Country Music Songs to Get a Country Hater to Like Country

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Love You Again - Chase Matthew

Sure Be Cool if You Did- Blake Shelton

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“Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout The Good ‘Ol Days” by Naomi + Wynonna Judd.

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I don’t love country but I do love..:

Fancy by Reba!!!!
Callin’ Baton Rouge
Poncho and Lefty
How do you like me now?
That Alan Jackson 911 tribute where he rhymes CNN with Iran
Sold (The Grundy county auction)

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Anonymous wrote:So what are some good country songs that I can play for someone who refuses to like country. Needs to be upbeat/fun. Some songs that I plan to play are below so maybe use these as a baseline...
5 O'Clock Somewhere
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)
Wagon Wheel
Cruise
When the Sun Goes Down
Boondocks
Pontoon
Chicken Fried

I love country music but only like 2 of these songs!

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Anonymous wrote:“Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout The Good ‘Ol Days” by Naomi + Wynonna Judd.

Very sweet!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen

It's a Great Day to Be Alive -Travis Tritt

Fishin 'in the Dark- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Runnin' Outta Moonlight- Randy Houser

Fantastic recs!

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Home by Blake Shelton or Michael Buble

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout The Good ‘Ol Days” by Naomi + Wynonna Judd.

Very sweet!!!

Love, love this song!

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I feel like most of these lists are:

"Songs that would make a country music hater HATE country music even more"

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you want to look for alt country with pop/rock vibe

maren morris
kasey Musgraves
dixie chicks
elle king
miley cyrus
miranda lambert

little big town
FGL
sugarland
lady antebellum

some older stuff like terri clark dolly john denver tim mcgraw (esp duets with female leads)
dierks bentley has some fun and easy songs along with brad paisley and Kenny chesney

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Go back to the original country/western singers. Eddie Arnold had a great voice and songs had nice tunes. Also Charley Pride is very good but not one of the originals.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like most of these lists are:

"Songs that would make a country music hater HATE country music even more"

If a person can't appreciate George Jones singing "Walk This World with Me," then I wouldn't know what to say. 😊

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Anything goes: Florida Georgia Line
There’s Your Trouble: the Chicks
Save it for a rainy day-Kenny Chesney
That Kind of Girl and Chains by Patty Loveless
Digging Up Bones by Randy Travis
Whiskey river: Willie Nelson
Flirting with Disaster: Molly Hatchet
Whiskey bent and Hell bound: Hank Jr
Can’t let go: Lucinda Williams
Anchorage and Come a Long way : Michelle shocked

Those are from my Road Trip playlist!

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One Man Band by Old Dominion (if they love their spouse)
You’re Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins (if they have little kids)

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Anonymous wrote:One Man Band by Old Dominion (if they love their spouse)
You’re Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins (if they have little kids)

I'm not into much country music but this song hits me every time. My 'kids' are in their 30's and I still cry when I hear it.