100 Best Country Love Songs
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Country love songs have a distinct identity. In the country genre, singers and songwriters have a knack for coming up with heartwarming lyrics that tell complicated stories. While all music genres have love songs, there’s something special about country music. It’s the simplicity and charm of the lyrics that make a country ballad mesmerizing. These beautiful songs truly melt our hearts.
The list below showcases a diverse number of love ballads and love songs. If you are passionate about country music, then you'll definitely have something to say. Feel free to express your thoughts, views, and opinions in the comments section.
Top 10 Best Country Love Songs
- “God Gave Me You”—Blake Shelton
- “Two People Fell In Love”—Brad Paisley
- “It’s Your Love”—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
- “Love Story”—Taylor Swift
- “Wanted”—Hunter Hayes
- “Making Memories of Us”—Keith Urban
- “Lost In This Moment”—Big & Rich
- “Amazed”—Lonestar
- “Breathe”—Faith Hill
- “Your Man”—Josh Turner
Lyrics and Themes in Country Songs
A number of country artists have had crossover success with their love songs. In recent decades, the mainstream success of country music has been phenomenal. It’s the attention to detail in their lyrics that make country singers beloved around the globe. These songs exude sincerity. Their sentimental lyrics bring up powerful memories in the minds of the listeners. Certain country ballads have become global love anthems for younger generations.
#11—20
11. “It’s Your Love”—Tim McGraw
12. “Die A Happy Man”—Thomas Rhett
13. “I Swear”—John Michael Montgomery
14. “Then”—Brad Paisley
15. “You’re Still The One”—Shania Twain
16. “Lost In The Feeling”—Conway Twitty
17. “My Best Friend”—Tim McGraw
18. “I Cross My Heart”—George Strait
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19. “Ain’t Nothin’ Bout You”—Brooks & Dunn
20. “Need You Now”—Lady Antebellum
Country Wedding Love Songs
In recent decades, country love songs have become exceedingly popular with youth at weddings. Country love ballads are a popular choice at weddings, because these songs bring warmth and joy to the heart. Couples love picking these ballads as their first dance songs, because the lyrics are relatable, so the audience is filled with nostalgia. The honest and sincere lyrics truly speak to the heart. Country songs that talk about spending a lifetime with each other are popular choices for wedding slow dances.
#21—40
21. “When I Said I Do”—Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black
22. “From This Moment On”—Shania Twain
23. “We Danced”—Brad Paisley
24. “In Need You”—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
25. “Fall Into Me”—Emerson Drive
26. “I Will Always Love You”—Dolly Parton
27. “When You Say Nothing at All”—Keith Whitley
28. “Come A Little Closer”—Dierks Bentley
29. “This Kiss”—Faith Hill
30. “Because You Love Me”—Jo Dee Messina
31. “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right”—Billy Currington
32. “Carrying Your Love With Me”—George Strait
33. “She’s Everything”—Brad Paisley
34. “Remember When”—Alan Jackson
35. “Sunday Kind of Love”—Reba McEntire
36. “I Loved Her First”—Heartland
37. “The House That Built Me”—Miranda Lambert
38. “If Tomorrow Never Comes”—Garth Brooks
39. “Cowboy Take Me Away”—Dixie Chicks
40. “Butterflies”—Kacey Musgraves
Country Songs Are a Great Way to Say Sorry
Country ballads have become the go-to songs when you have had a fight or an argument with your lover. The best way to say sorry and makeup with your boyfriend or girlfriend is with a playlist of deeply emotive country ballads. A number of these songs have struck the right chords with listeners and gone onto become cult favorites.
