The Worst Country Songs of the 2010s

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  • Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
  • Today we're taking a walk through the 2010s and looking at some of my least favorite country music from the past decade. I feel like I've said a LOT about some of the biggest bro country offenders on this channel, so I tried to focus on some other ones this time around!
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  • @GradySmith
    @GradySmith  4 года назад +380

    Y'all know how I feel about the obvious bro-country abominations, so I tried to hit some more obscure/egregious ones in this! Look out for the Best-of-the-Decade on Friday!

    • @justjabki2079
      @justjabki2079 4 года назад +2

      More to look forward to on Friday then! 👍

    • @Copyrightbreaker22
      @Copyrightbreaker22 4 года назад +10

      Watching your list make me realize that hunter Hayes jaw line is so straight it makes his face look like a rectangle.

    • @jefferyschneider6394
      @jefferyschneider6394 4 года назад +6

      OK yes the lyrics for yeah was pretty crappy I’ll admit but can you at least say that it’s a melody was good

    • @crypt4644
      @crypt4644 4 года назад +4

      You should make worst country songs of all time

    • @TimLi-1
      @TimLi-1 4 года назад +14

      Can't get much worse than Sam Hunt's Body Like A Back Road if you ask me :(

  • @austincross3001
    @austincross3001 4 года назад +545

    I literally haven't heard of half of these songs. I'm considering that a good thing.

    • @potatogood7871
      @potatogood7871 4 года назад +2

      same dude
      somehow indie take over the songwriting thingy, storytelling part of country music
      even pc music is better than this so called pop country music
      its fells dead to me

    • @jroberts7387
      @jroberts7387 4 года назад +5

      Same. They all sound like shit

    • @tonysasser2012
      @tonysasser2012 4 года назад +2

      I'm really wishing I still hadn't heard them.

    • @francescajonica1823
      @francescajonica1823 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @ladybird1782
      @ladybird1782 3 года назад +1

      Same, I quit listening to country radio years ago. Country is too much like pop. I'll stick to metal

  • @kimyoung1093
    @kimyoung1093 4 года назад +686

    Gotta agree with the list but I still like listening to “yeah” and “stuck like glue”

    • @coltonpouch2653
      @coltonpouch2653 4 года назад +14

      While those aren't good songs, they're now where near as bad as a lot of the stuff that came out in the 2010s

    • @nayslayer2563
      @nayslayer2563 4 года назад +5

      "Stuck Like Glue" was written in part by Kevin Griffin, frontman of one of the best bands that never got super famous, Better Than Ezra. I dig it.

    • @rachelc8715
      @rachelc8715 4 года назад +15

      Yeah, the lyrics are shit but Yeah is catchy af. As far as stuck like glue, I’ve always hated Jennifer’s voice. It’s fuckin weird and nasal and throaty and is like nails on a chalkboard to me 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @krystalh21
      @krystalh21 4 года назад +4

      I really like Stuck like glue and Truck yeah...the rest I agree with though

    • @SebastianWoodard
      @SebastianWoodard 4 года назад

      Same but add Friend Zone for me

  • @ShelbyLentz
    @ShelbyLentz 4 года назад +341

    “The fact that a song just repeating ‘yeah’ over and over again was made a big hit...” Usher: excuse me

    • @MrGelroos1337
      @MrGelroos1337 4 года назад +6

      yeah is a good song. dude needs to shave his beard talking like that

    • @patrickruth153
      @patrickruth153 3 года назад

      One of us

    • @GordonSlamsay
      @GordonSlamsay 3 года назад +16

      "Yeah" but Usher has endless charisma and an impressive falsetto

    • @herzigharte
      @herzigharte 3 года назад +2

      Baby by Justin beiber

    • @vlissblisskiss
      @vlissblisskiss 3 года назад +5

      it works for usher!! it was an anti-hook on a song full of hooks

  • @cavscout678
    @cavscout678 4 года назад +58

    "Yeah" is the only song on this list that sounded even remotely country.

