Favorite 20 Female Country Singles that didn't Crack Top 20

[sabre14]

I've had this idea for a little while and while we have other threads that express favorite lower-charting singles, this time, it's for your favorite 20 singles from female artists that never reached the top 20, on either Mediabase or Billboard. Female duos or all female groups count as well.

Mine: :)

1. Sonya Isaacs - "No Regrets, Yet"
2. Chalee Tennison - "Go Back"
3. Terri Clark - "She Didn't Have Time"
4. Rebecca Lynn Howard - "That's Why I Hate Ponticas"
5. Shelly Fairchild - "Tiny Town"
6. Katrina Elam - "No End In Sight"
7. Megan Mullins - "Ain't What It Used To Be"
8. Kacey Musgraves - "Follow Your Arrow"
9. Rebecca Lynn Howard - "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners"
10. SHeDAISY - "In Terms Of Love"
11. Lila McCann - "Down Came A Blackbird"
12. Stephanie Quayle - "Drinking With Dolly"
13. Bomshel - "The Power Of One"
14. Star De Azlan - "She's Pretty"
15. Sarah Johns - "He Hates Me"
16. Sunny Sweeney - "Staying's Worse Than Leaving"
17. Rebecca Lynn Howard - "I Need A Vacation" (yes, I think she was that good to have three songs on here)
18. Patty Loveless - "On Your Way Home"
19. Erika Jo - "I Break Things"
20. Jessica Harp - "Boy Like Me"

Thinking .indulgecountry and Kanenrá:ke would be interested in making a list. :)

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1. Runaway June Lipstick
2. Lauren Alaina Next Boyfriend
3. Danielle Bradbery Young In America
4. Emily West Blue Sky
5. Cassadee Pope Summer
6. Maddie and Tae Sierra
7. Jana Kramer Circles
8. Mickey Guyton Better Than You Left Me
9. Sunny Sweeney Drink Myself Single
10. Kacey Musgraves Follow Your Arrow
11. Kellie Pickler Tough
12. Raelynn Love Triangle
13. Brandy Clark Girl Next Door
14. Laura Bell Bundy Giddy On Up
15. Ashley Monroe On To Something Good
16. Hayden Panettiere Telescope
17. Edens Edge Too Good To Be True (the group has a guy in it but the lead singer is female)
18. Miranda Lambert Tin Man
19. Jennifer Nettles Unlove You
20. Brooke Eden Diamonds

I decided to make sure each female artist only got 1 submission and I didn't want any song too far out in the distance.

[sabre14]

raylatch98, why would a song more than a few years old not be in contention for your list? Just curious, because there are a ton of stellar songs in the 90s and first decade of the 2000s.

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Jul 13, 2017 23:49:21 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

raylatch98, why would a song more than a few years old not be in contention for your list? Just curious, because there are a ton of stellar songs in the 90s and first decade of the 2000s.

I'm doing more of the ones I'm familiar with and a lot of the more lower obscure songs from 2008 and before are just completely forgotten on me and the songs I listed were honestly the ones that came to mind.

[sabre14]

Jul 13, 2017 23:51:02 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Jul 13, 2017 23:49:21 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

raylatch98, why would a song more than a few years old not be in contention for your list? Just curious, because there are a ton of stellar songs in the 90s and first decade of the 2000s.

I'm doing more of the ones I'm familiar with and a lot of the more lower obscure songs from 2008 and before are just completely forgotten on me and the songs I listed were honestly the ones that came to mind.

I understand. When you have time, go listen to some of the songs before 2008.

[tim]

1. Alison Krauss - "Forget About It"
2. Trisha Yearwood - "On A Bus to St. Cloud"
3. Faith Hill - "When the Lights Go Down"
4. Mandy Barnett - "Now That's All Right With Me"
5. Mila Mason - "Dark Horse"
6. Lee Ann Womack - "Buckaroo"
7. Terri Clark - "No Fear"
8. Patty Loveless - "On Your Way Home"
9. Brandy Clark - "Love Can Go to Hell"
10. Cam - "Mayday"
11. Lee Ann Womack - "Finding My Way Back Home"
12. Kacey Musgraves - "Dime Store Cowgirl"
13. Jamie Lynn Spears - "How Could I Want More"
14. Shania Twain - "Don't"
15. Lila McCann - "Down Came a Blackbird"
16. Carlene Carter - "The Sweetest Thing"
17. Mindy McCready - "What If I Do"
18. Lee Ann Womack - "The Wrong Girl"
19. Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Almost Home"
20. Sara Evans - "Cryin' Game"

[sabre14]

Also raylatch98, "Merry Go Round" made the top 10 for Kacey Musgraves.

