Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time

~ Recording series

Recordings

#	Name	Artist	ISRCs	Rating	Length
1	Jolene	Dolly Parton	`USRHD0900815` `USRN19400058` `USRN19600096`	4.25	2:41
2	I Walk the Line	Johnny Cash			2:56
3	Crazy (single version)	Patsy Cline	`GBA7H1139946` `USMC16147347` `USMC16747347` `USMO16183265`	4.15	2:44
4	I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys	`DEU240526714` `GBEEJ0203536` `USF067100100` `USPR34900126`	4.25	2:48
5	He Stopped Loving Her Today	George Jones			?:??
6	You Don’t Know Me	Ray Charles	`USC4R0919277` `USRH10126469`		3:16
7	Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin’ on the Corner) (matrix PBVE-54867-2)	Jimmie Rodgers & Louis Armstrong	`USRN10200093`	3	2:40
8	Stand by Your Man	Tammy Wynette	`USSM10002353` `USSM16800349` (show 5 more) `USSM19910856`	4	2:41
9	Mama Tried	Merle Haggard	`USCN10500232`	5	2:11
10	Amarillo by Morning	George Strait	`USMC18212997`	5	2:53
11	It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Kitty Wells			?:??
12	Wichita Lineman	Glen Campbell	`USCN10100759` `USCN10200411` `USCN10801427` `USCN18700049`	3.65	3:05
13	New San Antonio Rose	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys			2:48
14	Coal Miner’s Daughter (single version)	Loretta Lynn	`USMC16946205`	4	3:01
15	Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) (studio, 1935-05-06: matrix 17472-2)	The Carter Family	`GBEEJ0602158` `USSM19926871`		3:08
16	I've Got a Tiger by the Tail	Buck Owens			2:14
17	Walking the Floor Over You	Ernest Tubb			2:05
18	If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time	Lefty Frizzell			2:57
19	Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'	Charley Pride			2:04
20	Mean	Taylor Swift	`USCJY1003660`	4	3:58
21	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers	`USCN10500369` `USCN17800055` `USCN18700034` `USRE19900682`	4.5	3:32
22	Man of Constant Sorrow	The Stanley Brothers			2:57
23	Goodbye Earl	Dixie Chicks	`USSM19901548`	4.5	4:20
24	Behind Closed Doors	Charlie Rich			?:??
25	Ring of Fire (stereo)	Johnny Cash	`USSM11201688` `USSM16301078` `USSM16301167` `USSM19917137`	4.25	2:37
26	Hello Walls	Faron Young			3:24
27	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Willie Nelson	`USSM17500311` `USSM17500646` `USSM17600065` `USSM19904860`	4	2:21
28	Your Cheatin’ Heart	Hank Williams	`DEU240526754` `GBEEJ0401773` `USF067125080` `USPR35202092`	4	2:43
29	Sitting on Top of the World, No. 2	Mississippi Sheiks			3:20
30	Man! I Feel Like a Woman! (album version, international mix)	Shania Twain	`USMR19887508` `USUM71609121`	3	3:53
31	A Satisfied Mind	Porter Wagoner			2:43
32	Wildwood Flower (studio, 1928-05-10: Victor matrix BVE-45029-1)	The Carter Family	`GBAJD0271016` `GBEEJ0401655` `GBEEJ0602123` `USRN10400249`	4	3:12
33	Bye Bye Love (mono)	The Everly Brothers	`GBAYE5500009` `NLG620400863` (show 2 more) `USWB19903261`	4.35	2:22
34	Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way	Waylon Jennings			2:53
35	Friends in Low Places	Garth Brooks	`USBZF1400015` `USCN19000022`	4.6	4:19
36	Follow Your Arrow	Kacey Musgraves	`USUM71300707`	3.5	3:20
37	Pancho and Lefty	Townes van Zandt	`NLHR50995321`		3:41
38	Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (with Lovin' on Your Mind)	Loretta Lynn	`USMC16646194`	4	2:09
39	She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)	Gary Stewart	`USRN19500068`	5	2:49
40	The Grand Tour	George Jones	`USSM17400690` `USSM19903121`	4	3:08
41	Neon Moon	Brooks & Dunn	`USAN20900069` `USAN29700108`	4.5	4:22
42	Blue Yodel (T for Texas)	Jimmie Rodgers	`GBDTM2039720` `USRN12700002`	3.5	3:25
43	Lost Highway	Hank Williams	`USCRB9900546`		2:09
44	I Wanna Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart	Patsy Montana			3:08
