I Like It, I Love It - A Tim McGraw Rankdown (#1 Revealed!)

[bboat11]

23. "Like We Never Loved at All" - Faith Hill ft. Tim McGraw

Album: Fireflies (Faith Hill album)

Country Airplay Peak: 5

Year: 2005





Total: 619
Average: 29.48
Std Dev: 20.35

@adam1995 - 3
someguy - 10
rgreen0625 - 10
Troublemaker - 11
kansasmeetsmo - 12
@anythingbutmine - 12
Kanenrá:ke - 16
austin - 18
cerulean - 19
zaclord 🌈 - 20
toomuchboy - 23
sabre14 - 29
bboat11 - 31
.indulgecountry - 35
Cody Wants Out... - 38
Kentucky25 - 40
castleoblivion26 - 43
fearlessarrow - 47
tim - 53
countrymusicjunkie - 73
CoJoFan - 76

Leo ✔

...And right on the heels of "It's Your Love", we lose the last remaining Tim/Faith duet (although Faith will still appear a couple more times as a background vocalist). And with it, CoJoFan FINALLY loses #76!

Edited: I may or may not have completely forgotten about "I Need You"...

[Cody Wants Out...]

After listening to Fireflies (years after promising myself I would), I realized that I should have ranked that duet much higher. :(

[bboat11]

Time for 2 people to lose their #1s!!!!!!

[bboat11]

Aug 21, 2017 8:40:45 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

After listening to Fireflies (years after promising myself I would), I realized that I should have ranked that duet much higher. :(

Right??!! I finally revisited the album for the first time since I was like 12 while preparing for the Faith rankdown, and I was floored by how good it is as a whole! And I have started to have a new appreciation for "Like We Never Loved at All" since I submitted for this Tim rankdown.

[bboat11]

22. "Shotgun Rider"

Album: Sundown Heaven Town

Country Airplay Peak: 1

Year: 2014





Total: 590
Average: 28.10
Std Dev: 19.65

.indulgecountry - 1
cerulean - 3
austin - 5
countrymusicjunkie - 10
tim - 11
Kanenrá:ke - 13
rgreen0625 - 17
fearlessarrow - 20
Troublemaker - 22
@anythingbutmine - 24
Cody Wants Out... - 24
CoJoFan - 27
bboat11 - 30
zaclord 🌈 - 30
castleoblivion26 - 31
someguy - 36
sabre14 - 46
@adam1995 - 50
Kentucky25 - 56
toomuchboy - 63
kansasmeetsmo - 71

Leo ✔

Literally gobsmacked by this missing the top 20... I know I ranked it at 30, but really, I thought this was a lock! This song is a major jam, and one of his best since switching to Big Machine! .indulgecountry loses his #1, while kansasmeetsmo loses her last bottom-6.

[bboat11]

One more song to go until the top 20, and one person is still going to lose their #1 before we get there. I guess you could say life is fast and the world is cruel... :(

[bboat11]

21. "Red Ragtop"

Album: Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

Country Airplay Peak: 5

Year: 2002





Total: 565
Average: 26.90
Std Dev: 16.74

countrymusicjunkie - 1
austin - 4
someguy - 9
zaclord 🌈 - 9
.indulgecountry - 14
toomuchboy - 15
tim - 15
Kentucky25 - 17
CoJoFan - 20
bboat11 - 24
@adam1995 - 27
@anythingbutmine - 29
sabre14 - 30
Cody Wants Out... - 30
Kanenrá:ke - 32
castleoblivion26 - 34
rgreen0625 - 42
kansasmeetsmo - 47
cerulean - 53
Troublemaker - 56
fearlessarrow - 57

Leo ✔

This song leaving just before the top 20 is a shame, in my opinion. This is such a brilliant and understated story song. The way it handles and discusses a first-love scenario is chilling, mainly because it goes deeper than the stereotypical backseat sex to look at the dark side of the couple having an abortion and then being unable to overcome their complicated emotions afterwards. I wish this had made it at least into the top 20, but alas, it misses the top 20 by a mere 5 points...

[someguy]

21-30 put a serious dent in my top 10 lol

[bboat11]

Here's the top 20!

Angry All The Time
Better Than I Used To Be
Diamond Rings And Old Barstools
Don’t Take The Girl
Everywhere
Highway Don’t Care
Humble And Kind
I Like It, I Love It
I Need You
If You’re Reading This
Just To See You Smile
Live Like You Were Dying
Meanwhile Back At Mama’s
My Next Thirty Years
Not A Moment Too Soon
Please Remember Me
She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart
Something Like That
The Cowboy In Me
Where The Green Grass Grows

[Cody Wants Out...]