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Jul 14, 2017 0:34:20 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Also raylatch98, "Merry Go Round" made the top 10 for Kacey Musgraves.

Right I keep forgetting that Kacey Musgraves had 1 song that did do decently well. Making the edit right now.

[ky24941]

1. SHeDAISY - "Still Holding Out For You" (Billboard peak #27)
2. Deana Carter - "Angels Working Overtime" (#35)
3. Shania Twain - "Shoes" (#29)
4. Patty Loveless - "Can't Get Enough" (#21)
5. Sara Evans - "Cryin' Game" (#56)
6. Lisa Brokop - "Give Me A Ring Sometime" (#55)
7. Cyndi Thomson - "I'm Gone" (#31)
8. Matraca Berg - "Baby, Walk On" (#36)
9. Miranda Lambert - "Dead Flowers" (#37)
10. Anne Murray - "Who's Leaving Who" (#62)
11. Kippi Brannon - "I'd Be With You" (#53)
12. Ronna Reeves - "Never Let Him See Me Cry" (#73)
13. Loretta Lynn - "Wouldn't It Be Great" (#72)
14. Chely Wright - "Till I Was Loved By You" (#48)
15. Shannon Brown - "I Won't Lie" (#58)
16. Lila McCann - "Down Came A Blackbird" (#28)
17. Shana Petrone - "Heaven Bound" (#60)
18. Jennette McCurdy - "Not That Far Away" (#58)
19. Sherrie Austin - "Lucky In Love" (#34)
20. The Kinleys - "I'm In" (#35)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Amy Dalley - "I Would Cry" (Why was this not huge? Oh yeah, Curb)

Lisa Dames - "Just Another Day" (video here)

Mila Mason - "Dark Horse"

Mary Chapin Carpenter - "House of Cards"

Matraca Berg - "Baby, Walk On"

Chalee Tennison - "Go Back"

Runaway June - "Lipstick"

Sonya Isaacs - "No Regrets Yet"

Rebecca Lynn Howard - "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs"

Shelly Fairchild - "Kiss Me"

Terri Clark - "She Didn't Have Time"

Lila McCann - "Down Came a Blackbird"

Shania Twain - "Don't!"

Reba - "Somebody's Chelsea"

Cam - "My Mistake" (you know she's good when I think this is an A+ song, and still think "Burning House" is 10 times better...)

Ashley Campbell - "Remembering"

Suzy Bogguss - "Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt"

Terry Radigan - "Half a Million Teardrops"

Lauren Alaina - "Eighteen Inches"

Kathy Mattea - "455 Rocket"

Caitlin & Will - "Address in the Stars"

Brandy Clark - "Girl Next Door"

Sarah Buxton - "Space"

I'll probably think of like 75 more

[Uncle Lumpy]

Lee Ann Womack "Solitary Thinkin'" (#39)

Anita Cochran "(I Wanna Hear) A Cheatin' Song" (#57)

Sara Evans "Three Chords and the Truth" (#44)

Tanya Tucker "Rodeo Girls" (#83)

Tammy Cochran "If You Can" (#41)

Sammi Smith "The Girl from New Orleans" (#36)

Marsha Thornton "Maybe the Moon Will Shine" (#73)

Pam Tillis "The Hard Way" (#-)

Kris Tyler "I'm in Trouble Now" (#-)

Rebecca Lynn Howard "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" (#71)

Trisha Yearwood "You Can Sleep While I Drive" (#23)

Kellie Pickler "Someone Somewhere Tonight" (#-)

Leslie Satcher "Burn Me Down" (#-)

Dawn Sears "Tell Me Im Crazy' (#-)

LeAnn Rimes "These Arms of Mine" (#41)

Bobbie Cryner "Daddy Laid the Blues on Me" (#63)

Gretchen Wilson "I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today" (#22)

Martina McBride "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" (#26)

Star De Azlan "Shes Pretty" (#51)

