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re: What’s the greatest country song of all time?

Posted on 7/10/25 at 6:46 am to
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 6:46 am to
He Stopped Loving Her Today isn't even the best Jones song. The Grand Tour, a Good Year For the Roses, She Thinks I Still Care, plus several others all beat out HSLHT in my opinion.
Posted by markthetiger
alexandria
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 6:50 am to
I believe in you…Don Williams
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 6:53 am to
Hands down best tear jerking country song ever and it ain't close...

Conway Twitty "That's My Job"

If you have a Daddy or are a Daddy and that song doesn't make you tear up you laughed when they shot Old Yeller....
Posted by Schleynole
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:01 am to
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Wildwood flower

Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20049 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:03 am to
quote:

El Paso- Marty Robbins



That man wasn't just a singer, he was a storyteller with his songs. "El Paso" is one of my favorites by him.

If you haven't already seen it, look up Merle Haggard impersonating country stars. He does Marty, George Jones, Johnny Cash and a couple others and he's pretty much spot on.
Posted by crap4brain
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:07 am to
Lukenbach Texas
Posted by tigernurse
Member since Dec 2005
36261 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:08 am to
quote:

I don't know, but Tracy Lawrence is better than George strait. There. I said it.


the frick outta here with that nonsense.

Solid thread so far with the exception of that geauxt post.

Haven’t made it through the thread yet- but has Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes? been mentioned yet.

It isn’t the GOAT but should be on the list of best CW songs for sure.
Posted by Commandeaux
Zachary
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:08 am to
Bill Withers' Aint No Sunshine
Posted by R11
Member since Aug 2017
5485 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:21 am to
Not a huge Toby Keith fan (RIP) but that last one he made is solid as they come.
Don’tet the old man in
Posted by SaintEB
Member since Jul 2008
23653 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:26 am to
Will not argue about anyone's #1 country song, because its such a personal thing. However, 9 freaking pages before Conway Twitty was mention is a travesty.

As far as the OP, "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is arguably the greatest. But there were some all timers mentioned in this thread.

I submit to you another Conway song that hits you in the feels and is expertly performed....

This post was edited on 7/10/25 at 7:28 am
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:37 am to
quote:

"You never even called me by my name"



quote:

It is the perfect country and western song.
Written by Steve Goodman.



...and co-written by John Prine ( not credited)
Posted by jimmyjohn19
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2018
191 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 7:57 am to
"In Color" Jamey Johnson

Posted by BigNastyTiger417
Member since Nov 2021
5663 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:07 am to
Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102769 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:08 am to
If yall are ever driving through the Ms Delta tune into 105.7 delta country. It plays nothing but classic country, best radio station I know of


Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102769 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:16 am to
OD’d in Denver is one of my favorite Hank songs


Also Cocaine Blues by Johnny Cash


LINK
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31593 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:17 am to
You drivin a Dodge Dakota?
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2409 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:19 am to
There are so many good songs it would be hard for me to chose. These are some of my favorites.

-Whiskey bent and hell bound - Hank Jr.
-Footlights- Merle
-Dinosaur- Hank Jr.
-That's my job- Conway
-My Home's in Alabama- Alabama
-Troubadour- George Strait

so many more.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31593 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:20 am to
quote:

"In Color" Jamey Johnson

Fantastic song.
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
102769 posts
Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:26 am to
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You drivin a Dodge Dakota?


Silverado high country
Posted by SaturdayTraditions
Down Seven Bridges Rd
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 7/10/25 at 8:32 am to
I am sure these have already been mentioned and I am not going back through 12 pages to see, but:

Crazy- Patsy Cline

Mama Tried- Merle Haggard

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain- Willie Nelson

Grand Tour- George Jones
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