Playlist of the Week: Top 200 Country Songs of the ’90s
Each week we’re featuring a playlist to get your mind going and help you assemble your favorites. This week we take a deep dive into Country music of the ’90s. The ’90s brought us enduring hits from the likes of Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, and George Strait — and beautiful voices like Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain, and Faith Hill. It was also the hey day of many groups like Diamond Rio, Alabama, and and Sawyer Brown. In fact, many of the notable Country performers of the ’90s are also notable residents of Williamson County!
Here is a stab at the Top 200 Country Songs of the ’90s — not necessarily in rank order, with a few more added for honorable mention. We welcome your comments. What songs are ranked too high? What songs are ranked too low? What songs are missing? Make your case. Also, please let us know concepts for playlists you’d like to see — or share a favorite list of your own.
Rank | Artist | Title | Year |
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1 | TIM MCGRAW | Something Like That | 1999 |
2 | TIM MCGRAW | Where The Green Grass Grows | 1997 |
3 | TIM MCGRAW | Just To See You Smile | 1997 |
4 | KENNY CHESNEY | How Forever Feels | 1998 |
5 | TIM MCGRAW | My Next Thirty Years | 1999 |
6 | GEORGE STRAIT | Check Yes Or No | 1995 |
7 | GEORGE STRAIT | Write This Down | 1999 |
8 | TOBY KEITH | How Do You Like Me Now?! | 1999 |
9 | KENNY CHESNEY | She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy | 1999 |
10 | GARTH BROOKS | Friends In Low Places | 1991 |
11 | TIM MCGRAW | I Like It, I Love It | 1995 |
12 | DAVID LEE MURPHY | Dust On The Bottle | 1995 |
13 | KENNY CHESNEY | She's Got It All | 1997 |
14 | BRAD PAISLEY | We Danced | 1999 |
15 | GARTH BROOKS | Ain't Going Down (Til The...) | 1993 |
16 | GARTH BROOKS | Two Pina Coladas | 1997 |
17 | GEORGE STRAIT | Carrying Your Love With Me | 1997 |
18 | TOBY KEITH | Should've Been A Cowboy | 1993 |
19 | GARTH BROOKS | The Thunder Rolls | 1991 |
20 | ALAN JACKSON | Chattahoochee | 1992 |
21 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | Sold (The Grundy County ...) | 1995 |
22 | GARTH BROOKS | The Dance | 1990 |
23 | DIAMOND RIO | Meet In The Middle | 1991 |
24 | TIM MCGRAW | Down On The Farm | 1994 |
25 | BROOKS & DUNN | Neon Moon | 1992 |
26 | JO DEE MESSINA | Lesson In Leavin' | 1998 |
27 | CLAY WALKER | If I Could Make A Living | 1994 |
28 | TIM MCGRAW | My Best Friend | 1999 |
29 | JO DEE MESSINA | Heads Carolina, Tails Calif. | 1995 |
30 | TRISHA YEARWOOD | She's In Love With The Boy | 1991 |
31 | LONESTAR | What About Now | 1999 |
32 | TRAVIS TRITT | Take It Easy | 1993 |
33 | LONESTAR | Amazed | 1999 |
34 | BROOKS & DUNN | My Maria | 1996 |
35 | TRACY LAWRENCE | Time Marches On | 1996 |
36 | DEANA CARTER | Strawberry Wine | 1996 |
37 | BROOKS & DUNN | Boot Scootin' Boogie | 1992 |
38 | TIM MCGRAW/FAITH HILL | It's Your Love | 1997 |
39 | GARTH BROOKS | Callin' Baton Rouge | 1993 |
40 | GEORGE STRAIT | Carried Away | 1996 |
41 | JO DEE MESSINA | Bye Bye | 1997 |
42 | ALAN JACKSON | Livin' On Love | 1994 |
43 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | Independence Day | 1994 |
44 | SAMMY KERSHAW | She Don't Know She's Beautiful | 1993 |
45 | GEORGE JONES | Finally Friday | 1993 |
46 | GEORGE STRAIT | Love Without End, Amen | 1990 |
47 | SHANIA TWAIN | Any Man Of Mine | 1995 |