Lari White "Lead Me Not" (#47)

Patty Loveless "On Your Way Home" (#29)

Allison Moorer "A Soft Place to Fall" (#73)

Brandt Clark "Hold My Hand" (#49)

Shelby Lynne "The Hurtin' Side" (#38)

Chely Wright "She Went Out for Cigarettes" (#49)

Chalee Tennison "Just Because She Lives There" (#36)

Ashley Monroe "Weed Instead of Roses" (#39)

Danni Leigh "If the Jukebox Took Teardrops" (#57)

Sonya Isaacs "Barefoot in the Grass" (#64)

Lorrie Morgan "Standing Tall" (#32)

KT Oslin "Cornell Crawford" (#63)

Rhonda Vincent "If Heartaches Had Wings" (#48)

Terri Gibbs "Some Days It Rains All Night Long" (#45)

[bigfan101]

ooh, what a great thread. Tried to only do one song per act.

1. Go Back - Chalee Tennison
2. Mine All Mine - SheDaisy
3. Getaway Car - The Jenkins
4. Summer - Cassadee Pope
5. That Kind of Day - Sarah Buxton
6. She Didn't Have Time - Terri Clark
7. Circles - Jana Kramer
8. Eighteen Inches - Lauren Alania
9. Ex-Old Man - Kristen Kelly
10. Shut Up & Fish - Maddie & Tae
11. Everything - Jessica Andrews
12. Five More Minutes - Ashley Gearing
13. Little Bit Gypsy - Kellie Pickler
14. I Would Cry - Amy Dalley
15. I Don't Want To - Ashley Monroe
16. I'm Gone - Cyndi Thomson
17. How Could I Want More - Jamie Lynn Spears
18. Better Than You Left Me - Mickey Guyton
19. God Don't Make Mistakes - Jamie ONeal
20. Love Is - Katrina Elam

[someguy]

I'll keep it at one per artist:

1. Reba McEntire - "Until They Don't Love You"
2. Faith Hill - "Stealing Kisses"
3. Wynonna - "Flies On The Butter"
4. Trisha Yearwood - "On A Bus To St. Cloud"
5. Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
6. Martina McBride - "Phones Are Ringing All Over Town"
7. Jennifer Nettles - "Hey Heartbreak"
8. Shania Twain - "What Made You Say That"
9. Sheryl Crow - "Callin' Me When I'm Lonely"
10. Dolly Parton - "Home"
11. Terri Clark - "Damn Right"
12. Miranda Lambert - "We Should Be Friends"
13. LeAnn Rimes - "What I Cannot Change"
14. Mary Chapin Carpenter - "House Of Cards"
15. Carolyn Dawn Johnson - "One Day Closer To You"
16. Lee Ann Womack - "Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago"
17. Patty Loveless - "On Your Way Home"
18. SHeDaISY - "In Terms Of Love"
19. Brandy Clark - "Girl Next Door"
20. Jamie O'Neal - "Frantic"

[kansasmeetsmo]

I'll make a complete list later, but for right now...any Sarah Buxton single really.

[House Lannister]

I may have to do some research and come back to this. Great idea!

Pretty sure Just Like Them Horses make the cut.

[austin]

Mine All Mine - SHeDAISY
In Terms of Love - SHeDAISY
Get Over Yourself - SHeDAISY
You Still Shake Me - Deana Carter
The Other Side Of This Kiss - Mindy McCready
I'm Done - Jo Dee Messina

[tim]

Jul 24, 2017 10:57:34 GMT -5 austin said:

The Other Side Of This Kiss - Mindy McCready

This came from a very underrated album IMO. I still go back and listen to If I Don't Stay the Night quite often.

Thought of a couple more:
Chely Wight - "Just Another Heartache" and "I Already Do"

[zaclord 🌈]

Mmkay, I couldn't pick 20 so here is my top 30 in no particular order. I love them all.

