight- Alabama

Midnight in Montgomery- Alan Jackson

She’ll Leave You With a Smile- George Strait

500 Miles Away From Home- Bobby Bare

I Walk the Line- Johnny Cash

Three Wooden Crosses- Randy Travis

Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)- Merle Haggard

Should’ve Been a Cowboy- Toby Keith

Please Remember Me- Tim McGraw

The Baby- Blake Shelton

Wichita Lineman- Glen Campbell

Straight Tequila Night- John Anderson

Time Marches On- Tracy Lawrence

A Fire I Can’t Put Out- George Strait

Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind- George Strait

Man in Black- Johnny Cash

Riding with Private Malone- David Ball

It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)- Merle Haggard

If Tomorrow Never Comes- Garth Brooks

The Gambler- Kenny Rogers

Mountain Music- Alabama

I’ll Think of Something- Mark Chesnutt

Tulsa Time- Don Williams

Man to Man- Gary Allan

The Beaches of Cheyenne- Garth Brooks

The Cowboy Rides Away- George Strait

The Cowboy in Me- Tim McGraw

Letter From Home- John Michael Montgomery

Diggin’ Up Bones- Randy Travis

Love Without End, Amen- George Strait

Highway 40 Blues- Ricky Skaggs

Branded Man- Merle Haggard

Okie From Muskogee- Merle Haggard

Monday Morning Church- Alan Jackson

Red Dirt Road- Brooks & Dunn

The Dance- Garth Brooks

Mud on the Tires- Brad Paisley

If Heaven- Andy Griggs

Miss Me Baby- Chris Cagle

Brother Jukebox- Mark Chesnutt

The Fightin’ Side of Me- Merle Haggard

Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound- Hank Williams Jr.

Close Enough to Perfect- Alabama

Your Cheatin’ Heart- Hank Williams

The Highwayman- The Highwaymen

Goodbye Time- Blake Shelton

You’ll Be There- George Strait

I Still Miss Someone- Johnny Cash

Lukenbach, Texas- Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson

Little Moments- Brad Paisley

Baby’s Got Her Bluejeans On- Mel McDaniel

If Hollywood Don’t Need You (Honey, I Do)- Don Williams

The Good Stuff- Kenny Chesney

Third Rock From the Sun- Joe Diffie

Some Girls Do- Sawyer Brown

There Stands the Glass- Webb Pierce

Take This Job & Shove It- Johnny Paycheck

You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone- Brooks & Dunn

Hillbilly Shoes- Montgomery Gentry

White Lightning- George Jones

Coal Miner’s Daughter- Loretta Lynn

Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line- Waylon Jennings

I Think I’ll Just Stay Here & Drink- Merle Haggard

Old Hippie- The Bellamy Brothers

I’ve Got a Tiger By The Tail- Buck Owens

Little Ways- Dwight Yoakam

Hurt- Johnny Cash

When You Say Nothing at All- Allison Krauss & Union Station

Give It Away- George Strait

My Maria- Brooks & Dunn

Nobody’s Home- Clint Black

Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys

Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa- George Strait

Small Town Southern Man- Alan Jackson

Silver Wings- Merle Haggard

Dust on the Bottle- David Lee Murphy

You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma- David Frizzell/Shelley West