48 | TRISHA YEARWOOD | XXX's And OOO's (An ...) | 1994 |
49 | ALAN JACKSON | Little Bitty | 1996 |
50 | GARTH BROOKS | Rodeo | 1991 |
51 | REBA MCENTIRE | Fancy | 1990 |
52 | TRACY BYRD | I'm From The Country | 1998 |
53 | ALAN JACKSON | Gone Country | 1994 |
54 | GARTH BROOKS | Two Of A Kind, Working On ... | 1991 |
55 | GEORGE STRAIT | Heartland | 1992 |
56 | MARK CHESNUTT | It's A Little Too Late | 1996 |
57 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | Life's A Dance | 1992 |
58 | TRACE ADKINS | Every Light In The House | 1996 |
59 | GEORGE STRAIT | Blue Clear Sky | 1996 |
60 | PATTY LOVELESS | Blame It On Your Heart | 1993 |
61 | GARTH BROOKS | That Summer | 1992 |
62 | JO DEE MESSINA | I'm Alright | 1998 |
63 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | Wild Angels | 1995 |
64 | ALAN JACKSON | Who's Cheatin' Who | 1996 |
65 | TRAVIS TRITT | T-r-o-u-b-l-e | 1992 |
66 | LITTLE TEXAS | God Blessed Texas | 1993 |
67 | GARTH BROOKS | Papa Loved Mama | 1992 |
68 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | Be My Baby Tonight | 1994 |
69 | JOE DIFFIE | Pickup Man | 1994 |
70 | TOBY KEITH | You Ain't Much Fun | 1994 |
71 | GARTH BROOKS | Shameless | 1991 |
72 | RHETT AKINS | That Ain't My Truck | 1994 |
73 | TOBY KEITH | Wish I Didn't Know Now | 1994 |
74 | GEORGE STRAIT | I Just Want To Dance With You | 1998 |
75 | VINCE VANCE & THE VALIANTS | All I Want For Christmas Is .. | 1990 |
76 | RICOCHET | Daddy's Money | 1996 |
77 | GARTH BROOKS | Unanswered Prayers | 1990 |
78 | JOHN ANDERSON | Straight Tequila Night | 1991 |
79 | ALABAMA | I'm In A Hurry (And Don't...) | 1992 |
80 | REBA MCENTIRE | The Night The Lights Went ... | 1992 |
81 | TRACY BYRD | Watermelon Crawl | 1994 |
82 | GEORGE STRAIT | I Cross My Heart | 1992 |
83 | ALAN JACKSON | Don't Rock The Jukebox | 1991 |
84 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | I Can Love You Like That | 1995 |
85 | ALAN JACKSON | Summertime Blues | 1994 |
86 | TIM MCGRAW | Don't Take The Girl | 1994 |
87 | TRAVIS TRITT | Here's A Quarter (Call ...) | 1991 |
88 | ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION | When You Say Nothing At All | 1995 |
89 | TRACY LAWRENCE | Alibis | 1993 |
90 | BROOKS & DUNN | She's Not The Cheatin' Kind | 1994 |
91 | GARTH BROOKS | The River | 1992 |
92 | ALAN JACKSON | It Must Be Love | 1999 |
93 | FAITH HILL | Breathe | 1999 |
94 | ALAN JACKSON | Chasin' That Neon Rainbow | 1990 |
95 | FAITH HILL | Piece Of My Heart | 1993 |
96 | NEAL MCCOY | Wink | 1994 |
97 | BROOKS & DUNN | Brand New Man | 1991 |
98 | VINCE GILL | Don't Let Our Love Start ... | 1992 |
99 | CONFEDERATE RAILROAD | Trashy Women | 1993 |
100 | DIAMOND RIO | Unbelievable | 1998 |
101 | JOE DIFFIE | Prop Me Up Beside The...(If..) | 1993 |
102 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | My Baby Loves Me | 1993 |
103 | JO DEE MESSINA | Stand Beside Me | 1998 |
104 | TOBY KEITH | A Little Less Talk And A Lot.. | 1993 |
105 | PAM TILLIS | Maybe It Was Memphis | 1991 |
106 | BROOKS & DUNN | That Ain't No Way To Go | 1994 |
107 | TIM MCGRAW | Everywhere | 1997 |
108 | JOE DIFFIE | John Deere Green | 1993 |
109 | CLINT BLACK | Nothin' But The Taillights | 1997 |
110 | LEANN RIMES | One Way Ticket (Because I Can) | 1996 |
111 | FAITH HILL | This Kiss | 1998 |
112 | ALAN JACKSON | Mercury Blues | 1993 |
113 | SAWYER BROWN | Some Girls Do | 1992 |
114 | CLAY WALKER | Live Until I Die | 1993 |
115 | COLLIN RAYE | Love, Me | 1991 |
