Country music is the most popular genre of music and its popularity stems from classic country songs such as these from the 1990s that have paved the way for other, more current artists. Country songs are steeped in Americana and tell the story of ordinary, hard working, hard drinking, and long suffering people just like many of us. Some of the best songs came from the 1970s and the 1980s as well.Â
These are songs from top classic country artists such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Faith Hill, and LeAnn Rimes. Vote up the greatest 1990s country songs, or add any good song that makes you love '90s country music, it if it isn't already on the list.
1George Strait1995
2George StraitThe second single off of Carrying Your Love with Me, the title track reached #1 in 1997 becoming Strait's 32nd #1 single of his career.
3Friends In Low Places
The ultimate country party crashing song is from this Garth Brooks 1990 tune
4Toby KeithShould've Been a Cowboy, Toby Keith's debut single, reached #1 in 1993.
5Alan Jackson1995
6Garth BrooksThis 1990 song won Garth Brooks an award for best country newcomer.
7Brooks & DunnThis 1992 song was a hit for Boorks and Dunn and stayed at #1 for four weeks
8Garth BrooksAnother 1991 hit for Garth Brooks about a woman catching her husband in an affiar
9Alan JacksonWas a hit song off the similarly titled Alan Jackson album from 1991
10Brooks & Dunn1992
11When You Say Nothing At All
Alison Krauss & Union Station1995
12I Cross My Heart
This song was a hit for George Strait in 1992 when it was part of the movie "Pure Country"
13Livin' on Love
Alan Jackson1994
14She Don't Know She's Beautiful
Sammy Kershaw1993
15Trisha Yearwood1991
16Diamond Rio
17Chattahoochee
This 1993 Alan Jackson tune went gold
18Travis Tritt
19Unanswered Prayers
This 1991 Garth Brooks song hit #1 on the charts
20Independence day
Martina McBride
21Write This Down
George Strait was back with another hit in 1999 with this country tune.
22Deana Carter
23Tim McGrawThis 1994 song was Tim McGraw's first #1 hit.
24Shania TwainShania's first #1 single came with this 1995 hit.
25Fancy
This song was a hit for Reba McEntire in 1990 and was a re-release of a Bobbie Gentry song about a woman who beats poverty by becoming a coutresan.
26Toby Keith
27John Michael MontgomeryAs the lead single of his self titled album, John Michael Montgomery's I Can Love You Like That reached #1 in April 1995, becoming the 5th such hit of his career.
28Carried Away
George StraitReleased in June 1996, Carried Away became George Strait's 30th #1 hit
29Rodeo
Garth Brooks
30Alan Jackson — Midnight in Montgomery
1992
32John Michael MontgomeryReleased in May 1995, Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident) became John Michael Montgomery's 6th #1 hit.
33Jo Dee Messina1996
34Hal Ketchum
35Every Light in the House
Trace Adkins
36Shania Twain
37Garth Brooks1994
38Pam Tillis
39She's Not the Cheatin' Kind
Brooks & Dunn1994
40Life's a Dance
John Michael Montgomery- 41
Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)
Garth Brooks 
42John Michael MontgomeryJohn Michael Montgomery's second #1 hit, I Swear, reached #1 in February 1994 and topped the Billboard Year End Country Chart for that year.
43Straight Tequila Night
John Anderson1991/1992
44T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Travis Tritt
45Vince Gill1995
46Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)
Joe Diffie- 47
Shameless
Garth Brooks1991
48Little Texas1993
49She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)
Alan Jackson1992/1993
50Shania TwainThis 1997 hit for Shania Twain was a crossover success that achieved airplay on both country and pop station.
51John Anderson1992
52Amazed
LonestarThe Lonestar lovesong from 1999 that's played at every country wedding.
53Desperado
Clint Black1993
54Dwight Yoakam — a Thousand Miles from Nowhere
55Reba McEntireThis song was a hit for Reba McEntire in 1992 that inspired many women to take another look at their lives.
56Blue Clear Sky
George Strait1996
57Travis Tritt
58Tim McGraw, Faith HillA 1996 hit from the country stars who would become one of country's best couples the same year (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill).
59Born Country
Alabama1992
60I'm Gonna Be Somebody
Travis Tritt1990
61Little Rock
Collin Raye1994
62Does He Love You
Reba McEntire, Linda Davis1993
63Be My Baby Tonight
John Michael MontgomeryAs the highlight single from John Michael Montgomery's 1994 album Kickin' It Up, Be My Baby Tonight reached #1 in August of that year becoming the third #1 single of Montogomery's career.
64Toby Keith1993/1994
65Brand New Man
Brooks & Dunn1991
66Garth Brooks
67Walkaway Joe
Trisha Yearwood1992/1993
68John Michael Montgomery1993
69Rock My World (little Country Girl)
Brooks & Dunn
70Tim McGrawthis song was a hit for Tim McGraw in 1994
71LeAnn RimesThis song was a hit for LeAnn Rimes in 1997
72Down At The Twist And Shout
Mary Chapin Carpenter1991
73Thinkin' Problem
David Ball1994
74Garth Brooks
75Martina McBride1993
76What She's Doing Now
Garth Brooks1992
77The Greatest Man I Never Knew
Reba
78He Didn't Have to Be
This song was a hit for Brad Paisley in 1999.- 79
What Part of No
Lorrie MorganReleased in December 1992, What Part of No became Lorrie Morgan's second #1 hit
80Little Bitty
Alan Jackson1996/1997
81Wild Angels
Martina McBride1995/1996
82Alibis
Tracy LawrenceArguably the biggest hit of Tracy Lawrence's career, Alibis became his second #1 hit in 1993.
83If I Could Make A Living
Clay Walker
84Cowboy Take Me Away
Dixie ChicksThis wistful lovesong as a hit for the Dixie Chicks in 1999.
85A Broken Wing
Martina McBride
86That Ain't My Truck
Rhett Akins
87Some Girls Do
Sawyer Brown1992
88Better Things To Do
Terri Clark1995
89Mark Chesnutt1992
90Shania TwainThis song was also a crossover hit for Shania Twain in 1999 getting pop and country recognition.
91Tanya Tucker1992
92Tall, Tall Trees
Alan Jackson1995
93Joe Diffie
94Dixie ChicksIn 1998 the Dixie Chicks brought back classi sounds and instruments of country music with this hit.
95This Kiss
Faith HillThis song was a hit for Faith Hill in 1998 that spawned a lot of crossover airplay on country and pop radio.
96Third Rate Romance
Sammy Kershaw
97You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
Brooks & Dunn
98Vince Gill1990
99Easy Come, Easy Go
George Strait
100Blackhawk1993/1994
101Patty Loveless1993
102What Might Have Been
Little Texas1993
103Fast as You
Dwight Yoakam
104Except For Monday
Lorrie Morgan1991/1992
105Toby KeithAs the first single off of Toby Keith's Boomtown album, Who's That Man became the second #1 single for the Oklahoman, in 1994.
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Sticks and Stones Tracy Lawrence
107Vince Gill1992
108The Heart Won't Lie
Reba McEntire
109Ain't That Lonely Yet
Dwight Yoakam
110Ten Thousand Angels
Mindy McCready1996
111Brooks & Dunn1993
112Angels Among Us
Alabama
113Bye Bye
Jo Dee Messina
114The Keeper of the Stars
Tracy Byrd
115You Know Me Better Than That
George Strait1991
116One More Last Chance
Vince Gill1993
117Collin Raye1991/1992
118Mary Chapin Carpenter1993/1994
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Aint No Thinking Thing
Trace Adkins 
120Tell Me I Was Dreaming
Travis Tritt