Oops, another one I severely underranked! I had that in my top 20 at one point; I guess I should've kept it there. Such a great song that's gone too soon. :(

[bboat11]

Aug 17, 2017 17:13:15 GMT -5 countrymusicjunkie said:

Here's my top 20 prediction, in no particular order.

Live Like You Were Dying
Humble And Kind
Diamond Rings And Old Barstools
The Cowboy In Me
Angry All The Time
Just To See You Smile
Where The Green Grass Grows
Everywhere
Please Remember Me
Something Like That
Meanwhile Back At Mama's
Don't Take The Girl
I Like It, I Love It
Better Than I Used To Be
Can't Be Really Gone
Highway Don't Care
If You're Reading This
One Of Those Nights
My Next 30 Years
Red Ragtop

Also, I just dug this gem back up from page 11, when we were just starting the top 45... You got 17/20 on your top 20 predictions! Pretty remarkable :)

The 3 you didn't count were "She Never Lets it Go to Her Heart", "I Need You", and "Not a Moment Too Soon".

[fearlessarrow]

Aug 21, 2017 8:37:08 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

...And right on the heels of "It's Your Love", we lose the last remaining Tim/Faith duet (although Faith will still appear a couple more times as a background vocalist). And with it, CoJoFan FINALLY loses #76!

I'm assuming you aren't counting "I Need You" or "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" because they are technically "featuring Faith Hill" songs?

Otherwise, songs that are getting eliminated at this stage all leave me sad with some exceptions. For me "Grown Men Don't Cry" just didn't compare to his other phenomenal singles around that time.

"Like We Never Loved At All" is another one. It's nice but it overstayed its welcome for me. Also I prefer "It's Your Love" and "Let's Make Love" compared to the latter Tim/Faith duets (with one exception of "Meanwhile Back At Mama's").

"Red Ragtop" has a great story, but the chorus drags it down a lot for me. 

[bboat11]

Aug 21, 2017 9:28:33 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

Aug 21, 2017 8:37:08 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

...And right on the heels of "It's Your Love", we lose the last remaining Tim/Faith duet (although Faith will still appear a couple more times as a background vocalist). And with it, CoJoFan FINALLY loses #76!

I'm assuming you aren't counting "I Need You" or "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" because they are technically "featuring Faith Hill" songs?

Otherwise, songs that are getting eliminated at this stage all leave me sad with some exceptions. For me "Grown Men Don't Cry" just didn't compare to his other phenomenal singles around that time.

"Like We Never Loved At All" is another one. It's nice but it overstayed its welcome for me. Also I prefer "It's Your Love" and "Let's Make Love" compared to the latter Tim/Faith duets (with one exception of "Meanwhile Back At Mama's").

"Red Ragtop" has a great story, but the chorus drags it down a lot for me. 

Lol I was hoping nobody had discovered my error yet! I just realized it and went back and fixed it, and then saw you had quoted me    LMAO I completely forgot about "I Need You"! THAT is the last remaining Tim/Faith duet. "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" is one that I had in mind when I said she would appear again as a background vocalist, and then the other one is "Angry All the Time" :) And I think that's it.

[fearlessarrow]

Aug 21, 2017 9:35:20 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Aug 21, 2017 9:28:33 GMT -5 fearlessarrow said:

I'm assuming you aren't counting "I Need You" or "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" because they are technically "featuring Faith Hill" songs?

Otherwise, songs that are getting eliminated at this stage all leave me sad with some exceptions. For me "Grown Men Don't Cry" just didn't compare to his other phenomenal singles around that time.

"Like We Never Loved At All" is another one. It's nice but it overstayed its welcome for me. Also I prefer "It's Your Love" and "Let's Make Love" compared to the latter Tim/Faith duets (with one exception of "Meanwhile Back At Mama's").

"Red Ragtop" has a great story, but the chorus drags it down a lot for me. 

Lol I was hoping nobody had discovered my error yet! I just realized it and went back and fixed it, and then saw you had quoted me     LMAO I completely forgot about "I Need You"! THAT is the last remaining Tim/Faith duet. "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" is one that I had in mind when I said she would appear again as a background vocalist, and then the other one is "Angry All the Time" :) And I think that's it.