I Believe In You- Don Williams

Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town- Kenny Rogers

Wanted- Alan Jackson

You Ain’t Much Fun Since I Quit Drinking- Toby Keith

Alibis- Tracy Lawrence

Ocean Front Property- George Strait

The Race is On- George Jones

Don’t Make Me- Blake Shelton

Remember When- Alan Jackson

I’m Gonna Miss Her- Brad Paisley

Brokenheartsville- Joe Nichols

Detroit City- Bobby Bare

Rollin’ with the Flow- Charlie Rich

Swingin’- John Anderson

Long Haired Country Boy- Charlie Daniels Band

The Lord Knows I’m Drinking- Cal Smith

My Favorite Memory- Merle Haggard

He Walked on Water- Randy Travis

Country Bumpkin- Cal Smith

Settle for a Slowdown- Dierks Bentley

Ol Red- Blake Shelton

I Miss My Friend- Darryl Worley

Smoky Mountain Rain- Ronnie Milsap

My List- Toby Keith

Carried Away- George Strait

The Impossible- Joe Nichols

Fool Hearted Memory- George Strait

Callin’ Baton Rouge- Garth Brooks

Murder on Music Row- Alan Jackson/George Strait

One Wing in the Fire- Trent Tomlinson

Every Light in the House is On- Trace Adkins

Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone- Charley Pride

Lot of Leavin’ Left to Do- Dierks Bentley

Lucky Man- Montgomery Gentry

Why Me- Kris Kristofferson

Papa Loved Mama- Garth Brooks

She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs- John Anderson

John Deere Green- Joe Diffie

Under Your Spell Again- Buck Owens

Take Me Down- Alabama

Tough Little Boys- Gary Allan

A Thousand Miles From Nowhere- Dwight Yoakam

Chill of an Early Fall- George Strait

Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her- George Strait

Fast as You- Dwight Yoakam

Write This Down- George Strait

What I Lover About Sunday’s- Craig Morgan

It Sure Is Monday- Mark Chesnutt

Tennessee Flattop-Box- Johnny Cash

Cocaine Blues- Johnny Cash

I Cross My Heart- George Strait

In America- Charlie Daniels Band

The Road Goes on Forever- The Highwaymen

Longneck Bottle- Garth Brooks

Cherokee Fiddle- Johnny Lee

Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy- Chris LeDoux/Garth Brooks

Big Iron- Marty Robbins

All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down- Hank Williams Jr.

Anything But Mine- Kenny Chesney

You’ll Think of Me- Keith Urban

Family Tradition- Hank Williams Jr.

It’s a Little Too Late- Mark Chesnutt

A Lot of Things Different- Kenny Chesney

Sea of Heartbreak- Don Gibson

Wild Irish Rose- George Jones

Hey Good Lookin’- Hank Williams

Sold (The Grundy County Auction)- John Michael Montgomery

Deeper Than the Holler- Randy Travis

Lord I Hope This Day Is Good- Don Williams

Carolyn- Merle Haggard

Run- George Strait

Blue Clear Sky- George Strait

The Fugitive- Merle Haggard

Look at You Girl- Chris LeDoux

I Don’t Even Know Her Name- Alan Jackson

Wild Horses- Garth Brooks

Would You Catch a Falling Star- John Anderson

Workin’ Man’s Blues- Merle Haggard

Pop a Top- Alan Jackson

The Way I Am- Merle Haggard

Only In America- Brooks & Dunn

Home- Alan Jackson

Speed- Montgomery Gentry

What Might Have Been- Little Texas

Ramblin’ Fever- Merle Haggard

Every River- Brooks & Dunn

Two People Fell in Love- Brad Paisley

She’s All I Got- Johnny Paycheck

The Last Gunfighter Ballad- Johnny Cash

Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes- George Jones

Big City- Merle Haggard

Wrapped Around- Brad Paisley

That’s The Way Love Goes- Merle Haggard

She Couldn’t Change Me- Montgomery Gentry

Tall, Tall Trees- George Jones

A Better Man- Clint Black

Together Again- Buck Owens

The Race Is On- Sawyer Brown

Sam’s Place- Buck Owens

Friday Night Blues- John Conlee

Jolene- Dolly Parton

Where the Stars, Stripes, and Eagle Fly- Aaron Tippin

Daddy Sang Bass- Johnny Cash

Unwound- George Strait

A Boy Named Sue- Johnny Cash

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere- Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett

