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The 100 Best Country Songs Of All Time
The 100 best country songs of all time, as ranked by the country music community at Genius:

100. "Small Town Southern Man" -- by Alan Jackson --
Why It's So Good
99. "Take This Job and Shove it" -- by Johnny Paycheck --
Why It's So Good
98. "Highwayman" -- by The Highwaymen -- Why It's So Good
97. "Hey, Good Lookin'" -- by Hank Williams Sr --
Why It's So Good
96. "Check Yes or No" -- by George Strait -- Why It's So Good
95. "Two Black Cadilacs" -- by Carrie Underwood --
Why It's So Good
94. "Cold Cold Heart" -- by Hank Williams Sr --
Why It's So Good
93. "Mine Would Be You" -- by Blake Shelton --
Why It's So Good
92. "Tim McGraw" -- by Taylor Swift -- Why It's So Good
91. "Live Oak" -- by Jason Isbell – Why It's So Good

90. "Walking the Floor Over You" -- by Ernest Tubb --
Why It's So Good
89. "David" -- by Cody Jinks -- Why It's So Good
88. "Red Dirt Girl" -- by Emmylou Harris -- Why It's So Good
87. "Seven Year Ache" -- by Rosanne Cash -- Why It's So Good
86. "The Race Is On" -- by George Jones -- Why It's So Good
85. "Rhinestone Cowboy" -- by Glen Campbell --
Why It's So Good
84. "Mr. Bojangles" -- by Jerry Jeff Walker -- Why It's So Good
83. "Make the World Go Away" -- by Eddy Arnold --
Why It's So Good
82. "A Boy Named Sue" -- by Johnny Cash -- Why It's So Good
81. "Country Nation" -- by Brad Paisley -- Why It's So Good

80. "Harper Valley PTA" -- by Jeannie C. Riley --
Why It's So Good
79. "You Don’t Know Me" -- by Ray Charles -- Why It's So Good
78. "Coat of Many Colors" -- by Dolly Parton --
Why It's So Good
77. "The Dance" -- by Garth Brooks -- Why It's So Good
76. "I Will Always Love You" -- by Whitney Houston
And by Dolly Parton -- Why It's So Good
75. "Hello Walls" -- by Faron Young -- Why It's So Good
74. "Go Rest High on That Mountain" -- by Vince Gill --
Why It's So Good
73. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" -- by The Carter Family -- Why It's So Good
72. "It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" --
By Kitty Wells -- Why It's So Good
71. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" -- by Bill Monroe --
Why It's So Good
70. "El Paso" -- by Marty Robbins -- Why It's So Good
69. "When You Say Nothin' At All" -- by Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss -- Why It's So Good
68. "Keep on the Sunny Side" -- by The Carter Family --
Why It's So Good
67. "Mountain Music" -- by Alabama -- Why It's So Good
66. "Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" -- by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson -- Why It's So Good
65. "Help Me Hold On" -- Travis Tritt -- Why It's So Good
64. "Before He Cheats" -- by Carrie Underwood --
Why It's So Good
63. "I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail" -- by Buck Owens --
Why It's So Good
62. "Drink A Beer" -- by Luke Bryan -- Why It's So Good
61. "What Hurts The Most" -- by Rascal Flatts --
Why It's So Good