I remembered "I Need You" because I need that song to get out ASAP and I was super sad when it beat "It's Your Love" which is my favorite Tim/Faith duet 

I didn't know she did background vocals on "Angry All the Time"! I'm learning something new every day!

[bboat11]

Album Spotlight: Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

Released: November 26, 2002

Label: Curb Records

Producer: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw, Darran Smith

Runtime: 66min 10sec

AllMusic Rating: 3.5/5

Tracklist:

1. Comfort Me
2. Tickin' Away
3. Home
4. Red Ragtop
5. That's Why God Made Mexico
6. Watch the Wind Blow By
7. Illegal
8. Sleep Tonight
9. I Know How to Love You Well
10. Sing Me Home
11. She's My Kind of Rain
12. Who Are They
13. Real Good Man
14. All We Ever Had
15. Tiny Dancer

-This is the first album to feature Tim's band, The Dancehall Doctors (hence the name of the album).

-"All We Ever Had" and "Sing Me Home" appeared in the movie Black Cloud, which McGraw also acted in.

-This album was recorded in a mountaintop studio in upstate New York.

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Country Airplay Peaks:

Real Good Man - 1
Watch the Wind Blow By - 1
She's My Kind of Rain - 2
Red Ragtop - 5
Tiny Dancer - 49

Rankdown Placements:

21. Red Ragtop
38. She's My Kind of Rain
40. Real Good Man
55. Watch the Wind Blow By
62. Tiny Dancer


Album Track #8: Sing Me Home

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Album Tracks:

Tickin' Away
Total Points: 9

castleoblivion26 - 3
Cody Wants Out... - 10





Who Are They
Total Points: 8

someguy - 3





I Know How to Love You Well
Total Points: 7

rgreen0625 - 4

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[Cody Wants Out...]

I thought I'd be the only one into "Tickin' Away"; glad to see I'm not alone. My rank there seemed low, but I sent in a jumbo list for those album tracks (bboat11 can testify to that ;) ).

[Deleted]

Aug 21, 2017 8:24:23 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

24. "It's Your Love" - ft. Faith Hill

Album: Everywhere

Country Airplay Peak: 1

Year: 1997

Total: 631
Average: 30.05
Std Dev: 17.94

@anythingbutmine - 3

I think I ranked this one a little high, but still thought it would be a lock for the Top 20. I probably should have had it somewhere in my 8-10 range instead.

Aug 20, 2017 23:42:13 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

27. "My Old Friend"

Album: Live Like You Were Dying

Country Airplay Peak: 6

Year: 2005

Total: 677
Average: 32.24
Std Dev: 17.65

@anythingbutmine - 42

Well, after this past weekend in which I had to put down my 14 year old dog, I have a new appreciation for this song and would have ranked it muchhh higher. A very good song that says exactly what I need it to say.

[Troublemaker]

Aug 21, 2017 8:37:08 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

23. "Like We Never Loved at All" - Faith Hill ft. Tim McGraw

Album: Fireflies (Faith Hill album)

Country Airplay Peak: 5

Year: 2005

This is one of those songs that I like better because of the music video. Every time I see this video along with Faith's Stealing Kisses for some strange reason I think of June Carter Cash, like I said... Strange

[castleoblivion26]

Aug 21, 2017 10:09:19 GMT -5 Cody Wants Out... said:

I thought I'd be the only one into "Tickin' Away"; glad to see I'm not alone. My rank there seemed low, but I sent in a jumbo list for those album tracks (bboat11 can testify to that ;) ).

honestly "Tickin' Away" is my favorite song on that album, and I like almost all the songs on it. I remember when that album first came out it was the one song I wanted to see released as a single and unfortunately that never happened. Still listen to it from time to time

[countrymusicjunkie]

We lost some really great songs today, including "Shotgun Rider" and my all time favorite Tim song and one of my all time favorite songs in general, "Red Ragtop". The story "Red Ragtop" tells is so original and unlike anything I've ever heard before. I also love the production and instrumentation, and I think Tim sounds great on it. I really wanted it to make the top 20, but at least it came close.

[countrymusicjunkie]

Aug 21, 2017 9:25:08 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Aug 17, 2017 17:13:15 GMT -5 countrymusicjunkie said:

Here's my top 20 prediction, in no particular order.