  • @irahaskamp3119
    @irahaskamp3119 4 года назад +146

    “A Will Smith B-side from 1993 that got run through an instagram filter” lmao

  • @izparry2646
    @izparry2646 4 года назад +83

    Love your take on “Female”. You are damn right country has had some strong women talent over the years and country girls don’t need some pandering anthem...they are strong on their own

    • @CasperLCat
      @CasperLCat 3 года назад +8

      Colbert knew that inserting “vagina owner” into his song parody would be LESS patronizing, and therefore MORE respectful to women, than Urban’s “sincere” version.
      Because Colbert is a very smart man, not just a very sharp comedian - in the wake of the Weinstein revelations, he could see the rush to male virtue signaling, and Urban’s patronizing version of respect for women, coming a mile away.

  • @mundaneamazing
    @mundaneamazing 4 года назад +26

    Dude, you CRACK me up! I haven't listened to country since the late 90's, but it's nice to know I'm not missing much.

  • @ianstecher2826
    @ianstecher2826 3 года назад +44

    Take A Drunk Girl Home is so difficult to get through. It has a good message and means well, but I turn it every time.

    • @heatherg1706
      @heatherg1706 3 года назад +2

      Ian Stecher
      I love that song.

    • @mltenhove8035
      @mltenhove8035 3 года назад +2

      I agree. It’s beyond cringe worthy and creepy.

    • @Sexxxyism
      @Sexxxyism 3 года назад +4

      Yes, It's awful. I find a lot of those well meaning songs about abstract women cringey. It rates up there with "Crazy Beautiful" and "Female."

  • @adventureswithmadison
    @adventureswithmadison 4 года назад +406

    "Country music doesn't even sound country anymore so they're making up names' part made me laugh so hard because its true

    • @brysonwiebusch4159
      @brysonwiebusch4159 4 года назад +3

      Madison Peck your right

    • @TheCountryBoySurvivalist
      @TheCountryBoySurvivalist 4 года назад +3

      Yup

    • @Abbenxena
      @Abbenxena 4 года назад +7

      i just call it what it is, 90's pop

    • @melanieshearman4678
      @melanieshearman4678 4 года назад +8

      I stopped listening to current contemporary country in about 2013 for these very reasons. I listen to Classic Country 80’s and earlier). These new country singers are too influenced by rap and bubblegum pop music.
      “Ridiculously bland” hits the nail on the head

    • @alexledford4747
      @alexledford4747 4 года назад +2

      Madison Peck Go ahead and look for the entire Kelly Clarkson Talks About Country video and listen to everything she says! It will resonate hard.

  • @Ben-gk4me
    @Ben-gk4me 4 года назад +252

    Grady Smith: “Memes move too fast for country songs”
    Me: *don’t say it, don’t say it
    Randy Rogers: “Hold My Beer”

    • @thetowerfantasymusic
      @thetowerfantasymusic 4 года назад +1

      Enter the country fan who says Trace Adkins a song title like that a long time ago

    • @Nivasi
      @Nivasi 4 года назад

      @@thetowerfantasymusic you mean Tim Mcgraw.. she's not country

  • @pnoel82
    @pnoel82 4 года назад +268

    I'm confused as to how Sam Hunt wasnt mentioned. He literally talks in his song and makes no attempt to rhyme.

    • @erikaphillips1989
      @erikaphillips1989 4 года назад +33

      Can't stand Sam hunt. I instantly change the radio when he comes on.

    • @pnoel82
      @pnoel82 4 года назад +7

      @@erikaphillips1989 same. I cringe when I hear any of his songs.

    • @katerose3304
      @katerose3304 4 года назад +15

      How can anyone not loathe "Take Your Time"?

    • @topbaker4651
      @topbaker4651 4 года назад +6

      I agree. Radio sooo overplayed his crap.

    • @lheimer35
      @lheimer35 4 года назад +3

      Omg yes I always say that! He literally talks lol! He’s not a good singer

  • @miriammile930
    @miriammile930 4 года назад +40

    "uncomfortably tan..." as a tan child, I love you for this.😂

  • @jocelynrodriguez-tellez2282
    @jocelynrodriguez-tellez2282 4 года назад +430

    I gotta be honest, "Yeah" and "Stuck Like Glue" are bops and I'll stand by that until I die
    Other than that, I cringed most of the video as I remembered all these bad songs

    • @katieallen3142
      @katieallen3142 4 года назад +3

      Jocelyn Rodriguez- Tellez haha yes i agree completely!!!

