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The 25 Best Country Songs In The Last 25 Years

“Taste of Country” just named the 25 best country songs of the last 25 years.  They factored chart data, awards, cultural impact, critical acclaim, and emotional appeal into their final ranking.

 

Here are the Top 25 Songs of the last 25 years:

 

1.  “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw

 

2.  “The House That Built Me” by Miranda Lambert

 

3.  “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton

 

4.  “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker

 

5.  “Springsteen” by Eric Church

 

6.  “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith

 

7.  “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town

 

8.  “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack

 

9.  “Believe” by Brooks & Dunn

 

10.  “Follow Your Arrow” by Kacey Musgraves

 

11.  “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” by Alan Jackson

 

12.  “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson

 

13.  “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

 

14.  “Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt

 

15.  “Three Wooden Crosses” by Randy Travis

 

16.  “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood

 

17.  “The Joke” by Brandi Carlile

 

18.  “In Color” by Jamey Johnson

 

19.  “Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett

 

20.  “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes.  (Big Applebee’s fan, huh?)

 

21.  “Next Thing You Know” by Jordan Davis

 

22.  “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts

 

23.  “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” by Ashley McBryde

 

24.  “Mean” by Taylor Swift

 

25.  “Stay” by Sugarland

 

PHOTO CREDIT:   Curb Records/Tim McGraw

 

 

 

 

 

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