Live Like You Were Dying
Humble And Kind
Diamond Rings And Old Barstools
The Cowboy In Me
Angry All The Time
Just To See You Smile
Where The Green Grass Grows
Everywhere
Please Remember Me
Something Like That
Meanwhile Back At Mama's
Don't Take The Girl
I Like It, I Love It
Better Than I Used To Be
Can't Be Really Gone
Highway Don't Care
If You're Reading This
One Of Those Nights
My Next 30 Years
Red Ragtop

Also, I just dug this gem back up from page 11, when we were just starting the top 45... You got 17/20 on your top 20 predictions! Pretty remarkable :)

The 3 you didn't count were "She Never Lets it Go to Her Heart", "I Need You", and "Not a Moment Too Soon".

Hopefully I'll do as good with my 10 prediction. Once again, in no particular order.

Live Like You Were Dying
Just To See You Smile
Angry All The Time
Humble And Kind
Everywhere
Please Remember Me
Something Like That
The Cowboy In Me
Where The Green Grass Grows
Don't Take The Girl

[bboat11]

Album Track #4: "Overrated"

Album: Sundown Heaven Town

Track #: 1 of 18

Year: 2014

Points Earned: 23

.indulgecountry - 1
Troublemaker - 3
someguy - 7
austin - 10






-This is the 3rd album track from Sundown Heaven Town to be featured, after "Portland, Maine" at #10 and "Sick of Me" at #6!

bboat11 countrymusicjunkie austin Kanenrá:ke Kentucky25 someguy rgreen0625 toomuchboy @anythingbutmine @adam1995 tim castleoblivion26 Cody Wants Out... zaclord 🌈 fearlessarrow sabre14 CoJoFan .indulgecountry Troublemaker cerulean kansasmeetsmo Leo ✔

[bboat11]

Let the top 20 begin!!!!!

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20. "Better Than I Used to Be"

Album: Emotional Traffic

Country Airplay Peak: 5

Year: 2011





Total: 560
Average: 26.67
Std Dev: 20.30

Cody Wants Out... - 3
zaclord 🌈 - 6
fearlessarrow - 6
CoJoFan - 7
@adam1995 - 10
.indulgecountry - 11
rgreen0625 - 15
Kanenrá:ke - 18
Troublemaker - 18
cerulean - 18
sabre14 - 18
countrymusicjunkie - 20
tim - 21
kansasmeetsmo - 22
Kentucky25 - 35
someguy - 45
castleoblivion26 - 48
bboat11 - 50
toomuchboy - 61
@anythingbutmine - 62
austin - 66

Leo ✔

Kicking off the top 20, we finally say goodbye to our last single from Emotional Traffic. I will be honest, I definitely underranked this one. I can't believe how low I ranked it! The problem is that I barely remember this song from when it was released, so I have basically no nostalgia built up about it, unlike the vast majority of his catalog. Considering I genuinely like almost everything up until my bottom 6, I suppose 50 isn't that bad, but I definitely still feel like I underranked it.

[.indulgecountry]

Yay my favorite Timmy album track in the Top 5!! <3

"Better Than I Used to Be" deserved higher! I'm glad it made Top 20 though.

[countrymusicjunkie]

"Better Than I Used To Be" is such a great song. I seem to be in the minority, but I actually prefer Tim's version over Sammy Kershaw's, but Sammy's is great too.

[bboat11]

Album Spotlight: Emotional Traffic

Released: January 24, 2012

Label: Curb Records

Producer: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw, Darran Smith

Runtime: ??

AllMusic Rating: 4/5

Tracklist:

1. Halo
2. Right Back Atcha Babe
3. One Part, Two Part (ft. Faith Hill)
4. I Will Not Fall Down
5. The One
6. Better Than I Used to Be
7. Touchdown Jesus
8. The One That Got Away
9. Felt Good on My Lips
10. Hey Now
11. Only Human (ft. Ne-Yo)
12. Die by My Own Hand

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-This was Tim's final album with Curb Records!

-"Felt Good on My Lips" was included as a new song on Tim's previous album, Number One Hits, and went on to be a #1 hit itself. Then it was included on this one. So some people count it as the lead single for this project, while others count "Better Than I Used to Be" as the lead single. You can be the judge for yourself, but just know that it was a single almost a year and a half before this album was released... Lol!

-Tim finished recording this album in late 2010, but Curb Records refused to release it. Tim went on record basically saying that Curb was refusing to release it in an attempt to prolong his contract with them, since he only had one more album on the contract and they knew he couldn't get out of there fast enough once it was released.