#41—60
41. “Stuck Like Glue”—Sugarland
42. “Feels So Right”—Alabama
43. “I Want Crazy”—Hunter Hayes
44. “Don’t You Wanna Stay”—Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson
45. “You Had Me From Hello”—Kenny Chesney
46. “Only You Can Love Me This Way”—Keith Urban
47. “I Love The Way You Love Me”—John Michael Montgomery
48. “Me and You”—Kenny Chesney
49. “I Do”—Jesse James Decker
50. “Deeper Than The Holler”—Randy Travis
51. “Raining On Sunday”—Keith Urban
52. “Cowboys and Angels”—Dustin Lynch
53. “Body Like a Back Road”—Sam Hunt
54. “The One”—Gary Allan
55. “She’s More”—Andy Griggs
56. “Whisper My Name”—Randy Travis
57. “Remind Me”—Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
58. “Love Your Love the Most”—Eric Church
59. “Rockin’ Years”—Dolly Parton and Ricky Van Shelton
60. “To Make You Feel My Love”—Garth Brooks
Deeply Emotive Elements in Country Music
The unique nasal twang in country music gives the genre a certain charm. These love songs truly feel magical and mystical. While a lot has changed since the early years in country music, the deeply emotive elements found in these songs remain true to their roots. The love and joy found in these songs is like no other. And, it’s likely to stay that way for a long time.
Best Country Ballads #61—80
61. “Bless The Broken Road”—Rascal Flatts
62. “When We Make Love”—Alabama
63. “You Decorated My Life”—Kenny Rogers
64. “Let Me”—Pat Green
65. “Something That We Do”—Clint Black
66. “You Make it Easy”—Jason Aldean
67. “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out”—Chris Cagle
68. “Somebody Like You”—Keith Urban
69. “You and I”—Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle
70. “Another You Another Me”—Brady Seals
71. “I Run To You”—Lady Antebellum
72. “Make My Life With You”—Oak Ridge Boys
73. “Feel That Fire”—Dierks Bentley
74. “How Do I Live”—LeAnn Rimes
75. “Suds in the Bucket”—Sara Evans
76. “The Way You Love Me”—Faith Hill
77. “Young Love (Strong Love)”—The Judds
78. “Waitin’ On A Woman”—Brad Paisley
79. “Greatest Love Story”—Lanco
80. “Would You Go With Me”—Josh Turner
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Best Country Ballads #81—100
81. “Like Jesus Does”—Eric Church
82. “I Do (Cherish You)”—Mark Wills
83. “Buy Me a Rose”—Kenny Rogers
84. “Keeper of the Stars”—Tracy Byrd
85. “A Woman Like You”—Lee Brice
86. “My Favorite Memory”—Merle Haggard
87. “I’ll Still Be Loving You”—Restless Heart
88. “Millionaire”—Chris Stapleton
89. “Forever and Ever, Amen”—Randy Travis
90. “Living In A Moment”—Ty Herndon
91. “All-American Girl”—Carrie Underwood
92. “You Won't Ever Be Lonely”—Andy Griggs
93. “More Than You'll Ever Know”—Travis Tritt
94. “Golden Hour”—Kacey Musgraves
95. “She’s In Love With The Boy”—Trisha Yearwood
96. “Valentine”—Jim Brickman and Martina McBride
97. “Want To”—Sugarland
98. “Hard To Love”—Lee Brice
99. “Smile”—Uncle Kracker
100. “From Here to Eternity”—Michael Peterson
Other Notable Country Love Songs
- “Forever and Always”—Shania Twain
- “Thinkin’ Bout You”—Trisha Yearwood
- “Stand By Your Man”—Tammy Wynette
- “Together Again”—Buck Owens
- “My Love”—Little Texas
- “Dust on The Bottle”—David Lee Murphy
- “Parallel Line”—Keith Urban
- “I Still Believe In You”—Vince Gill
- “To a T”—Ryan Hurd
- “For All the Wrong Reasons”—The Bellamy Brothers
- “Anymore”—Travis Tritt
- “If You See Him/if You See Her”- Reba McEntire and Brooks &Dunn
- “Somewhere With You”—Kenny Chesney
- “I’d Love To Lay You Down”—Conway Twitty
- “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”—James Otto
