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My two biggest omissions: When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley Forever and Ever Amen - Randy Travis

"My" personal top 5: 1. Amarillo By Morning- George Strait 2. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 3. He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones 4. Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell 5. Slow Hands - Conway Twitty

No Hank jr. No Keith Whitley. No David Allen Coe. No Randy Travis. No brooks and Dunn. Not even a John Conlee or ETC. y’all crazy

Not sure if I’d make it #1 but definitely on the list. David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name It is the perfect Country and Western Music!! 😂

You CANNOT have a top country songs list without a single entry from Alabama. Mountain Music is my all time favorite, and they have numerous other great ones as well.

"I Will Always Love You" ... Dolly Parton "Who's Ever In New England" ... Reba "Live Like You Were Dying" ... Tim McGraw "I Wonder" ... Kelli Pickler "Crying" ... KD Lang "Kiss This" ... Aaron Tippin "Boot Scootin' Boggie" ... Brooks & Dunn and the country song that made history when despite peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, was the #1 song of 2000 ... "Breathe" ... Faith Hill

1. I Walk the Line- Johnny Cash 2. He Stopped Loving Her Today- George Jones 3. Crazy- Patsy Cline 4. Mama Tried- Merle Haggard and The Strangers 5. Jolene- Dolly Parton 6. Your Cheatin’ Heart- Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys 7. Stand By Your Man- Tammy Wynette 8. The Gambler- Kenny Rogers 9. Amarillo’s By Morning- George Strait 10. Always On My Mind- Willie Nelson 11. Friend in Low Places- Garth Brooks 12. Coal Miners Daughter- Loretta Lynn 13. The Devil Went Down to Georgia- The Charlie Daniel’s Band 14. Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)- Alan Jackson 15. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson 16. It Wasn’t God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels- Kitty Wells 17. Take Me Home, Country Roads- John Denver 18. Hello Darlin’- Conway Twitty 19. Goodbye Earl- The Chicks 20. El Paso- Marty Robbin’s 21. I Hope You Dance- Lee Ann Womack ft. Sons of the Desert 22. Should’ve Been a Cowboy- Toby Keith 23. Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show 24. Before He Cheats- Carrie Underwood 25. Kiss An Angel Good Morning- Charley Pride 26. Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” -Kris Kristofferson 27. Man! I Feel Like a Woman!- Shania Twain 28. Knoxville Girl- The Louvin Brothers 29. Harper Valley Girl- Jeannie C. Riley 30. Tennessee Whiskey- Chris Stapleton

From my Spotify country playlist. Mostly 1960s, and a lot of country-crossover. New York City boy who's now living surrounded by cotton fields and peanuts for 50 miles in any direction. 1. Broken hearted me (Anne Murray) [my favorite song of any genre] 2. Could I have this dance? (Anne Murray) 3. East bound and down (Jerry Reed - theme from my favorite movie!) 4. Take this job and shove it (Johnny Paycheck) 5. Every day I have to cry (Steve Alaimo) 6. I still miss someone (Johnny Cash) 7. Somebody's always sayin' goodbye (Anne Murray) 8. All my exes live in Texas (George Strait) 9. Six days on the road (Dave Dudley) 10. Wolverton Mountain (Claude King) 11. Once a day (Connie Smith, composed by Bill Anderson) 12. Fool #1 (Brenda Lee) 13. Big bad John (Jimmy Dean) 14. Act naturally (Buck Owens) 15. Flowers on the wall (Statler Brothers) 16. What's made Milwaukee famous (Jerry Lee Lewis) 17. Thanks a lot (Ernest Tubb) 18. Pretty good at drinkin' beer (Billy Currington) 19. Tennessee bird walk (Jack Blanchard/Misty Morgan) 20. She thinks I still care (George Jones) 21. I'm so lonesome I could cry (Hank Williams) 22. Move it on over (Hank Williams) 23. Jackson (Johnny Cash/June Carter) 24. Nobody's lonesome for me (Hank Williams) 25. Honky tonk Christmas (Alan Jackson) 26. Walking the floor over you (Ernest Tubb) 27. Crazy ex girlfriend (Miranda Lambert) 28. Sixteen tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford) 29. She thinks I still care (George Jones) 30. D I V O R C E (Tammy Wynette) HONORABLE MENTIONS: Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson) Stil (Bill Anderson) The bottle let me down (Merle Haggard) She got the goldmine I got the shaft (Jerry Reed) I've got a tiger by the tail (Buck Owens) The man who comes around (Sweet Violet Boys) In the jailhouse now (Webb Pierce) It's hard to kiss the lips at night (Notorious Cherry Bombs) Wildwood flower (Carter Family) Pickup man (Joe Diffie) All my rowdy friends (Hank Williams Jr.) Pistol Packin' mama (Al Dexter) Don't rock the jukebox (Alan Jackson) She's all I got (Johnny Paycheck) Shes got you (Patsy Cline) Am I that easy to forget (Carl Belew) Fastest growing heartache in the west (Ringo Starr) You ain't woman enough to take my man (Loretta Lynn) What's he doing in my world? (Eddie Arnold) Whiskey bent and hell bound (Hank Williams Jr.) She's got you (Patsy Cline) It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels (Kitty Wells) Down on the farm (Tim McGraw) Little bitty (Alan Jackson) Don't come home a-drinkin' (Loretta Lynn) Sea of hearbreak (Don Gibson) Muddy Water (Stonewall Jackson) I don't wanna play house (Tammy Wynette)

Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Cambell, This Cowboy's Hat by Chris Ledoux, Mountain Music by Alabama, Chiseled in Stone by Vern Gosdin, I Will Always Love You by Dolly, When I Call Your Name by Vince Gill, Where Have You Been by Kathy Mattea... so many great classics!

Fun video. Some additions on my list: Kitty Wells- Each Day, Tim McGraw-Don't Take The Girl, Doby Gray- Drift Away, Gillian Welch- Whiskey Girl, Mickey Gilley- Lookin For Love, The White Buffalo- Damned

So glad to see Charley Pride included! I listened to him when I was little. I would demand my parents put the record on every Sunday. Sunday was special each week. We listened to a bunch, that I would pick, (hey I was 3!) Band we would listen to them while eating breakfast. Also, when walking into our reception after our wedding ceremony, it was to "Ring of Fire!"😂😂😂 How can you not love the mariachi horns!?😂😂😂

Wonderful job on the video Watchmojo and Ryan's narration is always on point. My top 5 country songs of all time. 1. He stopped loving her today. George Jones. 2. You look so good in love. George Strait. 3. Hello Darlin. Conway Twitty 4. Hurt. Johnny Cash 5. I will always love you. Dolly Parton and Tennessee Whiskey. Chris Stapleton.

Okay, for those who don't know music at all. The arrangement, tempo, and baseline for Chris Stapleton's (Tennessee Whiskey) comes from Etta James. It's her song (I'd Rather Go Blind).

Always stay Humble and Kind... Number one for me... Especially in our world now.

I can't believe Vince Gill, Alabama or Brooks and Dunn didn't make it on this list with any of their remarkable songs.

Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood and Shania Twain are my favourite country singers 🩷🩷 also I am glad that my favourite songs from them are on this list 😊😊

I love that you included the ORIGINAL AND BEST VERSION of Wagon Wheel.

I grew up on this music,my grandma would sing Johnny cash songs,jolene,the gambler and a few others

Love country music it's perfect when traveling especially on long road trips

Impossible to choose a top 30

Very good choices! However I’d like to add 3 more: Whiskey Lullaby- Brad Paisley Red- Blake Shelton Chiseled in Stone- Vern Gosdin

why are there no Glen Campbell songs like Wichita Lineman, Rhinestone Cowboy or By The Time I Get To Phoenix

You missed: Tex Ritter, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Alabama, Oakridge Boys, Statler Brothers, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, Buck Owens, Crystal Gale, Eddie Rabbitt, and many others!! 🤣 🤣

Trying to make a list of greatest songs is impossible because not only is it very subjective, but you also have 80 years worth of source material. I think you hit the artists that must be included and their most iconic songs, but not necessarily their best. I would have put Bob Wills in and taken Country Roads out. John Denver crossed over into country, but he was a folk singer. My self-indulgent choice would be “You never even called me by my name” by Davis Alsn Coe. It is indeed the perfect country music song. 😉

Hank Williams is the king of country for me and Loretta lyn is the queen of country for me! Also the Beatles are the real kings of rock!