-In May of 2011, Curb filed a lawsuit against Tim saying that he was in breach of contract because he had started recording for the album too soon.

-Tim then filed a counter-suit seeking advance payment and recording-fund reimbursement, unspecified damages, and a jury trial, which began in July 2012.

-After a long, drawn-out lawsuit process, Tim FINALLY won, the album was released, and he immediately signed with Big Machine Records and quickly announced his first album with them. (He may have signed with them before the lawsuit was officially over; I don't remember).

-On a different note, "I Will Not Fall Down" is co-written by Martina McBride! One of the few times she has had a hand in writing a song for another artist!

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Country Airplay Peaks:

Better Than I Used to Be - 5
Right Back Atcha Babe - 59

Rankdown Placements:

20. Better Than I Used to Be
61. Right Back Atcha Babe

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Album Tracks:

I Will Not Fall Down
Total Points: 10

kansasmeetsmo - 1




Die by My Own Hand
Total Points: 6

Troublemaker - 5




Touchdown Jesus
Total Points: 3

Troublemaker - 8

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[castleoblivion26]

I love "I Will Not Fall Down" and almost voted for it myself. Not sad to see "Better Than I Used To Be" go out here because while it is a great song it just never stood up to his other hits for me.

[countrymusicjunkie]

Aug 21, 2017 8:15:00 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Album Spotlight: Number One Hits

-countrymusicjunkie , do you know if Tim actually agrees with this album's existence? I know he basically shunned the 3rd hits collection as well as everything Curb has done since the label switch. But I like to think of this as a necessary hits collection similar to the 1st and 2nd ones, mostly because it was a good idea to release a comprehensive album celebrating his boatload of #1s, plus it offered original material that was released to radio concurrently.

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No, Tim didn't agree with this album either. He finished recording his Emotional Traffic album in the summer of 2010 and turned it into Curb Records with the intention of releasing "Felt Good On My Lips" as the first single and then releasing the album in the fall. Instead, Curb released "Felt Good On My Lips" to radio as the lone new single from this number 1 hits album and released it in the fall instead of Emotional Traffic.

[castleoblivion26]

Aug 22, 2017 17:48:47 GMT -5 countrymusicjunkie said:

Aug 21, 2017 8:15:00 GMT -5 bboat11 said:

Album Spotlight: Number One Hits

-countrymusicjunkie , do you know if Tim actually agrees with this album's existence? I know he basically shunned the 3rd hits collection as well as everything Curb has done since the label switch. But I like to think of this as a necessary hits collection similar to the 1st and 2nd ones, mostly because it was a good idea to release a comprehensive album celebrating his boatload of #1s, plus it offered original material that was released to radio concurrently.

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No, Tim didn't agree with this album either. He finished recording his Emotional Traffic album in the summer of 2010 and turned it into Curb Records with the intention of releasing "Felt Good On My Lips" as the first single and then releasing the album in the fall. Instead, Curb released "Felt Good On My Lips" to radio as the lone new single from this number 1 hits album and released it in the fall instead of Emotional Traffic.

I remember reading somewhere that Tim has never agreed with a single hits collection that has been released, including his original Greatest Hits album, don't remember where I read that but I am fairly certain he said that in an interview at one point in time

[bboat11]

Aug 22, 2017 18:12:17 GMT -5 castleoblivion26 said:

Aug 22, 2017 17:48:47 GMT -5 countrymusicjunkie said:

No, Tim didn't agree with this album either. He finished recording his Emotional Traffic album in the summer of 2010 and turned it into Curb Records with the intention of releasing "Felt Good On My Lips" as the first single and then releasing the album in the fall. Instead, Curb released "Felt Good On My Lips" to radio as the lone new single from this number 1 hits album and released it in the fall instead of Emotional Traffic.

I remember reading somewhere that Tim has never agreed with a single hits collection that has been released, including his original Greatest Hits album, don't remember where I read that but I am fairly certain he said that in an interview at one point in time

That's pretty interesting! I have always felt like his first and second ones were pretty necessary at the point in his career in which they were released. To me it started getting really weird when Curb put out the 3rd Greatest Hits cd like immediately after the second one came out...

But it wouldn't really surprise me if Tim was kinda forced to put out the first two hits collections, because his unhappiness with Curb had to have been bubbling long before the debacle of Let It Go/Greatest Hits 3/Southern Voice/Number One Hits/Emotional Traffic.