60. "Sweet Amarillo" -- by Old Crow Medicine Show --
Why It's So Good
59. "Cover Me Up" -- Jason Isbell -- Why It's So Good
58. "Traveller" -- by Chris Stapleton -- Why It's So Good
57. "Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town" -- Kenny Rogers -- Why It's So Good
56. "Good Hearted Woman" -- Waylon Jennings --
Why It's So Good
55. "Sing Me Back Home" -- by Merle Haggard --
Why It's So Good
54. "Any Man of Mine" -- by Shania Twain -- Why It's So Good
53. "Turtles All the Way Down" -- by Sturgill Simpson --
Why It's So Good
52. "My Wish" -- by Rascal Flatts -- Why It's So Good
51. "Drivin' My Life Away" -- by Eddie Rabbit --
Why It's So Good
50. "Queen of Hearts" -- by Juice Newton -- Why It's So Good
49. "Sixteen Tons" -- by Ernie Ford -- Why It's So Good
48. "Amazed" -- by Lonestar -- Why It's So Good
47. "Amarillo by Morning" -- by George Straight --
Why It's So Good
46. "You Belong With Me" -- by Taylor Swift --
Why It's So Good
45. "If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" -- by Alabama -- Why It's So Good
44. "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" -- by Shania Twain --
Why It's So Good
43. "Strawberry Wine" -- by Deana Carter -- Why It's So Good
42. "Follow Your Arrow" -- by Kacey Musgraves --
Why It's So Good
41. "Wasn’t Born to Follow" -- by Carol King --
Why It's So Good

40. "On the Road Again" -- by Willie Nelson --
Why It's So Good
39. "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" --
By Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson -- Why It's So Good
38. "Jolene" -- by Dolly Parton -- Why It's So Good
37. "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" -- by Charley Pride --
Why It's So Good
36. "Mama Tried" -- by Merle Haggard -- Why It's So Good
35. "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- by Hank Williams Sr. -- Why It's So Good
34. "Highway Don’t Care" -- by Tim McGraw --
Why It's So Good
33. "Forever and Ever, Amen" -- by Randy Travis --
Why It's So Good
32. "Live Like You Were Dying" -- by Tim McGraw --
Why It's So Good
31. "Mine" -- by Taylor Swift -- Why It's So Good

30. "A Father’s Love" -- by George Strait -- Why It's So Good
29. "San Antonio Rose" -- by Willie Nelson and Ray Price -- Why It's So Good
28. "Wagon Wheel" -- by Old Crow Medicine Show --
Why It's So Good
27. "If You're Reading This" -- by Tim McGraw --
Why It's So Good
26. "Faded Love" -- by Patsy Cline -- Why It's So Good
25. "Passionate Kisses" -- by Lucinda Williams --
Why It's So Good
24. "King of the Road" -- by Roger Miller -- Why It's So Good
23. "Your Cheatin' Heart" -- by Hank Williams Sr. --
Why It's So Good
22. "Paradise" -- by John Prine -- Why It's So Good
21. "Pancho and Lefty" -- by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
-- Why It's So Good

20. "He Stopped Loving Her Today" -- by George Jones --
Why It's So Good
19. "Heartaches by the Number" -- by Ray Price --
Why It's So Good
18. "Stand By Your Man" -- by Tammy Wynette --
Why It's So Good
17. "Luckenbach, Texas" -- by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson -- Why It's So Good
16. "Waiting 'Round to Die" -- by Townes Van Zandt --
Why It's So Good
15. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" -- by Kris Kristofferson -- Why It's So Good
14. "Wabash Cannonball" -- by Roy Acuff -- Why It's So Good
13. "In the Jailhouse Now" -- by Jimmie Rodgers --
Why It's So Good
12. "Ring of Fire" -- by Johnny Cash -- Why It's So Good
11. "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain" -- by Willie Nelson --
Why It's So Good

10. "Angel From Montgomery" -- by Bonnie Raitt and
John Prine -- Why It's So Good
9. "Take Me Home Country Roads" -- by John Denver --
Why It's So Good
8. "Friends in Low Places" -- by Garth Brooks --
Why It's So Good
7. "The Gambler" -- by Kenny Rogers -- Why It's So Good
6. "Crazy" -- by Patsy Cline and by Willie Nelson --
Why It's So Good
5. "I'm Movin' On" -- by Hank Snow -- Why It's So Good
4. "Coal Miner's Daughter" -- by Loretta Lynn --
Why It's So Good
3. "Folsom Prison Blues" -- by Johnny Cash -- Why It's So Good
2. "All My Ex's Live In Texas" -- by George Straight --
Why It's So Good
1. "Walk the Line" -- by Johnny Cash -- Why It's So Good