What about Vince Gill's Go rest high on that mountain or his just look at us

While many subscribers of this channel may have differing Top-30 Greatest Country Song lists. One thing is for sure. "The Dance" by Garth Brooks will definitely be on 99% of them.

I appreciate the effort to remember the roots of country music but to have a top 30 list and exclude Alabama, Reba, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, and Randy Travis seems off. Let's make this the top 35 and include: Fancy - Reba Song of the South - Alabama Brooks & Dunn - Neon Moon Don't take the Girl - Tim McGraw Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis

No agreement No argument Just sooo many great memories. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes

Patsy Cline was the greatest female singer in the history of country music. And one of the top five female singers of all time in any category.

Very disappointed Reba McEntire wasn't on this list. The woman ruled 90's country and continued to be a defining force in the genre in the 2000's with her classic sitcom and her single, "I'm a Survivor". I would've loved to have seen her 1994 single, "She Thinks His Name Was John" on the list

Happy wednesday morning, Ryan. Take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well.

This is one of my favorite music genres

This is list wouldn’t be complete without a song by Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family, Brad Paisley, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Reba McEntire, The Judds, Bill Monroe, Alabama, Hank Williams, Jr., Keith Whitley, Randy Travis, David Allen Coe, Buck Owens, Hank Snow, Vince Gill, Tim McGraw, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Woody Guthrie, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Mel Tillis, Roy Clark, Townes Van Zant, Bob Wills, Travis Tritt, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Brooks and Dunn, Sara Evans, Grandpa Jones, Martina McBride, Kacey Musgraves, Zac Brown Band, Trace Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Glen Campbell, Ray Charles, Cody Johnson, Dierks Bentley, Cody Johnson, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen, and Luke Combs just to name a few.

I wouldn’t call myself the biggest country music fan but there are a few I have in mind that are missing: Tennessee Waltz is an absolute classic. I don’t know how you can talk about country music without mentioning that song. I also like the Chicks’ version of Traveling Soldier.

r.i.p Toby Keith :(

I miss, and mourn for, one of our state's finest singers: Toby Keith.

Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bo Jangles - London Homesick Blues

Hank Williams is the grandfather of country music, George Jones is the father of country music, George Strait is the last of that era ❤️👍

"Man! I Feel Like a Woman" belongs in the pop category, not country, as do a couple others here. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" should have been the Willie Nelson pick. Nothing by Emmylou Harris, Martina McBride, or Reba McEntire?

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

I really expected "will the circle be unbroken' to be number one and surprised by the lack of carter family and jimmie rogers in general

Tanya Tucker Delta Dawn

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr Conway Twitty

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Merle Haggard's Okie from Muskogee or John Anderson's Swingin'. I was also thinking of a list of best country songs by women. Some thoughts: Kitty Wells Honky Tonk Angel Patsy Cline Crazy Anything by Loretta or Dolly. Really. They both beautifully evoked the inner lives of regular people in their songs. If pressed to pick one for each, it's Coal Miner's Daughter and Jolene (or Coat of Many Colors), respectively. Carter Family (well, mostly female) - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe Dottie West - Country Sunshine Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn Barbara Mandrell - Sleeping Single in a Double Bed Juice Newton - The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) Deborah Allen - Baby I Lied Roseanne Cash - Seven Year Ache Patty Loveless Timber I'm Falling in Love The Judds - Grandpa Wynonna Judd - Tell Me Why. Hard to pick just one, she's got so many great songs. Pam Tillis - Maybe It Was Memphis Reba McEntire - Fancy Martina McBride - Independence Day Trisha Yearwood - She's In Love with the Boy Faith Hill - Wild One (I actually prefer It's Your Love, but that's a duet with Tim) Jo Dee Messina - Heads Carolina, Tails California Shania Twain - Any Man of Mine Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance Sara Evans Born to Fly Dixie Chicks (now just "The Chicks) Wide Open Spaces; close second Cowboy Take Me Away I stopped listening to country music after the whole Toby Keith/Dixie Chicks feud and can't say much about recent acts, so don't get on me about leaving out Taylor Swift.

