What Is Country Music?
Country music is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern United States in the early 20th century. It takes its roots from the folk music of the Appalachian region, and is characterized by simple, traditional instrumentation and lyrics that often tell stories of life in the rural South. Country music is often associated with the rural lifestyle, and its songs often reflect the values and hardships of rural life.
Common themes in country music include love, heartbreak, and patriotism. Country music has a wide range of styles, from the traditional honky-tonk to the more modern pop-influenced sound. Country music has also been a major influence on other genres of music, such as rock and roll and blues.
Which Are The Most Iconic Country Music Songs Of All Time?
There are so many artists that have created sensational careers in the genre of country music and here we have collated the best of them. We wanted to honor them in some way, and hopefully, you know most of them. By the end of this article, you will certainly know 50 of them at least!
- Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
- Fancy by Bobbie Gentry
- The Gambler by Don Schlitz
- Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks
- Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan
- Heart Like A Truck by Lainey Wilson
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman! by Shania Twain
- Rock and a Hard Place by Bailey Zimmerman
- Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
- Jolene by Dolly Parton
- It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels by J. D. “Jay” Miller
- Fall in Love by Bailey Zimmerman
- Somebody Like You by Keith Urban
- No Body by Blake Shelton
- Tennessee Whiskey by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove
- What About Now by Lonestar
- I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack
- Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw
- Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette
- Kiss an Angel Good Mornin by Charley Pride
- I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash
- Crazy by Wilie Nelson
- Wide Open Spaces by Dixie Chicks
- Mama Tried by American Merle Haggard and The Strangers
- Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash
- Feel Like This by Ingrid Andress
- Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley
- Breathe by Faith Hill
- Follow Your Arrow by Kacey Musgraves
- Pick Me Up by Gabby Barrett
- Chattahoochee by American Alan Jackson
- 5 Foot 9 by Tyler Hubbard
- Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn
- Over For You by Morgan Evans
- Drinkaby by Cole Swindell
- Highwayman by Jimmy Webb
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band
- Springsteen by Eric Church
- Guitars, Cadillacs by Dwight Yoakam
- How Do You Like Me Now by Toby Keith
- Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter
- Independence Day by Martina McBride
- The Dance by Garth Brooks
- Need You Now by Lady A
- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams
- Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
- Something Like That by Tim McGraw
- Wagon Wheel by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show
- Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by Ed Bruce
- That’s What Tequila Doe by Jason Aldean
Closing Thoughts
So there you have it! These are the top 50 country music songs of all time!! I hope you have enjoyed this deep dive into country music and you feel inspired to listen to more of this particular genre. There are country music songs you can watch as well, like Country Strong, Walk The Line, Wild Rose, The Song I Saw The Light. As Waylon Jennings says ‘Country music isn’t a guitar, it is a feeling’.
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