Let me start off by saying this is not my list, so don’t get mad at me when your favorite song isn’t on here. Personally, I was pretty surprised not seeing Morgan’s name on here at all, neither is Luke Combs or Lainey Wilson. But like I said, not my list, this belongs to Taste of Country.
They came up with a list of the 25 best songs since 2000 and to be fair, that’s really hard to do. There are so many amazing songs, we could easily make a list of 2500, instead of only 25. However, in their opinion, these are the best from the last 25 years which are based on things like how well they did on the charts, cultural impact, awards and just plain ol’ emotional impact after hearing it.
Top 25 from the last 25 years:
1. “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw
2. “The House That Built Me” by Miranda Lambert
3. “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton
4. “Wagon Wheel” by Darius Rucker
5. “Springsteen” by Eric Church
6. “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith
7. “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town
8. “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack
9. “Believe” by Brooks & Dunn
10. “Follow Your Arrow” by Kacey Musgraves
11. “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” by Alan Jackson
12. “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson
13. “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
14. “Body Like a Back Road” by Sam Hunt
15. “Three Wooden Crosses” by Randy Travis
16. “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood
17. “The Joke” by Brandi Carlile
18. “In Color” by Jamey Johnson
19. “Die a Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett
20. “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes
21. “Next Thing You Know” by Jordan Davis
22. “Life Is a Highway” by Rascal Flatts
23. “Girl Goin’ Nowhere” by Ashley McBryde
24. “Mean” by Taylor Swift
25. “Stay” by Sugarland