When I was growing up there were three albums and only three albums in the house... The Best of Hank Williams... The Best of Hank Snow... The Best of Eddy Arnold... the one radio we had was tuned to a country station and nobody touched it. It was on every night when we went to bed in a two-bedroom house where my parents had a bedroom and I shared a room with two little sisters...

Brother Polo, I appreciate you not stopping every minute to interject your opinion. I appreciate your honesty about how you feel about Dolly's song. Thanks for your honesty and kindness, brother!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Greatest Country Songs of All Time:: 1. He Stopped Loving Her Today 2. Sing Me Back Home 3. Sunday Morning Coming Down 4. When You Say Nothing At All 5. Amarillo by Morning 6. Stand by Your Nan 7. Coal Miner's Daughter 8. Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone? 9. When I Call Your Name 10. Where Were You When the World Stop Turnin'?

My commendations for including many of the old classics. So many of these "Greatest of All Time" rankings exclude anything over 10 year old. Of course given the large body of Country Music, you can't include everything in just 30 choices. I don't object to any you have listed, but I could think of some songs and artists that couldn't make your list. A shout out to Marty Robbins when it was Country AND Western Music.

I got 5 for ya: Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley/Alison Krause The Ride - David Allen Coe Phantom 309 - Red Sovine Farewell Party - Gene Watson By the Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell

Just the other day, my friends at work sang 'Delta Dawn', so you can't forget Tanya Tucker. Reba McEntire has quite a few hits. Glenn Campbell? I think later on we will be in the middle of having dinner or driving somewhere and we will experience an 'Oh Ya... What About...?' moment.

16 Tons and Big John should at least be honorable mentions.

Old Violin by Johnny Paycheck and Ghost In This House sung by either Shenandoah or Alison Krauss are missing from this top country songs list.

I would have included on this list Dean Martin's "my riffle, my pony and me", Bobby Mackey's "Johanna" and "Highwayman" by the Highwaymen.

Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson should have been on the list.

Some of these aren't even that artists best song. But, I guess this is the best non-country fans could do.

The version of Friends in Low Places used in this video is not Garth Brooks. It's a cover of some sort.

Shania Twain's song still sounds so great when I hear it and is always welcome when it pops up and I love her "Robert Palmer" impersonation video.

The highway by Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift & Hurt by Johnny Cash & sleeping single in a double bed by Barbara Mandrel

Not a country type listener but so many of these songs I love. I could of missed it ( was listening to most of it while I was tired) but did they have Garth Brooks on there? I also love A Broken Wing by Martina McBride.

"Before He Cheats" is a great song!

This is such a large genre. Agree that all 30 are in the pantheon. It's worth my shouting out Lyle Lovett's "If I had a Boat", as well as "Walk Through The Bottomland."

A few that should definitely have been included: Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle Delta Dawn, Tanya Tucker Ode To Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Lynn Anderson Paint Me a Birmingham, Tracy Lawrence Almost Like a Song, Ronnie Milsap Forever And Ever Amen, Randy Travis Islands In the Stream, Kenny and Dolly 18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses, Kathy Mattea More Than a Name on a Wall, Statler Brothers King of the Road, Roger Miller

No Hank Jr., Travis Tritt, David Allen Coe, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, or Reba?

I'm surprised Randy Travis wasn't on here.... you should do modern country songs next...ones after 1980 or 1990

I feel like "I shouldve been a Cowboy", is a so g that was written by a guy whose mama listened to" Mamas Dont Let your babies grow up to be cowboys." And now he regrets being a doctor, lawyer, or such.