116 | TOBY KEITH | Who's That Man | 1994 |
117 | SHANIA TWAIN | Whose Bed Have Your Boots ... | 1994 |
118 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | Down At The Twist And Shout | 1990 |
119 | HAL KETCHUM | Small Town Saturday Night | 1991 |
120 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | I Swear | 1993 |
121 | DIXIE CHICKS | Wide Open Spaces | 1998 |
122 | GEORGE STRAIT | 1 | 1998 |
123 | CLINT BLACK | Like The Rain | 1996 |
124 | ALABAMA | Born Country | 1991 |
125 | COLLIN RAYE | Little Red Rodeo | 1997 |
126 | GARTH BROOKS | What She's Doing Now | 1992 |
127 | DIAMOND RIO | Love A Little Stronger | 1994 |
128 | PATTY LOVELESS | I Try To Think About Elvis | 1994 |
129 | FAITH HILL | Wild One | 1993 |
130 | WYNONNA | No One Else On Earth | 1992 |
131 | GARTH BROOKS | She's Every Woman | 1995 |
132 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | Fast As You | 1993 |
133 | DIXIE CHICKS | Cowboy Take Me Away | 1999 |
134 | DARYLE SINGLETARY | Too Much Fun | 1995 |
135 | TIM MCGRAW | Indian Outlaw | 1994 |
136 | DOUG STONE | Why Didn't I Think Of That | 1993 |
137 | RADNEY FOSTER | Nobody Wins | 1993 |
138 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | I Feel Lucky | 1992 |
139 | TRACY LAWRENCE | If The World Had A Front Porch | 1994 |
140 | TIM MCGRAW | She Never Lets It Go To Her... | 1995 |
141 | LITTLE TEXAS | What Might Have Been | 1993 |
142 | KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS | Dumas Walker | 1990 |
143 | LORRIE MORGAN | Watch Me | 1992 |
144 | ALAN JACKSON | Tall, Tall Trees | 1995 |
145 | BROOKS & DUNN | Rock My World (Little ...) | 1993 |
146 | CLINT BLACK | Desperado | 1993 |
147 | TRISHA YEARWOOD | Walkaway Joe | 1992 |
148 | BROOKS & DUNN | Lost And Found | 1992 |
149 | TRACE ADKINS | (This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing | 1996 |
150 | DOUG STONE | A Jukebox With A Country Song | 1991 |
151 | REBA MCENTIRE | Is There Life Out There | 1992 |
152 | TIM MCGRAW | Not A Moment Too Soon | 1994 |
153 | DIAMOND RIO | Norma Jean Riley | 1991 |
154 | TRAVIS TRITT | Anymore | 1991 |
155 | SAWYER BROWN | Thank God For You | 1993 |
156 | VINCE GILL | One More Last Chance | 1993 |
157 | TANYA TUCKER | Two Sparrows In A Hurricane | 1992 |
158 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | I Love You | 1999 |
159 | SHANIA TWAIN | Man! I Feel Like A Woman! | 1997 |
160 | DOUG STONE | In A Different Light | 1991 |
161 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | A Thousand Miles From Nowhere | 1993 |
162 | GARTH BROOKS | Standing Outside The Fire | 1993 |
163 | BROOKS & DUNN | My Next Broken Heart | 1991 |
164 | RICOCHET | The Star Spangled Banner | 1996 |
165 | GEORGE STRAIT | I Can Still Make Cheyenne | 1996 |
166 | TRACY BYRD | The Keeper Of The Stars | 1995 |
167 | DOUG STONE | I'd Be Better Off (In A...) | 1990 |
168 | MARK CHESNUTT | Brother Jukebox | 1991 |
169 | CLAY WALKER | This Woman And This Man | 1994 |
170 | LORRIE MORGAN | What Part Of No | 1992 |
171 | MARK CHESNUTT | I Don't Want To Miss A Thing | 1998 |
172 | JOHN ANDERSON | Seminole Wind | 1992 |
173 | CLAY WALKER | What's It To You | 1993 |
174 | GEORGE STRAIT | You Know Me Better Than That | 1991 |
175 | TY HERNDON | What Mattered Most | 1995 |
176 | CLINT BLACK | 'Til Santa's Gone (Milk & ...) | 1995 |
177 | COLLIN RAYE | I Can Still Feel You | 1998 |
178 | MARK CHESNUTT | Too Cold At Home | 1990 |
