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Country Music Fans Sound Off On The Genre’s Best Break Up Songs
In need of some break up songs to blare through your speakers? Some country music fans have been working hard to create a collection of tracks that are certainly worthy of a break up playlist.
Over on the r/country page of Reddit, some country music fanatics have been answering (and debating) the “What’s the quintessential country break up song that you love jamming to?” question for a while. Simply put, the answers haven’t disappointed, and the group over at r/country are utilizing Reddit in a beautiful way. If you just went through a break up yourself, this amalgamation of music below is going to come in handy for you.
Here are the songs that country music fans consider quintessential in the break up sub-genre of country music:
“‘When It Rains It Pours’ by Luke Combs.”
“Brad Paisley’s ‘I’m Gonna Miss Her.'”
“‘The Cowboy Rides Away’ by George Strait.”
“‘She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinking Doubles)’ by Gary Stewart.”
“’I Don’t Think She’s In Love Anymore’ by Charlie Pride.”
“‘Ocean Front Property’ by George Strait.”
“‘Nobody To Blame’ by Chris Stapleton.”
“’The King is Gone (So Are You)’ by George Jones.”
“’#2′ by Pat Green.”
“‘Good Lord Lorrie’ by Turnpike Troubadours.”
“‘That Ain’t No Way to Go’ by Brooks and Dunn.”
“Reba’s ‘Take It Back.'”
“‘The Dance’ by Garth Brooks.”
“‘She Used To Love Me A Lot’ by David Allan Coe.”
“‘Brokenheartsville’ by Joe Nichols.”
“‘All My Ex’s Live In Texas’ by George Strait.”
“‘Better Man’ by Clint Black.”
“‘How Do You Like Me Now?’ by Toby Keith.”
“‘Here’s A Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares’ by Travis Tritt.”
“‘Drunk On A Plane’ by Dierks Bentley.”
“‘Here In The Real World’ by Alan Jackson.”
Not a bad list, right?
The funny thing about break up songs – and specifically songs that of that nature that you can “jam to” – is that they can be both slow and fast paced and still have “turn it all the way up” vibes. Sad country songs are the best, and break up songs can definitely lean more melancholy (I’m thinking “Something In The Orange” by Zach Bryan or “Heads You Win” by Charley Crockett).
But on the flip side, they can also be upbeat and inspire the broken-hearted to pick themselves back up off the ground. I’d throw “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” by Luke Combs and “Record Year” by Eric Church as perfect examples of that.The post Country Music Fans Sound Off On The Genre’s Best Break Up Songs first appeared on Whiskey Riff.