Anytime a list like this is released, there's going to be some controversy.
"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.
No Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson OR Luke Combs?? What do you think of the list?
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