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The Best 25 Country Songs of the Last 25 Years

Taste of Country just ranked the 25 best country songs of the last 25 years! From Tim McGraw to Miranda Lambert, see if your favorites made the cut.

“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.

(Taste of Country)

No love for Luke Combs?  Or Morgan Wallen?  Or Lainey Wilson?  What do you think of this list?  Discuss.

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