If you wanted to prove you don't know county music, you succeeded.

Need Alan Jackson’s Gone country ,John Anderson straight tequila night , & time marches on by Tracy Lawrence on this list list!!!

How do you not have Reba on this!

no miranda lambert’s the house that built me hmmmm

While I enjoy these lists just to see if there is something I'm not familiar with, it's impossible to include, or even agree on, all the best songs. It's so subjective. But I appreciate your channel for trying. 😉

I like the song called the gambler the same year I was born in 1978.

The biggest omission on this list? "WHISKEY LULLABY" What were you thinking?!? 😲

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny C Rose Garden - Lynn Andersen Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry

Not having Hank Sr in the top five is crazy work 😂

I’m going to assume this is a solid list, because I very very very seldom listen to country, but even I know half of these! 😆

Country music list compiled by a channel with no knowledge of the genre. Exactly as expected 😂

I'm sorry, but that #1 is pure nostalgia and love for the artist. Great song, but greatest of all time? Come on. Heck, your #2 pick towers above your #1. 🤷‍♂

Honestly I’d give Tom T Hall all the credit for Harper’s Valley PTA. Jeanie never had success again but Tom became one of the most influential players in the country music game until his tragic end and he is dearly missed.

Here’s my list of top artists: Brooks & Dunn Toby Keith Alan Jackson George Strait Alabama Randy Travis Tim McGraw Darius Rucker Rascal Flatts Trace Adkins That’s my top ten, in no particular order.

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger, Little Big Town's Boondocks, Red Sovine's Phantom 309 or Teddy Bear, Anything from Roy Orbison.

Marty Robbins and Cash will always be my top 10s

I love a rainy night!

I’m a Nashville native and returning resident so I’m particular on this. I don’t have many disagreements with this list. I’d remove Tennessee Whiskey for sure. The newest song that deserves to be in this list is Before He Cheats.

I feel like Josh Turner should’ve been in here somewhere, his voice❤

Love can build a bridge by the Judds

Why does the producer seem to be highlighted for female artists more than male ones? Shania Twain (Mutt Lange) Taylor Swift (Jack Antonoff) Billie Eilish (Finneas)

"Poncho and Lefty" Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. Brilliant song writing and can't imagine anyone but Nelson and Haggard bringing the lyrics to life.

"Stand By Your Man" is a grown-up version of the sentiment "boys will be boys" and THAT kind of attitude can get freaking bent.

Top 3: Will the circle be unbroken He Stopped Loving her today Pancho and Lefty Two of the three being omitted is crazy to me.

Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash legends!

Neon Moon Ain't that lonely yet Some fools never learn Don't close your eyes Literally anything from the Killing Time album Rose colored glasses Take this job and shove it I believe in you Pretty much anything Waylon put out in the 70s Night Life Wichita Lineman Walking the floor over you Hello walls Blue eyes crying in the rain Pancho and Lefty Wasted days and wasted nights

This is a pretty good list but I’m kinda surprised that Dixieland delight wasn’t on this list

Austin: Blake Shelton, Wichita Lineman: Glenn Campbell, Ain't Nothin Bout You: Brooks and Dunn, Gone: Montgomery Gentry: Kiss This: Aaron Tippin, Should Have Been a Cowboy: Toby Keith, I Will Always Love You: Dolly Parton, I'm Gonna Fly: Paul Brandt, Live Like you Were Dying: Tim McGraw, Cry: Faith Hill, Gunpowder And Lead: Miranda Lambert, Stay; Sugarland.

There are a lot of great musicians that were missed here, but Ronnie Milsap, he's one of the greats.

You Never Even Call Me By My Name couldn’t cut it huh? It’s the greatest Country and Western song ever written I’ve been told.

I don’t mind country music I listen to Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Miranda Lambert or Kenny Chesney

"Seven Spanish Angels" by Ray Charles and Willie Nelson. And "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" by George Jones.

I’d love a list of top 20 most positive/uplifting songs… could do one cross-genres list or one list per genre… but triumph songs “hold on” and “magic power” would have to be included for me…