    • @gemstar2
      @gemstar2 4 года назад +1

      Same!

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 года назад +8

      Yeah absolutely no shame in loving either of them. “Yeah” is like a summer time, driving down the road with all the windows down jam for me!

    • @twasitme
      @twasitme 4 года назад +3

      Same those are the only 2 songs I think were fine the rest garbage. You’re telling me there isn’t 2 worse songs than those😂😂

    • @eclipseyt05
      @eclipseyt05 4 года назад +1

      And Truck Yeah for me

  • @lenah9027
    @lenah9027 4 года назад +236

    "uncomfortably tan" I never heard of her and I totally thought she was black until you said that

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 года назад +6

      Lena H I died when he said that 🤣

    • @Nate......
      @Nate...... 4 года назад +4

      I think she's one of those white girls who wants to be black.😆

  • @kaitlinannwright24
    @kaitlinannwright24 4 года назад +79

    I was on board until "Stuck Like Glue." It's just so fun to sing along with, I love it. It's so catchy.

    • @tangodrizzle
      @tangodrizzle 3 года назад

      god i hate it so much haha

    • @piperweythman7368
      @piperweythman7368 2 года назад

      this!! plus, kevin griffin cowrote it and he’s an incredible songwriter and person overall.

    • @bobbyblair8478
      @bobbyblair8478 Месяц назад +1

      Agree that was one of my favorite songs to sing along to when I was little. Fun song

  • @jesseRomine
    @jesseRomine 3 года назад +31

    "I hate this song... i hate it because its so stupid". Idk why this makes me laugh so hard

    • @juanmeza958
      @juanmeza958 3 года назад +1

      Because its true

    • @juanmeza958
      @juanmeza958 3 года назад +1

      George Jones was right who's gonna fill thier shoes

  • @nicolelemon3553
    @nicolelemon3553 4 года назад +243

    I agree with everything but “Stuck like glue” is a bop you can’t change my mind.

  • @patrasnana5262
    @patrasnana5262 4 года назад +86

    Sugarland’s Stuck Like Glue was so catchy and the video was fun, I liked it. It was before there was a concerted effort to force rap into country, so it seemed innocuous. Maybe it’s all her fault!

  • @ItsKimOlson
    @ItsKimOlson 4 года назад +39

    LOVE these clips of Kelly Clarkson!
    I've NEVER heard "Corn Star" and I'm GLAD!!!!!
    "Gonna ride that donkey donkey." 😂😂😂
    "A Will Smith B-Side that got ran through an Instagram filter." 😂😂😂😂😂
    "The last thing that decade needed was another song about trucks." YES!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
    Is "Ridiculous" a country song?! 😂😂😂😂😂 HELL NO!!!!!!
    "Like a pie out the oven." 😳😂😂😂😂😂
    "YEAH" is a good song. 😂😂😂😂😂
    I LOVE Jana, but BIG NO to "Said No One Ever"!
    Jana WAS... TOO TAN!!!!
    "Stuck Like Glue" is my jam! My favorite song of all time! 😂😂😂😂😂
    I never actually heard "Old Town Road." 😂😂😂 Thank God!
    "Female" is SO SWEET!!! 💖💖💖
    Colbert. 😂😂😂

  • @Justhereforthecomments65
    @Justhereforthecomments65 3 года назад +81

    I beg to differ about "Yeah". It's just a feel good summer tune.

    • @carypyke935
      @carypyke935 3 года назад +6

      Yep..that was the only one I liked.

  • @dylanspurlock6150
    @dylanspurlock6150 4 года назад +292

    "Yeah" and "Stuck like glue" aren’t the deepest country songs, but I think they’re fun and enjoy listening to them. They both just brighten my day

    • @alanjapes1266
      @alanjapes1266 4 года назад +1

      Just stick with country music tradition. I mean Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, George Strait, Johnny Russell, Judds, Connie Smith, Sylvia Hutton, Dave Dudley, Del Reeves, Red Simpson etc.

    • @billywilkerson2139
      @billywilkerson2139 4 года назад +1

      Yea I like stuck like glue

    • @riggedbyrachel8390
      @riggedbyrachel8390 4 года назад

      Yes!!! Yeah is a GREAT song !!! 😍

    • @snaillord9516
      @snaillord9516 4 года назад

      i feel the same way!!

