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The Best Country Pop Songs Ever

Updated July 20, 2020 9.6k votes 1.2k voters 74k views92 items

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Country pop is a subset of country music that developed to reach larger audiences and enabling artists to dabble in both the country and the pop genres. Many musicians from the 1990s and the 2000s dabble in both worlds by creating country pop songs. Patsy Cline was one of the first artist to find success utilizing this formula.

These are songs from top outlaw artists, such as Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Faith Hill. Which country pop songs are the best? That's up to you to decide. Vote up your favorite songs, and vote down the ones you don't like so much. Don't see a song that belongs on the list? Feel free to add it.

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Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
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Shania Twain was at the forefront of the pop country explosion of the 1990s with more fun, straight ahead tunes like this one.
#133 of 161 The Best Songs to Sing at Karaoke #12 of 37 The Best Country Songs About Women #34 of 106 The Best Songs About Women
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Love Story
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Country tinged but with a pop tempo this song was another crossover hit for Swift.
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Ring Of Fire
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This country classic is so representative of its genre that it essentially defires it as simply a classic song in all of music history.
#2 of 112 The Best 1960s Country Songs #6 of 64 The Best Country Karaoke Songs You Need to Sing
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I Will Always Love You (Original)
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This Dolly Parton song was given new life when it became a pop hit from Whitney Houston
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9 to 5
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This song from the film of the same name gave Dolly a crossover hit into the mainstream.
#23 of 326 The Best Upbeat Country Songs #38 of 81 The 50+ Best Country Songs From the 80s, Ranked by Fans #7 of 107 The Top Country Songs By Women
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Need You Now
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Another song so steeped in love and desire it easily crosses out of traditional country genre boundaries and into pop.
#7 of 47 The Saddest Breakup Songs Ever Written #24 of 48 The Best Country Songs About Heartbreak #5 of 43 The Best Country Songs for Breakups
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
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This fiddle heavy, high tempo tune was so catchy that it found success as a pop country song
#12 of 129 The Greatest One-Hit Wonder Songs of the '70s #7 of 246 The Greatest Pop Songs by One-Hit Wonders #1 of 37 Country Songs About Georgia
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I Walk the Line
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Cash's straight ahead charging lyrics and melody helped make this song a country classic that mainstreamers could get behind.
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You're Still the One
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Another early Shania crossover hit that appealed more on its romanticism to mainstream audiences than its singer's country roots.
#16 of 344 The Best Slow Country Songs #14 of 58 The Best Romantic Country Songs #15 of 58 The Best Country Songs for Weddings
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Friends In Low Places
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This early Garth Brooks song was such a raucous song that its good time feeling crossed over to the mainstream as well.
#1 of 66 The Best Feel Good Country Songs #2 of 132 The Best Garth Brooks Songs #44 of 49 The Best Songs About Friendship
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That Don't Impress Me Much
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Shania Twain song that was released in two versions one that leaned more country and a faster tempo one that gave the song mainstream legs.
#88 of 603 The Best Country Songs of The '90s #20 of 62 The Best Country Songs for Girls #12 of 17 Commonly Misheard Lyrics You've Been Singing Wrong This Entire Time
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Crazy
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Patsy Cline's lonseome and iconic voice helped this tune become a classic regardless of genre.
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On the Road Again
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This Willie Nelson tune also done by Bob Dylan found success as a country pop song for its message that trascends genre
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Before He Cheats
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#4 of 65 The Best Pop Songs About Cheating #5 of 37 A Definitive Ranking of Basic B*tch Songs #3 of 29 The Funniest Songs About Women
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I Knew You Were Trouble
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Swift is perhaps today's queen of country/pop crossover. This song's hard driving rock-leaning chorus gives its the ability to lean mainstream.
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Breathe
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Faith Hill leans a little more pop while her hubby Tim McGraw leans a little more country. Breathe is a country tinged slow ballad with pop tendencies.
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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
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The kitsch and pop timing of this song gave Swift a crossover country hit.
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If I Die Young
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I Fall to Pieces
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Another song bolstered by Cline's emotional voice that transceds genre
#9 of 176 The Best Classic Country Songs #444 of 3,867 The Best Songs Of All Time, Ranked #13 of 32 The Saddest Songs About Wanting Someone
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Stand By Your Man
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A tune that became so iconic for its backwards message that status simply help its defy genres.
#21 of 45 The Best Country Songs About Forgiveness #29 of 120 The Best Songs with Man in the Title #11 of 90 The Best Songs with Stand in the Title
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Cruise
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#44 of 44 The Best Country Songs From the 50s #41 of 235 The Best Fast Country Songs
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King of the Road
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This Roger Miller tune was so catchy that it caught on to pop lovers as well.
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Islands in the Stream
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#64 of 191 The Best Country Songs From the 70s #19 of 238 The Best Country Love Songs #14 of 38 Great Country Songs About Dancing
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This Kiss
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This peppy, fun loving song was an early crossover hit for HIll
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How Do I Live
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The LeAnn Rimes version of this song leaned more pop while Trisha Yearwood's spoke to the more traditional country audience.

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