20. Jason Aldean (with Kelly Clarkson)- Don't You Wanna Stay
19. Zac Brown Band- Knee Deep
18. Dierks Bentley- Home
17. Reba- If I Were A Boy
16. Billy Currington- Love Done Gone
15. George Strait- Here For A Good Time
14. Sara Evans- A Little Bit Stronger
13. Jake Owen- Barefoot Blue Jean Night
12. Kenny Chesney- Somewhere With You
11. Ronnie Dunn- Bleed Red
10 Eli Young Band Crazy Girl
"Crazy girl, don’t you know that I love you?"
Crazy Girl is the breakout single of the Eli Young Band. The beautiful song is about reassuring a girl of your love, and the music video features an intriguing mental hospital setting.
09 Tim McGraw Better Than I Used To Be
"I ain’t as good as I’m gonna get, but I’m better than I used to be"
Tim spent most of 2011 engaged in a legal battle with his record label; I don’t particularly know or care about the details, but essentially Tim left the label and the label is still releasing an album he’d recorded (titled Emotional Traffic). Better Than I Used To Be is the lead single from that album, and it’s an emotional song about self-improvement.
08 Keith Urban Long Hot Summer
"When you say my name in the middle of the day, I swear I see the stars come out"
One of the biggest country songs of the summer, Long Hot Summer is a typical Keith Urban song; self-written and guitar driven.
07 Martina McBride I'm Gonna Love You Through It
"When you’re weak, I’ll be strong; when you let go, I’ll hold on"
Martina is known for her greatly emotional songs, and the Grammy-nominated I’m Gonna Love You Through It certainly fits the bill. The song tells the story of a mother diagnosed with breast cancer whose husband supports her and helps her through the treatment.
06 The Band Perry All Your Life
"Well I don’t want the whole world, the sun, the moon and all their light"
The Band Perry is nominated for Best New Artist at the upcoming Grammys, and I think they have a decent chance of winning. This brother-brother-sister group is known for their smash debut single If I Die Young, which was written by lead singer Kim Perry. All Your Life is the fourth single of The Band Perry’s career, and it’s quite popular on country radio; the band is here to stay.
I'll post the Top 5 later today! Feel free to make predictions on who will make it though it should be painstakingly obvious... Remember, only 1 song per artist!
I want to say that "Bleed Red" is the single best and most important country song I've listened to all year, but I'll wait to see if you can pull out a song in the top five that's better.
I don't know country artists, besides Carrie & Taylor
Now's your chance to get into some other artists!
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Originally posted by Red
I want to say that "Bleed Red" is the single best and most important country song I've listened to all year, but I'll wait to see if you can pull out a song in the top five that's better.
No, I agree. Bleed Red + I'm Gonna Love You Through It are probably the 2 most important country singles of the year; the top 5 is just stacked with my favorite artists