When you think back on the songs that first made you fall in love with country music, which ones come to mind?
In this staff-compiled list, the folks at Taste of Country are digging back into our own personal memories and sharing which songs first got us hooked on this one-of-a-kind genre.
Country music is about storytelling, so of course, a lot of our picks have special memories that go along with them. This list includes a school bus singalong, a teenage crush and a mother-daughter dance party.
Country music was there for us every step of the way — just like it is for every life stage, for every country fan.
Some of us included a pivotal country song a little later in life, too: You’ll find a couple of stories here about “going country” after starting a career in another genre of music. You’ll also find a couple anecdotes about the songs that made us want to dig deeper and find out the meanings and back stories behind the music.
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Plus, there’s one song on here that not one but two staffers picked as a song that lit a fire under them as young country music fans. Can you guess what it is?
The 15 Songs That Made Us Fall in Love With Country Music
When you think back to your earliest memories of country music, what songs come to mind? In this staff-compiled list, the folks at Taste of Country share the stories that made us fall in love with this one-of-a-kind genre.
Read through the list to see our favorites, and let us know — what song made you fall in love with country music? Does your pick match any of ours?
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