179 | VINCE GILL | When I Call Your Name | 1990 |
180 | CLINT BLACK | When My Ship Comes In | 1993 |
181 | GARTH BROOKS | Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy | 1992 |
182 | LEANN RIMES | Put A Little Holiday In Your.. | 1996 |
183 | VINCE GILL | What The Cowgirls Do | 1994 |
184 | ALAN JACKSON | I Don't Even Know Your Name | 1994 |
185 | ALAN JACKSON | She's Got The Rhythm (And I..) | 1992 |
186 | REBA MCENTIRE | The Greatest Man I Never Knew | 1992 |
187 | CLINT BLACK | A Good Run Of Bad Luck | 1994 |
188 | BILLY DEAN | Only Here For A Little While | 1991 |
189 | GEORGE STRAIT | One Night At A Time | 1997 |
190 | WYNONNA | I Saw The Light | 1992 |
191 | MARK CHESNUTT | Goin' Through The Big D | 1994 |
192 | GARTH BROOKS | American Honky-Tonk Bar Assoc. | 1993 |
193 | LORRIE MORGAN | Except For Monday | 1991 |
194 | CLINT BLACK/WYNONNA | A Bad Goodbye | 1993 |
195 | BROOKS & DUNN | Hard Workin' Man | 1993 |
196 | FAITH HILL | It Matters To Me | 1995 |
197 | TRAVIS TRITT | Help Me Hold On | 1990 |
198 | JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | I Love The Way You Love Me | 1993 |
199 | LEE ROY PARNELL | What Kind Of Fool Do You ... | 1992 |
200 | TOBY KEITH | He Ain't Worth Missing | 1993 |
201 | SHANIA TWAIN | You're Still The One | 1997 |
202 | TRACY LAWRENCE | Sticks And Stones | 1991 |
203 | CLAY WALKER | Dreaming With My Eyes Open | 1993 |
204 | AARON TIPPIN | You've Got To Stand For ... | 1991 |
205 | MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER | Passionate Kisses | 1992 |
206 | VINCE GILL | I Still Believe In You | 1992 |
207 | BROOKS & DUNN | How Long Gone | 1998 |
208 | WYNONNA | Tell Me Why | 1993 |
209 | RANDY TRAVIS | Better Class Of Losers | 1991 |
210 | GARTH BROOKS | Longneck Bottle | 1997 |
211 | STEVE WARINER | Holes In The Floor Of Heaven | 1998 |
212 | SHENANDOAH | Next To You, Next To Me | 1990 |
213 | COLLIN RAYE | That's My Story | 1994 |
214 | TRACY LAWRENCE | Texas Tornado | 1994 |
215 | TRAVIS TRITT | Drift Off To Dream | 1991 |
216 | BLACKHAWK | Every Once In A While | 1994 |
217 | ALABAMA | Angels Among Us | 1993 |
218 | ALAN JACKSON | Wanted | 1990 |
219 | REBA MCENTIRE/VINCE GILL | The Heart Won't Lie | 1993 |
220 | ALAN JACKSON | Dallas | 1991 |
221 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | A Broken Wing | 1997 |
222 | SHANIA TWAIN | Honey, I'm Home | 1997 |
223 | DIXIE CHICKS | Ready To Run | 1999 |
224 | GARY ALLAN | Her Man | 1996 |
225 | PATTY LOVELESS | Chains | 1990 |
226 | GARTH BROOKS | Sleigh Ride | 1999 |
227 | BILLY DEAN | We Just Disagree | 1993 |
228 | COLLIN RAYE | My Kind Of Girl | 1994 |
229 | CLAY WALKER | Then What? | 1997 |
230 | ALAN JACKSON | Pop A Top | 1999 |
231 | MARK CHESNUTT | Bubba Shot The Jukebox | 1992 |
232 | VINCE GILL | Go Rest High On That Mountain | 1994 |
233 | TRACY BYRD | Holdin' Heaven | 1993 |
234 | SHANIA TWAIN | That Don't Impress Me Much | 1997 |
235 | SAMMY KERSHAW | Queen Of My Double Wide... | 1993 |
236 | REBA MCENTIRE | Take It Back | 1992 |
237 | SAWYER BROWN | Six Days On The Road | 1997 |
238 | GARTH BROOKS | (There's No Place Like) Home.. | 1999 |
239 | RICOCHET | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, ... | 1996 |
240 | TRACY LAWRENCE | I See It Now | 1994 |
241 | SHANIA TWAIN | (If You're Not..) I'm Outta... | 1995 |
242 | MARTINA MCBRIDE | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, ... | 1998 |
243 | LITTLE TEXAS | Kick A Little | 1994 |