Favorite Songs Of The Year - 2009

[sabre14]

Nothing better to do at the present time (bum knee helps), so why not another year. 2009 wasn't too great of a year IMO, but there were some great songs. Unfortunately there were a lot of bad ones as well. I went with songs that peaked in 2009 (for the most part). "Last Call" was the only one that peaked this year that I already used for 2008. 

Favorites:

1. Dean Brody - "Brothers"
2. Pat Green - "Country Star"
3. Rascal Flatts - "Why"
4. Love and Theft - "Runaway"
5. Brad Paisley - "Welcome To The Future"
6. Miranda Lambert - "Dead Flowers"
7. Bomshel - "19 And Crazy"
8. David Nail - "Red Light"
9. Gloriana - "Wild At Heart"
10. Eli Young Band - "Radio Waves"
11. Miley Cyrus - "The Climb" (complete guilty pleasure)
12. Trent Tomlinson - "Henry Cartwright's Produce Stand"
13. Sarah Buxton - "Outside My Window"
14. Gloriana - "How Far Do You Wanna Go?"
15. Jessica Harp - "Boy Like Me"
16. Eli Young Band - "Always The Love Songs"
17. Billy Currington - "People Are Crazy"
18. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
19. George Strait - "Living For The Night"
20. Darryl Worley - "Sounds Like Life To Me"
21. Kenny Chesney w/Mac McAnally - "Down The Road"
22. Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
23. Lost Trailers - "How 'Bout You Don't"
24. Josh Thompson - "Beer On The Table"
25. Sugarland - "Joey"
26. Gary Allan - "Today"
27. Josh Turner - "Everything Is Fine"
28. Tim McGraw - "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
29. Keith Anderson - "She Could've Been Mine"
30. Carrie Underwood - "I Told You So"
31. Eric Church - "Love Your Love The Most"
32. Trailer Choir - "What Would You Say"
33. Rascal Flatts - "Here Comes Goodbye"
34. Blaine Larsen - "It Did"
35. Trace Adkins - "Marry For Money"
36. Mallary Hope - "Love Lives On"
37. John Rich - "Shuttin' Detroit Down"
38. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Back To Tennessee" 
39. Chuck Wicks - "Man Of The House"
40. Jamey Johnson - "High Cost Of Living"

Least Favorites:

1. Fast Ryde - "That Thang" (this was my all-time least favorite country song til "Ready Set Roll" reared its ugly head)
2. Jason Aldean - "She's Country"
3. Phil Vassar - "Bobbi With An I"
4. Jake Owen - "Eight Second Ride'
5. Craig Morgan - "Bonfire"
6. Brad Paisley - "Then"
7. Reba McEntire - "Strange"
8. Rodney Atkins - "15 Minutes"
9. Jimmy Wayne - "Sara Smile" (to this day, I'm shocked this cracked the top 30)
10. Rascal Flatts - "Summer Nights
11. Brooks & Dunn - "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
12. Dierks Bentley - "Sideways"

[trustypepper]

A few that come to mind...

"Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood
"You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift
"Need You Now" - Lady A
"Smile" - Uncle Kracker (huge guilty pleasure of mine)
"I Run to You" - Lady A (one of my all-time favorite songs)

[Andy]

Not really my favorite year, this was about the time I mostly gave up on following mainstream country. That being said, there were some good songs.

