Criteria: These are the most important songs in the history of country music, ranked by acclaim, influence, and popularity. No more than one version of a given song was included. Pop and rock songs which crossed over to the country charts were not considered eligible.
Edited By: Brett Alan
Last Updated: 2017-05-24
Newly added names are in Red
Greatest Country Music Songs
1. Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams 2. He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 3. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe 4. Can The Circle Be Unbroken - The Carter Family 5. Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette 6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 7. Crazy - Patsy Cline 8. Forever & Ever, Amen - Randy Travis 9. Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold 10. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash 11. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton 12. Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff 13. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson 14. The Dance - Garth Brooks 15. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline 16. Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn 17. Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas) - Jimmie Rodgers 18. I'm Moving On - Hank Snow 19. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 20. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills 21. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells 22. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard 23. Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks 24. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson 25. Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty 26. In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers 27. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams 28. Crazy Arms - Ray Price 29. Wildwood Flower - Carter Family 30. El Paso - Marty Robbins 31. Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb 32. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings 33. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - Stanley Brothers 34. Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens 35. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich 36. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons Of The Pioneers 37. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves 38. The Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold 39. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs 40. Happy Trails - Dale Evans & Roy Rogers 41. Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams 42. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 43. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline 44. I Ain't Never - Webb Pierce 45. There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - Elton Britt 46. Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson 47. Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Loretta Lynn 48. Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy - Uncle Dave Macon 49. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson 50. I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - Barbara Mandrell 51. You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis 52. For The Good Times - Ray Price 53. Slowly - Webb Pierce 54. When The Work's All Done This Fall - Carl T. Sprague 55. Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke 56. I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt 57. The Wreck Of The Old 97 - Vernon Dalhart 58. The Grand Tour - George Jones 59. I'll Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart 60. Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys 61. Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley 62. God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood 63. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford 64. The Race Is On - George Jones 65. Blues Stay Away From Me - The Delmore Brothers 66. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) - Eddy Arnold 67. Tennessee Waltz - Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys 68. Back In The Saddle Again - Gene Autry 69. A Satisfied Mind - Porter Wagoner 70. I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana 71. Bop - Dan Seals 72. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Waylon Jennings 73. Pancho & Lefty - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard 74. Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett 75. I've Been Everywhere - Hank Snow 76. Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride 77. Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams Sr. 78. The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane - Fiddlin' John Carson 79. Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus 80. The Wild Side Of Life - Hank Thompson 81. New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills 82. When You Say Nothing At All - Keith Whitley 83. Four Walls - Jim Reeves 84. Should've Been A Cowboy - Toby Keith 85. On The Road Again - Willie Nelson 86. Killin' Time - Clint Black 87. Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings 88. King Of The Road - Roger Miller 89. Somebody Like You - Keith Urban 90. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley 91. How Forever Feels - Kenny Chesney 92. Blue Yodel #9 (Standing On The Corner) - Jimmie Rodgers 93. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock 94. Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin 95. Still - Bill Anderson 96. Rocky Top - Osborne Brothers 97. Jolene - Dolly Parton 98. Flowers On The Wall - Statler Brothers 99. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues - Charlie Poole 100. I Swear - John Michael Montgomery