1982- Randy Travis

Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)- Travis Tritt

Beer For My Horses- Toby Keith/Willie Nelson

Dang Me- Roger Miller

Two Dollars in the Jukebox- Eddie Rabbitt

Unbelievable- Diamond Rio

Wings of a Dove- Ferlin Huskey

Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)- Joe Diffie

Vidalia- Sammy Kershaw

If I Don’t Make It Back- Tracy Lawrence

Today I Started Loving You Again- Merle Haggard

Wrapped- George Strait

Misery & Gin- Merle Haggard

Watching Airplanes- Gary Allan

Before the Next Teardrop Falls- Freddy Fender

I Can Still Make Cheyenne- George Strait

Your Man- Josh Turner

Coca Cola Cowboy- Mel Tillis

Drink, Swear, Steal, & Lie- Michael Peterson

This Cowboy’s Hat- Chris LeDoux

Come a Little Bit Closer- Johnny Duncan/Janie Fricke

I Hate Everything- George Strait

Drinking My Baby Goodbye- Charlie Daniels Band

Rodeo- Garth Brooks

If The Devil Danced in Empty Pockets- Joe Diffie

Paint Me a Birmingham- Tracy Lawrence

You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This- Toby Keith

Party Crowd- David Lee Murphy

Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)- Toby Keith

How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye- Tracy Lawrence

Houston- Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers

Rhinestone Cowboy- Glen Campbell

Nothin’ But the Taillights- Clint Black

The Best I Ever Had- Gary Allan

Natural High- Merle Haggard

Bubba Shot the Jukebox- Mark Chesnutt

Watermelon Crawl- Tracy Byrd

Rainbow Stew- Merle Haggard

Believe- Brooks & Dunn

Redneck Girl- The Bellamy Brothers

Big River- Johnny Cash

Dallas- Alan Jackson

Chug-a-lug- Roger Miller

Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow- Alan Jackson

Cadillac Ranch- Chris LeDoux

That Ain’t My Truck- Rhett Akins

Who You’d Be Today- Kenny Chesney

Keeper of the Stars- Tracy Byrd

Lay You Down- Conway Twitty

Waitin’ On Joe- Steve Azar

Beer Run- Garth Brooks/George Jones

If Something Should Happen- Darryl Worley

Always on My Mind- Willie Nelson

Walkin’ After Midnight- Patsy Cline

Crazy Arms- Ray Price

If We’re Not Back in Love by Monday- Merle Haggard

No News- Lonestar

What Was I Thinkin’- Dierks Bentley

Earthbound- Rodney Crowell

Seven Year Ache- Rosanne Cash

Husbands & Wives- Roger Miller

Choices- George Jones

This Ain’t No Thinkin’ Thing- Trace Adkins

Starting with Me- Jake Owen

I’m Tryin’- Trace Adkins

Ballad of Forty Dollars- Tom T. Hall

She Only Smokes When She Drinks- Joe Nichols

Everywhere- Tim McGraw

There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang- Johnny Cash/Waylon Jennings