  • @Quwichison
    @Quwichison 4 года назад +38

    Grady, I usually agree with you 100% and yes, Stuck Like Glue is “stupid” and poppy, but it’s so catchy and infectious and I can’t help but sing along to it

  • @courtenayoeltjen
    @courtenayoeltjen 4 года назад +87

    Honestly "Yeah" by Joe Nichols isn't that bad, in fact that's one of my favorites of his.

    • @Outlaw4640
      @Outlaw4640 4 года назад

      Liked his first album the best

  • @aaron5303
    @aaron5303 4 года назад +65

    Not gonna lie, I would take old town road over most of the songs on this list!!

    • @lepidotos
      @lepidotos 3 года назад

      OTR is a decent track in its genre.

  • @knightofetro13
    @knightofetro13 4 года назад +28

    “Truck Yeah” and “Stuck Like Glue” are huge guilty pleasures of mine.

    • @TheAkatsuki411
      @TheAkatsuki411 4 года назад

      Also "Good Run Of Bad Luck" by Clint Black, "Don't Mess Around With Jim" (I love Josh Turner's version of the song), "This Kiss" by Aaron Tippin" "Honky Tonk World" by Chris Ledoux and "Louisiana Coco" by The Kentucky Headhunters. Those are all guilty pleasures of mine^^lol

  • @cornpopwasagoodguy9870
    @cornpopwasagoodguy9870 4 года назад +172

    I hate a lot of Luke Bryan's songs, but probably the worst ones of his were "Knockin Boots" and "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset Repeat".

    • @robbinscarberry8085
      @robbinscarberry8085 4 года назад +49

      JohnDeereCat98 the world would be a better place if Knockin Boots was never played again. Ever.

    • @jonathancuppett1984
      @jonathancuppett1984 4 года назад +11

      Add "Play it again" to that list. bleh

    • @theresalynn7575
      @theresalynn7575 4 года назад +15

      I strongly dislike Luke Bryan and most of his songs, those are the only 2 I listen too🙃😂😂 they’re just good summer songs in my opinion. Yes, the cringe factors there, they just make me feel happy

    • @jfisch
      @jfisch 4 года назад +1

      @@robbinscarberry8085 the newest of his albums I've liked anything off of is Crash My Party and it's like only 2 songs. 99.9% of his stuff is absolute garbage. XD

    • @matthewlocke9225
      @matthewlocke9225 4 года назад +7

      JohnDeereCat98 TAKE THAT BACK those are my favorite Luke Bryan songs and they are definitely country 😂

  • @fieldysgrl98
    @fieldysgrl98 4 года назад +74

    Sugarland's Stuck like glue was good. I still bump that today.

  • @IAmJeka
    @IAmJeka 4 года назад +86

    What about "I don't know about you?" By Chris Lane lyrics like
    "Girl I know your favorite beer
    'Cause you told me and I bought it"

    • @codybrummel6525
      @codybrummel6525 4 года назад +12

      Thank you! That line makes me cringe every time I hear that song. Awful songwriting!

    • @SeaGreene
      @SeaGreene 4 года назад +5

      😂😂😂

    • @mcb9043
      @mcb9043 4 года назад +6

      I clicked on this to see if that awful song made the list! Thank you!!! That song is terrible.

    • @hunterdvs6535
      @hunterdvs6535 3 года назад +4

      That line is honestly so stupid it’s forgivable I laughed the first time I heard it

    • @IAmJeka
      @IAmJeka 3 года назад

      @@codybrummel6525 love that you're a Man U fan as well!

  • @zadkins06
    @zadkins06 4 года назад +119

    I agree all of theses songs suck except “yeah”. I love that song.

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 года назад +7

      I was surprised to see it mentioned!! Also there were quite a lot of songs here that I had never heard of.

    • @zadkins06
      @zadkins06 4 года назад

      Courtney Courteau same here!

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 года назад +1

      Yeah with you on that, something addicting about that song.