1. "Blue Sky" Emily West
2. "How Could I Want More" Jamie Lynn Spears
3. "Dime Store Cowgirl" Kacey Musgraves
4. "Biscuits" Kacey Musgraves
5. "Blowin' Smoke" Kacey Musgraves
6. "Keep It To Yourself" Kacey Musgraves
7. "Follow Your Arrow" Kacey Musgraves
8. "Closer To Nowhere" Kellie Pickler
9. "100 Proof" Kellie Pickler
10. "Next Boyfriend" Lauren Alaina
11. "Better" Maggie Rose
12. "Better Than You Left Me" Mickey Guyton
13. "Tin Man" Miranda Lambert
14. "Love Triangle" RaeLynn
15. "She Didn't Have Time" Terri Clark
16. "I Don't Want To" Ashley Monroe
17. "The Power of One" Bomshel
18. "Different Breed" Carter's Chord
19. "Not Ready to Make Nice" Dixie Chicks
20. "I'm Done" Jo Dee Messina
21. "No End in Sight" Katrina Elam
22. "Finding My Way Back Home" Lee Ann Womack
23. "Innocence" Sarah Buxton
24. "When I Said I Would" Whitney Duncan
25. "Girl Next Door" Brandy Clark
26. "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart" Cassadee Pope
27. "Easy" Sheryl Crow
28. "If It Ain't With You" Farewell Angelina
29. "Whiskey" Jana Kramer
30. "Send It On Down" Lee Ann Womack

[James]

Blue Sky - Emily West
Better - Maggie Rose
Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves
100 Proof - Kellie Pickler
In Terms Of Love - SHeDAISY
That Train Don't Run - Matraca Berg
What A Woman Knows - Kris Tyler
Scream - Mindy McCready
I Won't Lie - Shannon Brown
Tonight - Sara Evans
Something Real - Shana Petrone
Lee Ann Womack - He Oughta Know that By Now
I Won't Say Goodbye - Katrina Elam
Men And Mascara - Julie Roberts
He'd Never Seen Julie Cry - Jo Dee Messina
Unlove You - Jennifer Nettles
Better Than You Left Me - Mickey Guyton
Summer - Cassadee Pope
Summer Girl - Jessica Andrews
No Regrets Yet - Sonya Isaacs
Lucky In Love - Sherrie Austin

I know that's 21...it was terribly difficult to even stop at 21.

[kansasmeetsmo]

1) Cry on the Shoulder of The Road - Martina McBride
2) Anywhere - Sara Evans
3) Innocence - Sarah Buxton
4) Space - Sarah Buxton
5) Cheap Whiskey - Martina McBride
6) The Time Has Come - Martina McBride
7) Easy - Sheryl Crow
8) Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago - Lee Ann Womack
9) Swingin' Doors - Martina McBride
10) Phones Are Ringin' All the Time - Martina McBride
11) Fool I'm a Woman - Sara Evans
12) Coalmine - Sara Evans
13) Tiny Town - Shelly Fairchild
14) Mississippi Turnpike - Shelly Fairchild
15) Me and Charlie Talking - Miranda Lambert
16) New Strings - Miranda Lambert
17) When the Lights Go Down - Faith Hill
18) American Heart - Faith Hill
19) Satisfied - Ashley Monroe
20) Weed Instead of Roses - Ashley Monroe

Wow, this was a lot harder to put together than I thought it would be. I guess, I need to expand the amount of music I listen to beyond just radio hits.  It may just be my lack of chart knowledge, but I found this list to be a surprising challenge.

[James]

I noticed many of us listed different singles from the same artists. One artist I didn't see anyone list (possible I overlooked) - Lisa Brokop. Really surprised 'How Do I Let Go' or even 'Big Picture' didn't crack the top 20.

[kansasmeetsmo]

Jul 28, 2017 8:35:25 GMT -5 James said:

I noticed many of us listed different singles from the same artists. One artist I didn't see anyone list (possible I overlooked) - Lisa Brokop. Really surprised 'How Do I Let Go' or even 'Big Picture' didn't crack the top 20.

Yeah, I did that. However, it was only because I was having difficulty remembering chart knowledge. Like if there was a lesser known singer who had a song I liked it, I assumed it made the top 20. For example, when reading this I was shocked that Cam's "Mayday" didn't make top 20 since I remememebr hearing it on the radio so much.

[fe_lipeoliveira]

Love this topic! It was great to remember some great songs and look back on my mind to think of some more. I tried not to repeat the songs mentioned before, and I just couldn't rank them.

