Country music isn’t afraid to be referential. Many artists have made nods to their genre across the decades. Find four of our favorites, below.
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4 of the Best Songs About Country Music
1. “Like I Love Country Music” – Kane Brown
Kane Brown clearly loves country music. He’s dedicated his life to its proliferation. If there is one thing he loves more, it’s his wife, Katelyn Brown. He once conflated the two in his hit song, “Like I Love Country Music.” He’s found the same sense of affection for his romantic partner that was once extended to the songs on his radio.
You get me high as Willie girl
You get me gone as Jones
You turn me on as much as I turn on my radio
Let’s take our time, walk the line kinda like Johnny and June did
Yeah, let’s do this
Baby, I love you like I love country music
2. “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” (George Jones)
Country has its icons. Even decades after their heydays, “the greats” of the genre still stand tall. So tall, in fact, that it’ll be a wonder if anyone is able to fill their shoes. George Jones (a great in his own right) said as much in this hit.
No, there will never be another
Red-headed stranger
A man in black and Folsom prison blues
The Okie from Muskogee
Or hello darling
Lord, I wonder who’s gonna fill their shoes
3. “Country Music Made Me Do It” (Carly Pearce)
Country music is the fire behind Carly Pearce’s life. Everything that I’ve done wrong or I’ve done right / Oh, country music made me do it, Pearce sings in “Country Music Made Me Do It.” It’s a sentiment that many of her fellow country stars will likely agree with.
Country music made me do it
Got me drunk and got me through it
A little heartbreak eighty proof
Over three chords and the truth
Out of a small town into a ballgown
Picking me up every time that I fall down
Everything that I’ve done wrong or I’ve done right
Oh, country music made me do it
And I’ll do it ’til I die
4. Country Music (Charley Pride)
Charley Pride argued that country music has an unparalleled way of uplifting the listener. In “Country Music,” Pride sings about how the genre has lightened his mood countless times. If you came in feelin’ lowdown low you’re leavin’ feelin’ fine, he sings. Many country fans get the same sense of relief from the genre.
Don’t it seem like country music puts a big smile on your face
Don’t it seem like all your troubles kinda wonder out in space
Don’t it seem like folks around you are tappin’ toes in time
And if you came in feelin’ lowdown low you’re leavin’ feelin’ fine
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