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28 Songs Every Millennial Who Grew Up On Country Knows

A list of throwback country songs from the mid-90s to mid-2000s that you know every word to.

Katie Krone
May 30, 2016
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28 Songs Every Millennial Who Grew Up On Country Knows
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Country music is a genre that has to do with the great things in life: love, tractors, and booze. To those who grew up on it, though, it is so much more than that. It's summer days by a pool or lake. It's driving with the windows down. It's our favorite memories. Country music has changed a lot in the last twenty years, from Tim McGraw to Sam Hunt, from Gretchen Wilson to Miranda Lambert, and to seeing T-Swift grow up. The die-hard country fans have never stopped listening. If you grew up on country, here's some songs you'll definitely know.

1. She Thinks my Tractor's Sexy by Kenny Chesney

2. You're Still The One by Shania Twain

3. Cowboy Take Me Away by the Dixie Chicks

4. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins

5. Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter

6. Write This Down by George Strait

7. When You Say Nothing at All by Alison Krauss

8. Amazed by Lonestar

9. Breathe by Faith Hill

10. We Danced by Brad Paisley

11. I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack

12. Austin by Blake Shelton

13. Where Were You When (When the World Stopped Turning) by Alan Jackson

14. Beer for my Horses by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson

15. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

16. Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson

17. When the Sun Goes Down by Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker

18. Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw

19. Suds in the Bucket by Sara Evans

20. Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts

21. Making Memories of Us by Keith Urban

22. Jesus Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood

23. If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows) by Rodney Atkins

24. Come a Little Closer by Dierks Bentley

25. Leave the Pieces by the Wreckers

26. Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean

27. Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band

28. Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift

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