Top Country Singles 2009, Three Quarters Through

[koganbot]

While barely paying attention I'm hearing one country single after another that's Top Ten worthy. What really floors me is that a piece of Lady Antebellum mush that's just as mushy as any of their previous mush, and nothing special in style or message, is so warm, lopes right into a Little Big Town place in my heart. Good hook helps. Other tracks that I've not said much about previously: Sarah Borges "Do It For Free": a respectable alt-country band does my neo-new-wave tuff girl track of the year. Jack Ingram "Barefoot And Crazy": southern dance is further defined as Mellencamp. Holly Williams "Keep The Change": with Borges being Chrissie Hynde, Girl Hank III gets to be a rocking Borges singer-songwriter type. Phil Vassar "Bobbi With An I": country transvestite novelty is a pretext to sing "Barbara Ann."

1. Love And Theft "Runaway"
2. Jamey Johnson "High Cost Of Living"
3. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"
4. Sarah Buxton "Space"
5. Caitlin & Will "Even Now"
6. Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles "Do It For Free"
7. Lady Antebellum "Need You Now"
8. Taylor Swift "White Horse"
9. Brooks & Dunn f. Reba McEntire "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
10. Miranda Lambert "White Liar"
11. Jack Ingram "Barefoot And Crazy (Double Dog Dare Ya Mix)"
12. Rascal Flatts "Summer Nights"
13. Randy Houser "Boots On"
14. John Rich "Shuttin' Detroit Down"
15. Jamie O'Neal "Like A Woman"
16. Taylor Swift "Fifteen"
17. Kenny Chesney "Out Last Night"
18. David Nail "Red Light"
19. Dierks Bentley "Sideways"
20. The Parks "As Long As You're Going My Way"
21. Holly Williams "Keep The Change"
22. Collin Raye "Mid-Life Chrysler"
23. Phil Vassar "Bobbi With An I"
24. Flatlanders "Homeland Refugee"

Comments

[brak55.livejournal.com]

Have you ever heard the Sarah Borges version of Smokey Robinson's Being With You. I love it. Great little record.

[koganbot]

Yes, it's on Stars Are Out, though I've not had the chance to give that album many spins yet.

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

My country Top 40, as of now. (There are a few things on your list I keep meaning to check out, including that dance mix of the Jack Ingram song; I like the non-remixed version better than anything else on his mostly meh new album, but that's not saying all that much.) Anyway:

1-10
Jamey Johnson – “High Cost Of Living”
Love and Theft – “Runaway”
John Rich – “Shuttin’ Detroit Down”
Sarah Buxton – “Space”
Toby Keith – “American Ride”
Rascal Flatts – “Summer Nights”
Caitlin & Will – “Even Now”
Brad Paisley – “Welcome to The Future”
The Love Willows – “Falling Faster”*
The Flatlanders – “Homeland Refugee”

11-20
Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me”
Billy Currington – “People Are Crazy”
Krista Marie – “Jeep Jeep”
Phil Vassar – “Bobbi With An I”
Jypsi – “Mister Officer”
Sarah Borges And The Broken Singles – “Do It For Free”
Eli Young Band – “Guinevere”
Montgomery Gentry – “Long Line Of Losers”
Trace Adkins – “I Can’t Outrun You”
Brooks & Dunn – “Cowgirls Don’t Cry”

21-30
Collin Raye – “Midlife Chrysler”
Jessica Harp – “Boy Like Me”
Brooks & Dunn – “Indian Summer”
Kenny Chesney – “Out Last Night”
George Strait – “Living For The Night”
Kid Rock – “Blue Jeans And A Rosary”
Megan Munroe - “Moonshine”
Gloriana – “How Far Do You Wanna Go?”
Trace Adkins – “Marry For Money”
Lady Antebellum – “I Run To You”

31-40
Heartland – “Mustache”
Jason Boland and the Stragglers – “Comal County Blues”
Pat Green – “What I’m For”
Miranda Lambert – “White Liar”
Alan Jackson – “I Still Like Bologna”
Montgomery Gentry – “One In Every Crowd”
Ash Bowers – “Stuck”
Jamey Johnson – “My Way To You”
Jack Ingram - “Barefoot And Crazy”
Jason Aldean – “She’s Country”

* -- Not sure whether I want to count this as country or not.

[koganbot]

I don't know if that Ingram is a different mix, actually, or just a clever way of inserting a subtitle. I suppose I should go to YouTube and compare.