This is my list of my favorite singles of 2009. I used any single that charted only, none of the uncharting singles made the list (Jamie O’Neal’s “Soldier Coming Home” or Terri Clarks “Gypsy Boots” would’ve been top 20 for sure). These are obviously my opinions so if you don’t agree, tough, deal with it. Hopefully you can check out some of the higher listed ones. Also I’m going to put the peak positions and label it was released on for those interested.
01. Randy Houser – “Anything Goes” – (#16 / Universal South)
02. Zac Brown Band – “Highway 20 Ride” – (#27 / Atlantic)
03. Jamey Johnson – “In Color” – (#9 / Mercury)
04. Lee Ann Womack – “Last Call” – (#14 / MCA)
05. Jamey Johnson – “High Cost Of Living” – (#34 / Mercury)
06. Brad Paisley – “Welcome To The Future” – (#2 / Arista)
07. Taylor Swift – “White Horse” – (#2 / Big Machine)
08. Trace Adkins – “‘Til The Last Shot’s Fired” – (#50 / Capitol)
09. Jamey Johnson – “My Way To You” – (#52 / Mercury)
10. Holly Williams – “Mama” – (#55 / Mercury)
11. Sugarland – “Already Gone” – (#1 / Mercury)
12. Miranda Lambert – “More Like Her” – (#17 / Columbia)
13. Tim McGraw – “It’s A Business Doing Pleasure With You” – (#13 / Curb)
14. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” – (#1 / Capitol)
15. Taylor Swift – “Fifteen” – (#7 / Big Machine)
16. Keith Urban – “”Til Summer Comes Around” – (#18 / Capitol)
17. Clay Walker – “She Won’t Be Lonely Long” – (#44 / Curb)
18. Chris Young – “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)” – (#1 / RCA)
19. Dean Brody – “Brothers” – (#26 / Broken Bow)
20. Miranda Lambert – “Dead Flowers” – (#37 / Columbia)
21. Trace Adkins – “Marry For Money” – (#14 / Capitol)
22. Brad Paisley – “American Saturday Night” – (#12 / Arista)
23. Brooks & Dunn – “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” – (#2 / Arista)
24. Sarah Buxton – “Space” – (#38 / Lyric Street)
25. Miranda Lambert – “White Liar” – (#6 / Columbia)
26. Tracy Lawrence – “Up To Him” – (#47 / Rocky Comfort)
27. Jason Aldean – “The Truth” – (#8 / Broken Bow)
28. Jeremy McComb – “Cold” – (#43 / Parallel/New Revolution)
29. Lee Ann Womack – “Solitary Thinkin’” – (#39 / MCA)
30. Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” – (#1 / Big Machine)
