Here they are ... CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. A panel of experts has ranked the songs in order, and that list was revealed in an exclusive six-hour CMT special. These "Top 100" songs are listed in the table shown below.
Rank | Song | Artist |
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01 | Stand by Your Man | Tammy Wynette |
02 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | George Jones |
03 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
04 | Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash |
05 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams |
06 | Friends in Low Places | Garth Brooks |
07 | I Fall to Pieces | Patsy Cline |
08 | Galveston | Glen Campbell |
09 | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich |
10 | Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | Waylon Jennings |
11 | Blue Moon of Kentucky [Live] | Bill Monroe |
12 | Amarillo by Morning | George Strait |
13 | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn |
14 | The Dance | Garth Brooks |
15 | Forever and Ever, Amen | Randy Travis |
16 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton |
17 | Hello Darlin' | Conway Twitty |
18 | Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
19 | Hey, Good Lookin' | Hank Williams |
20 | I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow | none |
21 | Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard |
22 | Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks |
23 | Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | Willie Nelson |
24 | The Chair | George Strait |
25 | Folsom Prison Blues [Live] | Johnny Cash |
26 | The Gambler | Kenny Rogers |
27 | Fancy | Reba McEntire |
28 | Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) | Alan Jackson |
29 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | Hank Williams |
30 | I Hope You Dance | Lee Ann Womack |
31 | I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash |
32 | Rhinestone Cowboy | Glen Campbell |
33 | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson |
34 | Harper Valley P.T.A. | Jeannie C. Riley |
35 | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Tammy Wynette |
36 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
37 | King of the Road | Roger Miller |
38 | Breathe | Faith Hill |
39 | Make the World Go Away | Eddy Arnold |
40 | Hello Walls | Faron Young |
41 | Sweet Dreams | Patsy Cline |
42 | El Paso | Marty Robbins |
43 | Delta Dawn | Tanya Tucker |
44 | When I Call Your Name | Vince Gill |
45 | Guitars, Cadillacs | Dwight Yoakam |
46 | Desperado | Eagles |
47 | Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) | Loretta Lynn |
48 | Boot Scootin' Boogie | Brooks & Dunn |
49 | I Can't Stop Loving You | Ray Charles |
50 | Independence Day | Martina McBride |
51 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells |
52 | On the Other Hand | Randy Travis |
53 | Walking the Floor Over You | Ernest Tubb |
54 | Coat of Many Colors | Dolly Parton |
55 | Act Naturally [*] | Buck Owens |
56 | Mama He's Crazy | The Judds |
57 | If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time) | Lefty Frizzell |
58 | Kiss an Angel Good Morning | Charley Pride |
59 | Family Tradition | Hank Williams Jr. |
60 | Go Rest High on That Mountain | Vince Gill |
61 | Lovesick Blues | Hank Williams |
62 | Don't Rock the Jukebox | Alan Jackson |
63 | Tennessee Waltz | Patti Page |
64 | When You Say Nothing at All | Keith Whitley |
65 | God Bless the U.S.A. | Lee Greenwood |
66 | Green, Green Grass of Home | Porter Wagoner |
67 | It's Your Love | Tim McGraw |
68 | There Stands the Glass | Webb Pierce |
69 | The Devil Went Down to Georgia | Charlie Daniels |
70 | Chiseled in Stone | Vern Gosdin |
71 | Don't Toss Us Away | Patty Loveless |
72 | A Boy Named Sue [Live] | Johnny Cash |
73 | You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis |
74 | Flowers on the Wall | The Statler Brothers |
75 | Strawberry Wine | cDeana Carter |
76 | A Good Hearted Woman [Version] | Waylon Jennings |
77 | You're Still the One | Shania Twain |
78 | My Home's in Alabama | Alabama |
79 | Is There Life Out There | Reba McEntire |
80 | She's in Love With the Boy | Trisha Yearwood |
81 | Smoky Mountain Rain | Ronnie Milsap |
82 | Should've Been a Cowboy | Toby Keith |
83 | Rose Garden | Lynn Anderson |
84 | Please Remember Me | Tim McGraw |
85 | Blue | LeAnn Rimes |
86 | Before the Next Teardrop Falls | Freddy Fender |
87 | Passionate Kisses | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
88 | Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Gene Autry |
89 | Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) | Travis Tritt |
90 | He'll Have to Go | Jim Reeves |
91 | Seven Year Ache | Rosanne Cash |
92 | Sunday Morning Coming Down | Johnny Cash |
93 | Take This Job and Shove It | Johnny Paycheck |
94 | Something in Red | Lorrie Morgan |
95 | Foggy Mountain Breakdown | Flatt & Scruggs |
96 | I'd Be Better Off in a Pine Box | Doug Stone |
97 | Amazed | Lonestar |
98 | Faded Love | Bob Wills |
99 | Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry |
100 | Killin' Time | Clint Black |