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CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music

CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music is a six hour television special held in 2003 by CMT. The special counted down the songs that have made the impact on the genre.

It was decided by hundreds of artists and music historians from all over the country.

Brad Paisley and LeAnn Rimes hosted the program that first aired on June 8th of that year.

Countdown

Rank	Song Title	Artist
100	"Killin' Time"	Clint Black
99	"Back in the Saddle Again"	Gene Autry
98	"Faded Love"	Bob Wills or Patsy Cline
97	"Amazed"	Lonestar
96	"I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)"	Doug Stone
95	"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"	Flatt & Scruggs
94	"Something in Red"	Lorrie Morgan
93	"Take This Job and Shove It"	Johnny Paycheck
92	"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"	Johnny Cash or Kris Kristofferson
91	"Seven Year Ache"	Rosanne Cash
90	"He'll Have to Go"	Jim Reeves
89	"Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"	Travis Tritt
88	"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"	Gene Autry
87	"Passionate Kisses"	Mary Chapin Carpenter or Lucinda Williams
86	"Before the Next Teardrop Falls"	Freddy Fender
85	"Blue"	LeAnn Rimes
84	"Please Remember Me"	Tim McGraw
83	"(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"	Lynn Anderson
82	"Should've Been a Cowboy"	Toby Keith
81	"Smoky Mountain Rain"	Ronnie Milsap
80	"She's in Love with the Boy"	Trisha Yearwood
79	"Is There Life Out There"	Reba McEntire
78	"My Home's in Alabama"	Alabama
77	"You're Still the One"	Shania Twain
76	"Good Hearted Woman"	Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
75	"Strawberry Wine"	Deana Carter
74	"Flowers on the Wall"	The Statler Brothers
73	"You Are My Sunshine"	Jimmie Davis
72	"A Boy Named Sue"	Johnny Cash
71	"Don't Toss Us Away"	Patty Loveless
70	"Chiseled in Stone"	Vern Gosdin
69	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Charlie Daniels
68	"There Stands the Glass"	Webb Pierce
67	"It's Your Love"	Tim McGraw with Faith Hill
66	"Green Green Grass of Home"	Porter Wagoner
65	"God Bless the USA"	Lee Greenwood
64	"When You Say Nothing at All"	Alison Krauss or Keith Whitley
63	"The Tennessee Waltz"	Patti Page
62	"Don't Rock the Jukebox"	Alan Jackson
61	"Lovesick Blues"	Hank Williams
60	"Go Rest High on That Mountain"	Vince Gill
59	"Family Tradition"	Hank Williams, Jr.
58	"Kiss an Angel Good Morning"	Charley Pride
57	"If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"	Lefty Frizzell or Willie Nelson
56	"Mama He's Crazy"	The Judds
55	"Act Naturally"	Buck Owens
54	"Coat of Many Colors"	Dolly Parton
53	"Walking the Floor Over You"	Ernest Tubb
52	"On the Other Hand"	Randy Travis
51	"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"	Kitty Wells
50	"Independence Day"	Martina McBride
49	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Don Gibson or Ray Charles
48	"Boot Scootin' Boogie"	Brooks & Dunn
47	"Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)"	Loretta Lynn
46	"Desperado"	Eagles
45	"Guitars, Cadillacs"	Dwight Yoakam
44	"When I Call Your Name"	Vince Gill
43	"Delta Dawn"	Tanya Tucker
42	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins
41	"Sweet Dreams"	Patsy Cline
40	"Hello Walls"	Faron Young
39	"Make the World Go Away"	Eddy Arnold
38	"Breathe"	Faith Hill
37	"King of the Road"	Roger Miller
36	"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"	Carter Family or Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
35	"D-I-V-O-R-C-E"	Tammy Wynette
34	"Harper Valley PTA"	Jeannie C. Riley
33	"Always on My Mind"	Willie Nelson
32	"Rhinestone Cowboy"	Glen Campbell
31	"I Walk the Line"	Johnny Cash
30	"I Hope You Dance"	Lee Ann Womack
29	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"	Hank Williams
28	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"	Alan Jackson
27	"Fancy"	Reba McEntire
26	"The Gambler"	Kenny Rogers
25	"Folsom Prison Blues"	Johnny Cash
24	"The Chair"	George Strait
23	"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"	Willie Nelson
22	"Wide Open Spaces"	Dixie Chicks
21	"Okie from Muskogee"	Merle Haggard
20	"Man of Constant Sorrow"	Dan Tyminski, among others
19	"Hey Good Lookin'"	Hank Williams
18	"Take Me Home, Country Roads"	John Denver
17	"Hello Darlin'"	Conway Twitty
16	"I Will Always Love You"	Dolly Parton
15	"Forever and Ever, Amen"	Randy Travis
14	"The Dance"	Garth Brooks
13	"Coal Miner's Daughter"	Loretta Lynn
12	"Amarillo by Morning"	George Strait
11	"Blue Moon of Kentucky"	Bill Monroe
10	"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"	Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
09	"Behind Closed Doors"	Charlie Rich
08	"Galveston"	Glen Campbell
07	"I Fall to Pieces"	Patsy Cline
06	"Friends in Low Places"	Garth Brooks
05	"Your Cheatin' Heart"	Hank Williams
04	"Ring of Fire"	Johnny Cash
03	"Crazy"	Patsy Cline
02	"He Stopped Loving Her Today"	George Jones
01	"Stand by Your Man"	Tammy Wynette