The Wreckers - Tennessee
Amber Dotson — I'll Try Anything
Rachel Proctor - Didn't I
Joanna Cotten - The Prize
Katrina Elam - Love Is
Holly Williams - Keep The Change
Danielle Peck - I Don't
Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Georgia
Julie Roberts - Wake Up Older
Julie Reeves - What I Need
Lisa Shaffer - Just One
Rebecca Lynn Howard - I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners
Erika Jo - I Break Things
Emily West - Blue Sky
Ashley Monroe - I Don't Want To
Sarah Buxton - Space
Faith Hill - Come Home
Trisha Yearwood - This Is Me You're Talking To
Elizabeth Cook - All The Time
Jewel - Ten

[toomuchboy]

I had to use Wikipedia because I'm not that familiar with the charts... Didn't Kacey Musgraves' "Follow Your Arrow" go to #10? If I'm wrong, that would have been my number 1. I know I went way over 20, but I copied down so many songs, I couldn't stop at 20.

1. Sara Evans ~ "Fool, I’m a Woman"
2. Dolly Parton ~ "Little Sparrow"
3. SHeDAISY ~ "Still Holding Out for You" 27
4. Sherrie Austin ~ "Little Bird"
5. SHeDAISY ~ "Mine All Mine"
6. Carolyn Dawn Johnson ~ "Georgia"
7. Kacey Musgraves ~ "Blowin’ Smoke"
8. Kree Harrison ~ "This Old Thing"
9. Taylor Swift ~ "Safe & Sound"
10. Alison Krauss ~ "The Lucky One"
11. LeAnn Rimes ~ "How Do I Live"
12. Tammy Wynette ~ "Apartment No. 9"
13. Dolly Parton ~ "Imagine"
14. Sherrie Austin ~ "Never Been Kissed"
15. Kellie Pickler ~ "Makin’ Me Fall in Love Again"
16. Faith Hill ~ "American Heart"
17. Sara Evans ~ "Marquee Sign"
18. Dixie Chicks ~ "Not Ready to Make Nice"
19. Sara Buxton ~ "Innocence"
20. Faith Hill ~ "Red Umbrella"
21. Kacey Musgraves ~ "Dime Store Cowgirl"
22. Dixie Chicks ~ "Everybody Knows"
23. SHeDAISY ~ "In Terms of Love"
24. Kacey Musgraves ~ "Keep It to Yourself"
25. Dolly Parton ~ "Jesus & Gravity"
26. Kellie Pickler ~ "Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful"
27. Reba McEntire ~ "Going Out Like That"
28. Kellie Pickler ~ "Tough"
29. Dolly Parton ~ "Travelin’ Thru"
30. Faith Hill ~ "Lost"
31. Sara Evans ~ "Cryin’ Game"
32. LeAnn Rimes ~ "You Light Up My Life"
33. Reba McEntire ~ "If I Were a Boy"
34. Faith Hill ~ "Come Home"
35. Lorrie Morgan ~ "You Think He’d Know Me Better"
36. Christina Aguilera ~ "Shotgun"
37. Cassadee Pope ~ "I Wish I Could Break Your Heart"
38. Sara Buxton ~ "Outside My Window"
39. Shania Twain ~ "When You Kiss Me"
40. Gretchen Wilson ~ "I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today"

[sabre14]

"Follow Your Arrow" peaked at #10 on the new Hot Country Songs chart but only got to #43 on the Billboard Airplay chart. My criteria was based on the radio airplay charts lol.

[.indulgecountry]

This is gonna be so hard, lol. In no particular order:

01. Coalmine - Sara Evans
02. Closer to Nowhere - Kellie Pickler
03. We Should Be Friends - Miranda Lambert
04. Staying's Worse Than Leaving - Sunny Sweeney
05. Where Country Grows - Ashton Shepherd
06. Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
07. Better - Maggie Rose
08. I Do - Jewel
09. Better Get to Livin' - Dolly Parton
10. Shotgun Girl - The JaneDear Girls
11. Boy Like Me - Jessica Harp
12. Angels Working Overtime - Deana Carter
13. Shut Up and Fish - Maddie & Tae
14. Dime Store Cowgirl - Kacey Musgraves
15. Tennessee - The Wreckers
16. It's Too Late to Worry - Jo Dee Messina
17. The Wrong Girl - Lee Ann Womack
18. Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town - Martina McBride
19. Until They Don't Love You - Reba McEntire
20. Better Than You Left Me - Mickey Guyton