45	Independence Day	Martina McBride	`USRN19300456`	4.65	3:25
46	Coat of Many Colors (1971)	Dolly Parton	`USRN17100007`	4	3:05
47	Before the Next Teardrop Falls	Freddy Fender			2:16
48	Forever and Ever, Amen	Randy Travis	`USWB10201507` `USWB11002044` `USWB11504471` `USWB18700025`	4.65	3:33
49	Blue Moon of Kentucky	Elvis Presley	`USA820400068`	3.5	2:05
50	Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine	Tom T. Hall	`USPR37207125`		4:12
51	Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	`USCN18900028`	5	4:15
52	Drive (for Daddy Gene)	Alan Jackson	`USAN20100225`	4.5	4:03
53	Wabash Cannonball	Roy Acuff		3	2:36
54	Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA, USA)	Johnny Cash	`USSM10802940` `USSM16800410` `USSM16800962` `USSM16801298`	4.85	2:44
55	I Saw the Light	Hank Williams, Jr.			2:45
56	Take This Job and Shove It	Johnny Paycheck	`USDEI8203067`		2:39
57	Foggy Mountain Breakdown (studio, 1965-09-03: Columbia recording, first released on Town & Country LP)	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	`USSM16700105`		2:21
58	Springsteen	Eric Church	`USCN11100116`	4	4:23
59	D‐I‐V‐O‐R‐C‐E	Tammy Wynette	`USSM19904046` `USSM19904098`	4	2:57
60	King of the Road	Billy Strange			2:32
61	Mountain Music	Alabama			?:??
62	The Long Black Veil	Lefty Frizzell		4	3:05
63	Golden Ring	George Jones & Tammy Wynette			3:02
64	Uncle Pen	Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys			?:??
65	Fancy	Reba	`USMC19032543`	4	4:58
66	El Paso	Marty Robbins	`USESK1602915` `USSM15901202`	5	4:23
67	Before He Cheats	Carrie Underwood	`GBCTA0500197` `GBCTA1400025`	3.9	3:20
68	Delta Dawn	Tanya Tucker			4:14
69	Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	`USRN10000382`		2:34
70	Act Naturally	Buck Owens			2:11
71	Help Me Make It Through the Night	Sammi Smith			2:25
72	I Fall to Pieces	Patsy Cline	`USMC16048707` `USMCN0200061`	5	2:50
73	Seven Year Ache	Rosanne Cash			3:16
74	Race Is On	George Jones			2:05
75	I Hope You Dance (album version)	Lee Ann Womack special guest appearance Sons of the Desert	`USMCN0000018`	4.65	4:55
76	Songs About Rain (radio edit)	Gary Allan	`USMCN0300160`	5	3:54
77	The House That Built Me	Miranda Lambert	`USG4X0900074`	3.65	3:57
78	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Jeannie C. Riley	`USMC10110766` `USSE60410336` `USSE62162924`	4	3:15
79	Settin' the Woods on Fire	Hank Williams			2:38
80	Girl Crush	Little Big Town	`USUG11401286`	3.9	3:13
81	Angel From Montgomery	John Prine	`USAT20104804` `USAT21501501`	4.35	3:44
82	Rocky Top	Brothers Osborne			2:37
83	Family Tradition	Hank Williams, Jr.			4:04
84	Why Not Me	The Judds	`USM1C0200043` `USM1C0300063` `USMC18450215` `USRN19500221`	4.5	3:30
85	Wild and Blue	John Anderson			2:43
86	Color Him Father	Linda Martell	`USSE62162940`		2:41
87	I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby	The Louvin Brothers			2:08
88	Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson			2:58
89	Dallas	The Flatlanders		3	2:49
90	Tennessee Whiskey	Chris Stapleton	`USUM71418088`	4.35	4:53
91	When I Call Your Name	Vince Gill	`USMC18929965`	4	4:16
92	Lovesick Blues	Emmett Miller			?:??
93	My Church	Maren Morris	`USG4X1500776`	3.4	3:17
94	Take Me Home, Country Roads	John Denver	`USRC10400931` `USRC10401427` (show 4 more) `USRC19004408`	4.3	3:12
95	What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)	Jerry Lee Lewis	`USUM71019052`		2:37
96	Sunday Morning Comin' Down	Kris Kristofferson	`USSM10016823` `USSM19805598`	3.5	4:32
97	Happiest Girl in the Whole USA	Donna Fargo			2:33
98	I Love This Bar	Toby Keith	`USDW10300576`	4.5	5:35
99	Streets of Baltimore	Bobby Bare			2:41
100	Passionate Kisses	Lucinda Williams	`QMCNL1311407`		2:38

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