Sinners Like Me- Eric Church

Troubadour- George Strait

The World- Brad Paisley

You’re the One- Dwight Yoakam

Alyssa Lies- Jason Michael Carroll

She Was- Mark Chesnutt

The One- Gary Allan

Jacob’s Ladder- Mark Wills

Too Gone Too Long- Randy Travis

I Saw God Today- George Strait

It Ain’t Cool To Be Crazy About You- George Strait

Neon Moon- Brooks & Dunn

Drinking Me Lonely- Chris Young

Living & Living Well- George Strait

Say it Again- Don Williams

My Last Name- Dierks Bentley

It Only Hurts When I Cry- Dwight Yoakam

Wish I Could’ve Been There- John Anderson

It Couldn’t Have Been Any Better- Johnny Duncan

Heartaches By the Number- Ray Price

Daddy’s Money- Ricochet

Don’t Take Your Guns to Town- Johnny Cash

Drive On- Johnny Cash

Marie Laveau- Bobby Bare

When I Get Where I’m Going- Brad Paisley

My Heart is Lost to You- Brooks & Dunn

Made in Japan- Buck Owens

Ballad of an Uneasy Rider- Charlie Daniels Band

Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass- Buck Owens

That Summer- Garth Brooks

Who’s Cheatin’ Who- Alan Jackson

You Know Me Better Than That- George Strait

Five Feet High & Rising- Johnny Cash

You Save Me- Kenny Chesney

You Look So Good in Love- George Strait

America- Waylon Jennings

Angel Flying too Close to the Ground- Willie Nelson

Drinkin’ & Dreamin’- Waylon Jennings

Go Rest High on that Mountain- Vince Gill

Set ‘em Up Joe- Vern Gosdin

Holes in the Floor of Heaven- Steve Wariner

On the Road Again- Willie Nelson

Going through the Big D- Mark Chesnutt

50,000 Names- George Jones

Livin’ on Love- Alan Jackson

Brand New Man- Brooks & Dunn

Young- Kenny Chesney

Baby Blue- George Strait

Small Town Saturday Night- Hal Ketchum

Passionate Kisses- Mary Chapin Carpenter

Live Like You Were Dying- Tim McGraw

Kerosene- Miranda Lambert

I’m Always On a Mountain When I Fall- Merle Haggard

Fist City- Loretta Lynn

Restless- Allison Krauss & Union Station

Celebrity- Brad Paisley

What a Beautiful Day- Chris Cagle

Constantly- Cross Canadian Ragweed

She Believes In Me- Kenny Rogers

Life’s a Dance- John Michael Montgomery

Why Baby Why- George Jones

The Bottle Let Me Down- Merle Haggard

4^th of July- Shooter Jennings

I Like It, I Love It- Tim McGraw

Baby Likes to Rock It- The Tractors

Nobody’s Gonna Tell Me What To Do- Van Zant

Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde- Travis Tritt

Little Girl- John Michael Montgomery

I Left Something Turned On At Home- Trace Adkins

County Fair- Chris LeDoux

Make the World Go Away- Eddy Arnold

Beautiful Mess- Diamond Rio

Life is a Highway- Chris LeDoux

You Don’t Seem to Miss Me- Patty Loveless

Take Me Home Country Roads- John Denver

Lovesick Blues- Hank Williams

I Always Get Lucky with You- George Jones

Good Ol’ Boys (Dukes of Hazzard Theme)- Waylon Jennings

Saginaw, Michigan- Lefty Frizzell

Mississippi Squirrel Revival- Ray Stevens

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight- Rodney Crowell

Delia’s Gone- Johnny Cash

I’ve Come to Expect it From You- George Strait

The Big One- George Strait

Honky Tonk Man- Dwight Yoakam

Too Much Fun- Daryle Singletary

Something That We Do- Clint Black

Drive (For Daddy Gene)- Alan Jackson

We Danced- Brad Paisley

Just to See You Smile- Tim McGraw

If You’re Going Through Hell- Rodney Atkins

Fancy- Reba McEntire

Farmer’s Blues- Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard

Lucille- Kenny Rogers

Desperately- George Strait

Dumas Walker- Kentucky Headhunters

All My Ex’s Live in Texas- George Strait

There’s a Tear in My Bear- Hank Williams Jr./Hank Williams Sr.

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star- Merle Haggard

The Movies- Statler Brothers

The Walk- Sawyer Brown

Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine- Tom T. Hall

America First- Merle Haggard

Marina Del Rey- George Strait

Jambalaya (On the Bayou)- Hank Williams

Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off- Joe Nichols

It Ain’t Me Babe- Johnny & June Carter Cash

Portland, Oregon- Loretta Lynn/Jack White

The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)- George Jones

Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House- Garth Brooks

El Cerrito Place- Charlie Robison

Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacy’s Song)- Buddy Jewell

You’ve Never Been This Far Before- Conway Twitty

Standing Outside the Fire- Garth Brooks

Ain’t That Lonely Yet- Dwight Yoakam

How Your Love Makes Me Feel- Diamond Rio

You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had- Ed Bruce

Thinkin’ Problem- David Ball

Guess Things Happen That Way- Johnny Cash

Bring on the Rain- Jo Dee Messina

Cold, Cold Heart- Hank Williams

Meet in the Middle- Diamond Rio

High Tone Woman- George Strait

All The Girls Get Prettier At Closing Time- Mickey Gilley

Where’s All the Freedom- Merle Haggard

Don’t Go Near the Water- Sammy Kershaw

The Ballad of Ira Hayes- Johnny Cash

If You’re Thinking You Want a Stranger (There’s One Coming Home)- George Strait

Flesh & Blood- Johnny Cash

Seashores of Old Mexico- George Strait

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights- Freddy Fender

The Most Beautiful Girl- Charlie Rich

Am I Blue- George Strait

Adalida- George Strait

I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised- Johnny Paycheck

Pour Me- Trick Pony

She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful- Sammy Kershaw

The Fireman- George Strait

Kaw Liga- Hank Williams

Long, Slow Kisses- Jeff Bates

She’s Got You- Patsy Cline

Something to Be Proud Of- Montgomery Gentry

Feels So Right- Alabama

Too Much of a Good Thing- Alan Jackson

Cowboy’s Like Us- George Strait

Yesterday’s Wine- George Jones/Merle Haggard

What Kinda Gone- Chris Cagle

One Boy, One Girl- Colin Raye

Tempted- Marty Stuart

Why Not Me- The Judds

Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room- Merle Haggard

A Good Way to Get On My Bad Side- Tracy Byrd/Mark Chesnutt

Driving My Life Away- Eddie Rabbitt

Skip a Rope- Henson Carghill

Coat of Many Colors- Dolly Parton

She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)- Jerry Reed

(Honey) Won’t You Open that Door- Ricky Skaggs

Like the Rain- Clint Black

Understand Your Man- Johnny Cash

I’ll Wait for You- Joe Nichols

Let’s Just Sing Our Song- Jerry Reed

Amazed- Lonestar

Rose Colored Glasses- John Conlee

Miss Being a Mrs.- Loretta Lynn

The Old Man From the Mountain- Merle Haggard

Girl on the Billboard- Del Reeves

Big Bad John- Jimmy Dean

Desperadoes Waiting on a Train- The Highwaymen

She’s In Love with the Boy- Trisha Yearwood

The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde- Merle Haggard

September When it Comes- Rosanne Cash/Johnny Cash