TOP
1. Jamey Johnson - High Cost of Living
2. Brad Paisley - Welcome to the Future
3. Billy Currington - People Are Crazy
4. Sugarland - Joey
5. Kenny Chesney and Mac McAnally - Down the Road

[someguy]

Reba McEntire - "Consider Me Gone" (my favourite of the year)
Reba McEntire - "Strange"
Sugarland - "It Happens
Sugarland - "Joey"
Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
Taylor Swift - "White Horse"
Martina McBride - "Ride"
Martina McBride - "I Just Call You Mine"
Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally - "Down The Road"
Kenny Chesney & Dave Matthews - "I'm Alive"
Kenny Chesney - "Out Last Night"
Zac Brown Band - "Chicken Fried"
Zac Brown Band - "Whatever It Is"
Zac Brown Band - "Toes"
Tim McGraw - "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
Brad Paisley & Keith Urban - "Start A Band"
Lee Ann Womack - "Last Call"
Keith Urban - "Kiss A Girl"
Love and Theft - "Runaway"
Lady Antebellum - "Lookin' For A Good Time"
LeAnn Rimes - "What I Cannot Change"
Brooks & Dunn - "Cowgirls Don't Cry"
Miranda Lambert - "Dead Flowers"

[tim]

Not my favorite year in country by any means, but there are some good songs.

My top five:
1. "Living for the Night," George Strait (I probably listened to that song 100+ times that year)
2. "Here Comes Goodbye," Rascal Flatts
3. "Solitary Thinkin'," Lee Ann Womack
4. "Whatever It Is," Zac Brown Band
5. "Down the Road," Kenny Chesney w/ Shane McAnally

Other Favorites:
"Already Gone," Sugarland
"I Run to You," Lady Antebellum
"People Are Crazy," Billy Currington
"You Belong With Me," Taylor Swift
"Toes," Zac Brown Band
"Need You Now," Lady Antebellum
"It Won't Be Like This For Long," Darius Rucker
"Do I," Luke Bryan
"Love Your Love the Most," Eric Church
"Sissy's Song," Alan Jackson
"Strange," Reba McEntire
"Red Light," David Nail
"Welcome to the Future," Brad Paisley
"Best Days of Your Life," Kellie Pickler
"Getting' You Home," Chris Young
"I Told You So," Carrie Underwood w/ Randy Travis
"White Horse," Taylor Swift
"Sounds Like Life To Me,' Daryl Worley
"Always the Love Songs," Eli Young Band

Least Favorites:
"Honky Tonk Stomp," Brooks & Dunn
"Cowboy Casanova," Carrie Underwood
"It's America," Rodney Atkins
"I Still Like Bologna," Alan Jackson
"Bonfire," Craig Morgan
"It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You," Tim McGraw
"Everything is Fine," Josh Turner

[dajross6]

My top 10 of 2009 (weeks @ #1 are from my personal chart):

1. Need You Now (5 weeks @ #1)
2. Here Comes Goodbye (2 weeks @ #1)
3. Then (5 weeks @ #1)
4. Living For The Night (3 weeks @ #1)
5. Big Green Tractor (1 week @ #1)
6. Out Last Night (2 weeks @ #1)
7. Red Light (3 weeks @ #1)
8. Today (2 weeks @ #1)
9. Nothing To Die For (3 weeks @ #1)
10. The Truth (3 weeks @ #1)

[Deleted]

I pretty much just copied from everyone else's lists so here goes:

Top:
1. Jamey Johnson- High Cost Of Living
2. Rascal Flatts- Why
3. Billy Currington- People Are Crazy
4. George Strait- Living For The Night
5. Kenny Chesney/Mac Macanally- Down The Road
6. Brad Paisley- Welcome To The Future
7. Josh Turner- Everything Is Fine
8. Gary Allan- Today
9. Miranda Lambert- Dead Flowers
10. Love & Theft- Runaway
11. Lady Antebellum- Need You Now
12. Trace Adkins- Marry For Money
13. Brad Paisley/Keith Urban- Start A Band
14. Luke Bryan- Do I
15. Craig Morgan- Bonfire (major guilty pleasure)
16. Gloriana- How Far Do You Wanna Go?
17. Carrie Underwood/Randy Travis- I Told You So

Bottom:
1. Fast Ryde- That Thang
2. Sugarland- Joey
3. Darryl Worley- Sounds Like Life To Me
4. Jason Aldean- She's Country