101. Take This Job And Shove It - Johnny Paycheck 102. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 103. Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash 104. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King 105. Love Can Build A Bridge - The Judds 106. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley 107. The Last Thing On My Mind - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton 108. Rank Strangers - Stanley Brothers 109. Boot Scootin' Boogie - Brooks & Dunn 110. Amos Moses - Jerry Reed 111. Mountain Music - Alabama 112. Act Naturally - Buck Owens 113. Slippin' Around - Floyd Tillman 114. The Prisoner's Song - Vernon Dalhart 115. Move It On Over - Hank Williams 116. Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts 117. Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family 118. I'll Sail My Ship Alone - Moon Mullican 119. She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones 120. Alabam - Cowboy Copas 121. Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson 122. What Might Have Been - Little Texas 123. Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea 124. The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks 125. Heartaches By The Number - Ray Price 126. Faded Love - Bob Wills 127. Sleeping Single In A Double Bed - Barbara Mandrell 128. Cash On The Barrelhead - The Louvin Brothers 129. Don't Touch Me - Jeannie Seely 130. Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell 131. It Makes No Difference Now - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers 132. Detroit City - Bobby Bare 133. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson 134. Don't Fence Me In - Roy Rogers 135. Some! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams 136. Signed, Sealed And Delivered - Cowboy Copas 137. Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams 138. I Can't Stop Loving You - Don Gibson 139. Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson 140. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Jimmy Wakely 141. The Whiskey Ain't Workin' - Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart 142. I Saw The Light - Hank Williams 143. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter 144. Last Date - Floyd Cramer 145. D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette 146. Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender 147. If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks 148. The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA - Donna Fargo 149. Smoke On The Water - Red Foley 150. Good Woman Blues - Mel Tillis 151. The Sinking Of The Titanic - Ernest Stoneman 152. A Better Man - Clint Black 153. Almost Persuaded - David Houston 154. Rose-Marie - Slim Whitman 155. Heaven's Just A Sin Away - Kendalls 156. Galveston - Glen Campbell 157. Shame On You - Spade Cooley 158. Together Again - Buck Owens 159. Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard 160. She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) - Gary Stewart 161. Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks 162. The Ballad Of High Noon - Tex Ritter 163. Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw 164. Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 165. Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl Butler & Pearl 166. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker 167. Highwayman - Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson 168. I Don't Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow 169. End Of The World - Skeeter Davis 170. Crying My Heart Out Over You - Ricky Skaggs 171. Gone - Ferlin Husky 172. Guitar Boogie - Arthur Smith 173. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith 174. I Believe In You - Don Williams 175. Mama Sang A Song - Bill Anderson 176. I Love You Because - Leon Payne 177. Uncle Pen - Bill Monroe 178.Cruise - Florida-Georgia Line 179. Bouquet Of Roses - Eddy Arnold 180. Amarillo By Morning - George Strait 181. Come Walk With Me - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper 182. I Don't Care - Webb Pierce 183. Could I Have This Dance - Anne Murray 184. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Gene Autry 185. Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers 186. Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill 187. Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins 188. (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall 189. A Lesson In Leavin' - Dottie West 190. Soldier's Last Letter - Ernest Tubb 191. After The Fire Is Gone - Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty 192. Young Love - Sonny James 193. Heartbroke - Ricky Skaggs 194. Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills 195. When She Cries - Restless Heart 196. Hello Walls - Faron Young 197. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue? - Crystal Gayle 198. Slow Poke - Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys 199. Whoever's In New England - Reba McEntire 200. All My Ex's Live In Texas - George Strait
201. Sweet Dreams - Don Gibson 202. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers 203. Abilene - George Hamilton IV 204. Wild One - Faith Hill 205. Down Yonder - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers 206. A Country Boy Can Survive - Hank Williams Jr. 207. What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts 208. She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft) - Jerry Reed 209. Love, Me - Collin Raye 210. Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down - Maddox Brothers & Rose 211. Independence Day - Martina McBride 212. You Win Again - Hank Williams 213. If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time - Lefty Frizzell 214. Cool Water - The Sons Of The Pioneers 215. Easy Loving - Freddie Hart 216. Daddy Sang Bass - Johnny Cash 217. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - Davis Sisters 218. Rock All Our Babies To Sleep - Riley Puckett 219. She's Got You - Patsy Cline 220. I'm Not Lisa - Jessi Colter 221. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum 222. Pan American Blues - DeFord Bailey 223. Holding Her And Loving You - Earl Thomas Conley 224. Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart - Shenandoah with Alison Krauss 225. He Didn't Have To Be - Brad Paisley 226. Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith 227. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) - Jerry Lee Lewis 228. Baby Girl - Sugarland 229. Don't Let The Stars (Get In Your Eyes) - Slim Willet with the Brush Cutters 230. No Charge - Melba Montgomery 231. Blue Guitars - Light Crust Doughboys 232. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall 233. Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams 234. You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) - Johnny Rodriguez 235. Pop A Top - Jim Ed Brown 236. Come Live With Me - Roy Clark 237. Meet Me In The Middle - Diamond Rio 238. Lookin' For Love - Johnny Lee 239. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell 240. Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis 241. Under The Double Eagle - Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers 242. Teddy Bear - Red Sovine 243. I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack 244. Fast As You - Dwight Yoakam 245. 80s Ladies - K.T. Oslin 246. This Kiss - Faith Hill 247. Blanket On The Ground - Billie Jo Spears 248. The Three Bells - The Browns 249. Good Morning Beautiful - Steve Holy 250. Love Without End, Amen - George Strait 251. Sparkling Blue Eyes - Wade Mainer & His Sons of The Mountaineers 252. Straight Tequila Night - John Anderson 253. Talk Back Trembling Lips - Ernest Ashworth 254. Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 255. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) - Stuart Hamblen 256. There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene 257. Why Me? - Kris Kristofferson 258. Just Because - Shelton Brothers 259. Once A Day - Connie Smith 260. Hey Joe - Carl Smith 261. No One Else On Earth - Wynonna 262. Amazed - Lonestar 263. Somebody Lied - Ricky Van Shelton 264. I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - Buck Owens 265. Constant Craving - kd lang 266. Guitar Town - Steve Earle 267. Mama He's Crazy - The Judds 268. Cowboy Man - Lyle Lovett 269. Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson 270. Holes In The Floor Of Heaven - Steve Wariner 271. Born To Fly - Sara Evans 272. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow 273. You're Still The One - Shania Twain 274. Sweet Jennie Lee - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies 275. Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart - Randy Travis 276. Born To Lose - Ted Daffan's Texans 277. Time Marches On - Tracy Lawrence 278. From A Jack To A King - Ned Miller 279.Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter 280. You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allan Coe 281. Thank God For You - Sawyer Brown 282. She's In Love With The Boy - Trisha Yearwood 283. Looking At the World Through a Windshield - Del Reeves 284. There Ain't Nothing Wrong With The Radio - Aaron Tippin 285. Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers 286. She Don't Know She's Beautiful - Sammy Kershaw 287. Let's Stop Talkin' About It - Janie Fricke 288. Pickup Man - Joe Diffie 289. Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On - Mel McDaniel 290. Passionate Kisses - Mary Chapin Carpenter 291.Don't Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley 292. May The Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - Little Jimmy Dickens 293. Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) - Big & Rich 294. Boogie Woogie - Johnny Barfield 295. Maybe It Was Memphis - Pam Tillis 296. Room Full Of Roses - Mickey Gilley 297. Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr. 298. Timber, I'm Falling In Love - Patty Loveless 299. Give Me One More Chance - Exile 300. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby - Louvin Brothers
Hank Williams
George Jones
Tammy Wynette
Patsy Cline
Dolly Parton
Garth Brooks
63nd Annual Grammy Awards - Winner & Nominees for Best Country Song:
Winner:Crowded Table- Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)
Bluebird - Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
The Bones - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
More Hearts Than Mine - Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriters (Ingrid Andress)
Some People Do - Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Old Dominion)
62nd Annual Grammy Awards - Winner & Nominees for Best Country Song:
Winner:Bring My Flowers Now- Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
Girl Goin' Nowhere - Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)
It All Comes Out In The Wash - Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
Some Of It - Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church)
Speechless - Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
61st Annual Grammy Awards - Winner & Nominees for Best Country Song:
Winner:Space Cowboy- Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
Break Up in the End - Jessie Jo Dillon, Chase McGill & Jon Nite, songwriters (Cole Swindell)
Dear Hate - Tom Douglas, David Hodges & Maren Morris, songwriters (Maren Morris featuring Vince Gill)
I Lived It - Rhett Akins, Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley & Ben Hayslip, songwriters (Blake Shelton)
Tequila - Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds & Dan Smyers, songwriters (Dan + Shay)
When Someone Stops Loving You - Hillary Lindsey, Chase McGill & Lori McKenna, songwriters (Little Big Town)
60th Annual Grammy Awards - Winner & Nominees for Best Country Song:
Winner:Broken Halos- Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)
Better Man - Taylor Swift, songwriter (Little Big Town)
Body Like A Back Road - Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Sam Hunt)
Drinkin' Problem - Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne, Mark Wystrach, songwriters (Midland)
Tin Man - Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)