31. Jason Aldean – “Big Green Tractor” – (#1 / Broken Bow)
32. Rehab – “Bartender Song” – (#60 / Republic)
33. Kellie Pickler – “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You” – (#23 / BNA)
34. Jack Ingram – “Seeing Stars” – (#54 / Big Machine)
35. Montgomery Gentry – “Roll With Me” – (#1 / Columbia)
36. Steve Azar – “You’re My Life” – (#52 / Dang)
37. Jamie O’Neal – “Like A Woman” – (#43 / 1720)
38. Jessica Harp – “Boy Like Me” – (#30 / Warner Bros.)
39. Zac Brown Band – “Toes” – (#1 / Atlantic)
40. Josh Turner – “Why Don’t We Just Dance” – (#11 / MCA)
41. James Otto – “These Are The Good Ole Days” – (#36 / Warner Bros.)
42. George Strait – “Living For The Night” – (#2 / MCA)
43. Caitlin & Will – “Adress In The Stars” – (#42 / Columbia)
44. Sara Evans – “Low” – (#59 / Arista)
45. Keith Urban – “Only You Can Love Me This Way” – (#1 / Capitol)
46. Toby Keith – “Cryin’ For Me (Wayman’s Song) – (#16 / ShowDog)
47. Reba McEntire – “Consider Me Gone” – (#1 / Valory)
48. Phil Vassar – “Prayer Of A Common Man” – (#53 / Universal South)
49. Mark Chesnutt – “She Never Got Me Over You” – (#49 / Lofton Creek)
50. Alan Jackson – “I Still Like Bologna” – (#32 / Arista)
51. Sugarland – “Joey” – (#17 / Mercury)
52. Phil Vassar – “Bobbi With An I” – (#46 / Universal South)
53. Trace Adkins – “All I Ask For Anymore” – (#14 / Capitol)
54. Montgomery Gentry – “Long Line Of Losers” – (#23 / Columbia)
55. Love And Theft – “Dancing In Cirlces” – (#41 / Lyric Street)
56. Jypsi – “Mr. Officer” – (#52 / Arista)
57. Sugarland – “It Happens” – (#1 / Mercury)
58. Hank Williams Jr. – “Red, White And Pink-Slip Blues” – (#43 / Curb)
59. Alan Jackson – “Sissy’s Song” – (#9 / Arista)
60. Trent Tomlinson – “Henry Cartwright’s Produce Stand” – (#44 / Carolwood)
61.Carrie Underwood – “I Told You So” – (#1 / Arista)
62. Lady Antebellum – “I Run To You” – (#1 / Capitol)
63. Rodney Atkins – “15 Minutes” – (#20 / Curb)
64. Eli Young Band – “Guinevere” – (#60 / Universal South)
65. Brad Paisley – “Water” – (#51 / Arista)
66. Mallary Hope – “Love Lives On” – (#42 / MCA)
67. Brooks & Dunn – “Indian Summer” – (#16 / Arista)
68. Taylor Swift – “Fearless” – (#50 / Big Machine)
69. Kenny Chesney – “I’m Alive” – (#6 / BNA)
70. Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy” – (#1 / Mercury)
71. Keith Urban – “Sweet Thing” – (#1 / Capitol)
72. Carrie Underwood – “Temporary Home” – (#21 / Arista)
73. Josh Thompson – “Beer On The Table” – (#22 / Columbia)
74. Jake Owen – “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You” – (#2 / RCA)
75. Montgomery Gentry – “One In Every Crowd” – (#5 / Columbia)
76. Dierks Bentley – “Feel That Fire” – (#1 / Capitol)
77. Sarah Buxton – “Outside My Window” – (#25 / Lyric Street)
78. Crystal Shawanda – “My Roots Are Showing” – (#57 / RCA)
79. Reba McEntire – “Strange” – (#11 / Valory)
80. Whitney Duncan – “Skinny Dippin’” – (#48 / Warner Bros.)
81. Eason Corbin – “A Little More Country Than That” – (#19 / Mercury)
82. Holly Williams – “Keep The Change” – (#53 / Mercury)
83. George Strait – “Twang” – (#15 / MCA)
84. Bucky Covington – “I Want My Life Back” – (#32 / Lyric Street)
85. Lady Antebellum – “I Was Here” – (#54 / Capitol)
86. Phil Vassar – “Everywhere I Go” – (#36 / Universal South)
87. Michelle Branch – “Sooner Or Later” – (#46 / Warner Bros.)
88. Keith Urban – “Kiss A Girl” – (#3 / Capitol)
89. Bomshel – “Fight Like A Girl” – (#30 / Curb)
90. Steve Holy – “Might Have Been” – (#56 / Curb)
91. Toby Keith – “God Love Her” – (#1 / ShowDog)
92. Martina McBride – “Ride” – (#11 / RCA)
93. Carrie Underwood – “Cowboy Casanova” – (#1 / Arista)
94. Gary Allan – “Today” – (#21 / MCA)
95. Taylor Swift – “The Best Day” – (#56 / Big Machine)
96. Chris Young – “The Man I Want To Be” – (#33 / RCA)
97. Eric Church – “Hell On The Heart” – (#28 / Capitol)
98. Lee Brice – “Love Like Crazy” – (#35 / Curb)
99. Joe Nichols – “Believers” – (#26 / Universal South)
100. Carrie Underwood – “Home Sweet Home” – (#52 / Arista)
Posted by Wing1 on December 29, 2009 at 3:06 am
I love Trent Tomlinson’s “Henry Cartwright.” It really should of climbed the charts.
Posted by Ben Foster on July 17, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Most of these I agree with, though I probably would have chosen a different single for number one. My favorite song on the entire list is Sara Evans’ “Low,” which was one of the best-written, best-sung, and best-produced singles I’ve heard in a long time. Not surprisingly, country radio didn’t touch it.