Everyone loves a good love song. But sometimes songs have a message that is almost exceedingly sappy, in the best possible way. These four country love songs all came out in the 90s and are all over-the-top romantic.
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“Where Your Road Leads” by Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
Not only is Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks’ “Where Your Road Leads” very romantic, but it also became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Out in 1998 as the title track of Yearwood’s seventh studio album, “Where Your Road Leads” came out four years before the two began dating. Yearwood and Brooks wed in 2005.
“Where Your Road Leads” is written by Victoria Shaw and Desmond Child. The song says, “Where your road leads I will follow / When your heart bleeds I’ll be there for you / When your night grows dark and you can’t find your tomorrow / Then you can follow me.”
“Where Your Road Leads” came one year after Yearwood and Brooks released “In Another’s Eyes“.
“Your Love Amazes Me” by John Berry
In 1994, John Berry released “Your Love Amazes Me”. On his eponymous freshman debut, “Your Love Amazes Me” is written by Amanda Hunt-Taylor and Chuck Jones.
“Your Love Amazes Me” begins with, “I’ve seen the seven wonders of the world / I’ve seen the beauty of diamonds and pearls / But they ain’t nothin’ baby / Your love amazes me.”
“Your Love Amazes Me” is Berry’s first, and so far only, No.1 single of his career.
“Love, Me” by Collin Raye
There isn’t much that is more romantic than a love that spans decades. It’s what Collin Raye sings about in “Love, Me”. On Raye’s freshman All I Can Be record, “Love, Me” is his second single, and first No. 1 hit.
“Love, Me” is written by Skip Ewing and Max T. Barnes. The song is about a boy finding out about his grandparents love story right before his grandmother passed away. “Love, Me” says, “If you get there before I do / Don’t give up on me / I’ll meet you when my chores are through / I don’t know how long I’ll be / But I’m not gonna let you down / Darling, wait and see / And between now and then, till I see you again / I’ll be loving you, Love, me.’”
“I’d Love You All Over Again” by Alan Jackson
In 1991, Alan Jackson had a No. 1 hit with “I’d Love You All Over Again“. From his freshman Here In The Real World record, Jackson wrote “I’d Love You All Over Again” by himself, inspired by his wife, Denise.
“I’d Love You All Over Again” says, “Has it been ten years since we said, ‘I do’ / I’ve always heard marriage made one seem like two / But you’re lookin’ better than you did back then / You still make this old heart give in / And if I had it to do all over / I’d do all over again / If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin / I’d love you all over again.”
“I wrote [it] for her for our 10th anniversary,” Jackson says (via Country Now).” I mean, there’s been a zillion songs that have pieces of our good days and bad days inspired, and they continue to.”
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