400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #350-326
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
A few should’ve been hits are mixed in with genuine smashes as the countdown continues.
400 Greatest Singles of the Nineties: #350-#326
#350
How Do I Live
Trisha Yearwood
1997 | Peak: #2
When Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes released dueling versions of this song in 1997, it was apparently a wake up call to country listeners: “Hey, wait a minute. Trisha Yearwood is an amazing singer!” She elevates “How Do I Live” beyond its movie theme nature by adding layers of subtlety and nuance to the typical Diane Warren template. – Kevin Coyne
#349
Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Brooks & Dunn
1992 | Peak: #1
I don’t claim to have any real knowledge of what it’s like to spend a night at the liveliest of honky-tonks, but I’ll be darned if this song doesn’t make me feel like I do. Because “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” isn’t really about a specific place where people go, and it isn’t even about the boogie itself; it’s about the universal thrill of busting out of the work week, kicking back and dancing your troubles away. From start to finish, Brooks & Dunn’s performance is a twangy blast of exhilaration, and that’s a feeling we can all relate to – outlaws, in-laws, crooks and straights alike. - Tara Seetharam
#348
Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got
Tracy Byrd
1997 | Peak: #4
Just a damn catchy trad country sing-a-long. It was good fun when Johnny Paycheck had the original hit with it, and lost none of its steam when Tracy Byrd resurrected it for a new audience twenty-six years later. – Dan Milliken (more…)
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Tags: Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Brooks & Dunn, Confederate Railroad, Delbert McClinton, Don Henley, Garth Brooks, George Strait, John Michael Montgomery, LeAnn Rimes, Lisa Brokop, Lorrie Morgan, Marty Stuart, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pam Tillis, Randy Scruggs, Randy Travis, Restless Heart, Shelby Lynne, Tanya Tucker, Toby Keith, Tracy Byrd, Travis Tritt, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill
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