- “Austin”—Blake Shelton
- “Look At Us”—Vince Gill
- “To Learn Her”—Miranda Lambert
- “Lady”—Kenny Rogers
- “Islands in the Stream”—Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
- “Ring of Fire”—Johnny Cash
- “Once In A Blue Moon”—Earl Thomas Conley
- “Where’ve You Been”—Kathy Mattea
- “Pushing Up Daisies”—Brothers Osborne
- “I’d Love You All Over Again”—Alan Jackson
- “Strawberry Wine”—Deana Carter
- “I Buy Her Roses”—Sammy Kershaw
- “The Heart Won’t Lie”—Vince Gill and Reba McEntire
- “Ask Me How I Know”—Garth Brooks
- “That’s All That Matters”—Mickey Gilley
- “If I Didn’t Have You”—Randy Travis
- “The Sound of Goodbye”—Crystal Gayle
- “Check Yes Or No”—George Strait
- “Meet In The Middle”—Diamond Rio
- “No Doubt About It”—Neal McCoy
- “My Wish”—Rascal Flatts
- “When I Call Your Name”—Vince Gill
- “I Keep On Loving You”—Reba McEntire
- “Love Can’t Ever Get Better Than This”—Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
- “The Rest of Our Life”—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
- “Love of My Life”—Sammy Kershaw
- “Baby I Lied”—Deborah Allen
- “I Want To Be Loved Like That”—Shenandoah
- “Hey Pretty Girl”—Kip Moore
- “Stealing Cinderella”—Chuck Wicks
- “Crying My Heart Out Over You”—Ricky Skaggs
- “I Walk The Line”—Johnny Cash
- “History in the Making”—Darius Rucker
- “The Closer You Get”—Alabama
- “You’re So Good When You’re Bad”—Charley Pride
- “Until I Met You”—Judy Rodman
- “I Love You”—Martina McBride
- “Don’t Close Your Eyes”—Keith Whitley
- “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing”—Trace Adkins
- “A Tender Lie”—Restless Heart
- “Two Dozen Roses”—Shenandoah
- “How Forever Feels”—Kenny Chesney
- “My Only Love”—The Statler Brothers
- “I Believe In You”—Don Williams
- “And Still”—Reba McEntire
- “Your Love Amazes Me”—John Berry
- “I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried”—Rodney Crowell
- “Let’s Make Love”—Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
- “The Love In Your Eyes”—George Jones
- “Legends”—Kelsea Ballerini
- “I Like It, I Love It”—Tim McGraw
- “Livin’ On Love”—Alan Jackson
- “You Could’ve Heard A Heart Break”- Johnny Lee
- “Life Turned Her That Way”—Ricky Van Shelton
- “Take Me There”—Rascal Flatts
- “Should’ve Been A Cowboy”—Toby Keith
- “I Can Love You Like That”—John Michael Montgomery
- “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This”—Toby Keith
- “I Always Get Lucky With You”—George Jones
- “Unanswered Prayers”—Garth Brooks
- “Too Cold At Home”—Mark Chesnutt
- “Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses”—Kathy Mattea
- “Close Enough To Perfect”—Alabama
- “If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Want to Be Right”—Barbara Mandrell
- “Marry Me”—Thomas Rhett
- “Your Heart’s Not In It”—Janie Fricke
- “She’s Got It All”—Kenny Chesney
- “That’s The Thing About Love”—Don Williams
- “I Don’t Dance”—Lee Brice
- “To Be Loved By You”—Wynonna Judd
- “He Stopped Loving Her Today”—George Jones
- “Through The Years”—Kenny Rogers
- “Ronnie Milsap”- A Woman in Love
- “I Melt”—Rascal Flatts
- “Love Is Alive”—The Judds
- “Could I Have This Dance”—Anne Murray
- “I Fell In Love Again Last Night”—Forester Sisters
- “Love Can Build a Bridge”—The Judds
- “Never Knew Lonely”—Vince Gill
- “The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)”—Juice Newton
- “The Chair”—George Strait
- “Love, Me”—Collin Rae
- “When I Close My Eyes”—Kenny Chesney
- “You Look So Good In Love”—George Strait
- “It’s Like We Never Said Goodbye”—Crystal Gayle
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