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Anytime a list like this is released, there's going to be some controversy.
"Taste of Country"Ā just named the 25 best country songs of the last 25 years.Ā They factored:
- Chart data
- Awards
- Cultural impact
- Critical acclaim
- And emotional appeal into their final ranking.
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Here are the Top 25 Songs of the last 25 years:
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1.Ā Ā "Live Like You Were Dying"Ā byĀ Tim McGraw
2.Ā Ā "The House That Built Me"Ā byĀ Miranda Lambert
3.Ā Ā "Tennessee Whiskey"Ā byĀ Chris Stapleton
4.Ā Ā "Wagon Wheel"Ā byĀ Darius Rucker
5.Ā Ā "Springsteen"Ā byĀ Eric Church
6.Ā Ā "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue"Ā byĀ Toby Keith
7.Ā Ā "Girl Crush"Ā byĀ Little Big Town
8.Ā Ā "I Hope You Dance"Ā byĀ Lee Ann Womack
9.Ā Ā "Believe"Ā byĀ Brooks & Dunn
10.Ā Ā "Follow Your Arrow"Ā byĀ Kacey Musgraves
11.Ā Ā "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning"Ā byĀ Alan Jackson
12.Ā Ā "Redneck Woman"Ā byĀ Gretchen Wilson
13.Ā Ā "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"Ā byĀ Alan JacksonĀ andĀ Jimmy Buffett
14.Ā Ā "Body Like a Back Road"Ā byĀ Sam Hunt
15.Ā Ā "Three Wooden Crosses"Ā byĀ Randy Travis
16.Ā Ā "Before He Cheats"Ā byĀ Carrie Underwood
17.Ā Ā "The Joke"Ā byĀ Brandi Carlile
18.Ā Ā "In Color"Ā byĀ Jamey Johnson
19.Ā Ā "Die a Happy Man"Ā byĀ Thomas Rhett
20.Ā Ā "Fancy Like"Ā byĀ Walker Hayes.Ā Ā (Big Applebee's fan, huh?)
21.Ā Ā "Next Thing You Know"Ā byĀ Jordan Davis
22.Ā Ā "Life Is a Highway"Ā byĀ Rascal Flatts
23.Ā Ā "Girl Goin' Nowhere"Ā byĀ Ashley McBryde
24.Ā Ā "Mean"Ā byĀ Taylor Swift
25.Ā Ā "Stay"Ā byĀ Sugarland.
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Ā No Morgan Wallen, Lainey Wilson OR Luke Combs?? What do you think of the list?
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