Starting the Year Off Easy – The 50 Best Song Titles of All Times
Blog No 158
January 3, 2023
By Mack W. Borgen
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The 50 Best Song Titles of All Time
(Country Western Division)
Number of Best Song Titles of All Time – By Decade
Decade Number of Best Song Titles
1950s 3
1960s 4
1970s 17
1980s 7
1990s 12
2000s 6
2010s 1
Barbara Mandrell I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool (1981)
Billy Boil I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim’s Getting Better (2008)
Billy Rae Cyrus I’m So Miserable Without You, It’s Like Having You Here (1992)
I Want My Mullet Back (2006)
B.J.Thomas Heh, Won’t You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (1975)
Brooks and Dunn Boot Scootin’ Boogie (1992)
Chuck Mead She Got the Ring and I Got the Finger (2009)
Crystal Gayle Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (1977)
Dan Hicks How Can I Miss You If You Don’t Go Away (1969)
Earl Thomas Conley Holding Her and Loving You (1983)
Eddie Rabbit Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Garth Brooks Ain’t Going Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up) (1993)
Gary Stewart She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Double) (1975)
George Jones I Always Get Lucky with You (1983)
George Strait You Look So Good in Love (1983)
Gretchen Wilson One Bud Wiser (2005)
Hank Williams Jr. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) (1981)
Hank Williams Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1950)
Joe Stampley I’ll Marry You Tomorrow, But Let’s Honeymoon Tonight (1978)
John Denver Thank God I’m a Country Boy (1975)
John Michael Montgomery I Love the Way You Love Me (1993)
Johnny Cash Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down (1972) and Ray Stevens (1969) (With Kris Kristofferson)
Johnny Paycheck Take This Job and Shove It (1977)
Johnny Russell Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer (1973)
Kathy Mattea Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses (1988)
Kenny Chesney You Had Me from Hello (1999) (Based on Tom Cruise’s famous script line in the 1996 movie Jerry McGuire)
Kitty Wells It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (1952)
Lefty Frizzel If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time (1950)
Loretta Lynn Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind) (1966)
Mark Chestnutt It Sure Is Monday (1993)
Molly Ivans Her Teeth Were Stained, But Her Heart Was Pure (1987)
New Riders of the Purple Sage She’s Lookin’ Better after Every Beer (1976)
Oak Ridge Boys Y’All Come Back Saloon (1977)
Phil Vassar Six-Pack Summer (2001)
Roger Miller You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd (1965)
Ronnie Milsap Daydreams about Night Things (1975)
Rusty Ford If the Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me (2012)
Sara Evans Three Chords and the Truth (1997)
Steve Wariner Holes in the Floor of Heaven (1998)
The Kendalls Heaven’s Just a Sin Away (1977)
Tim McGraw Refried Dreams (1994)
Toby Keith A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action (1993)
How Do You Like Me Now? (1999)
Tom T. Hall (Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine (1972)
Trick Pony Pour Me (2000)
Vince Gill One More Last Chance (1993)
Waylen Jennings Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way? (1975)
Wayne Carter My Wife Ran Off with My Best Friend, and I Sure Do Miss Him (1996)
Wayne Stewart I Keep Forgettin’ I Forgot about You (1967)
Willie Nelson Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (With Waylon Jennings) (1975)
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