    • @clarajays
      @clarajays 4 года назад

      same

    • @benswaggerty331
      @benswaggerty331 4 года назад

      lol I was gonna say the same thing

  • @geminipanda2631
    @geminipanda2631 4 года назад +94

    If that’s my kinda night isn’t on here I’m going to become physically aggressive

    • @kevintalley1158
      @kevintalley1158 4 года назад +2

      By Luke Bryan? I love that song 👌🏾💪🏾

    • @genevievemount6701
      @genevievemount6701 4 года назад +1

      How about almost any Luke Bryan hit from 2010-2020. And I really liked him pre 2010, but after that, yikes.

  • @davidyoung2111
    @davidyoung2111 3 года назад +19

    i so agree with you on every song you put on here. R.I.P. Charlie Daniels and Joe Diffie.

  • @MissAyeJay
    @MissAyeJay 4 года назад +17

    "This is like a Will Smith B-side that got run through an Instagram filter" hahahahahaha
    EDIT: THANK GOD you mentioned Ridic. This list is grand.

  • @bnorvs5929
    @bnorvs5929 4 года назад +101

    I got it good girl, cause I got myself a good girl
    Yeah you up and took my whole world and made it so good, girl
    This has to be on the list of worst country lyrics of all time right?

    • @nataliem32
      @nataliem32 4 года назад +7

      Bnorvs 59 that song is embarrassing

    • @jasonunger2776
      @jasonunger2776 4 года назад +7

      I try to forget that song😂😂takes 0 talent and creativity to rhyme good girl with good girl

    • @chicknurch
      @chicknurch 4 года назад +24

      Dont forget Chris Lane:
      Girl I know your favorite beer
      Cause you told me
      And i bought it
      🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @mommad9863
      @mommad9863 4 года назад

      @@chicknurch 😂 Ridiculous, isn't it!?

    • @nataliem32
      @nataliem32 4 года назад +2

      Nick Church that one has to be a joke like there’s no way he was serious writing that💀

  • @Wolverinecub21
    @Wolverinecub21 4 года назад +69

    I’ve always blamed Jason Aldean for starting the bro country era with Dirt Road Anthem...

    • @CountryBoyVA16
      @CountryBoyVA16 4 года назад +2

      Well that was a Brantley Gilbert song sooooo

    • @dustinwhitfield16
      @dustinwhitfield16 4 года назад +5

      CountryBoyVA16 BG fans knew he wrote the song, but most country music fans had never heard of him at that time. Not a big fan of JA, but he made Brantley a load of money & helped pave the way for him into the mainstream country spotlight.

    • @MissAyeJay
      @MissAyeJay 4 года назад +1

      Jason Aldean's style set that fine line in place that should've never been crossed in my humble opinion. Although it was a Brantley song, Aldean had a TON of momentum after Big Green Tractor/She's County and when he cut Anthem and My Kinda Party (both Brantley songs) he completely exploded, but some of his deep cuts like This I Gotta See, Wide Open, etc. are GREAT songs. But yeah, Jason Aldean is as bro as it should've ever gotten. Again, all in my humble opinion.

    • @Tigersfan829
      @Tigersfan829 4 года назад +1

      Wasn't Aldean, it was Florida Georgia Line a year later. Everyone tried to sound like them.

    • @Tigersfan829
      @Tigersfan829 4 года назад

      @@MissAyeJay I disagree otherwise Colt Ford would be bigger than he is.

  • @catherinebowers3654
    @catherinebowers3654 4 года назад +28

    This was about the time that I quit listening to country music

    • @baylenthedogg3242
      @baylenthedogg3242 3 года назад +1

      I haven't even thought about it. But I did too. Maybe due to becoming old enough to chase ladies around for the first time
      But at 25 and married with 2 babies. I'm just now getting back to listening to music again lol

    • @justinfincher2385
      @justinfincher2385 2 года назад

      Same. At my old job about 10 years ago the radio was always new country in the office. And bring new country the same 15 songs were played every hour in what seemed like an eternal loop. Including “stuck like glue” and eventually “boys round here” and I just couldn’t handle that crap. It’s so bad. Honestly, stuck like glue wouldn’t have been bad had it not been for that weird rap thing she did. That ruined the song.

  • @andyscoming9963
    @andyscoming9963 2 года назад +2

    Keith Urban be like: Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice. Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!

  • @katcross8810
    @katcross8810 4 года назад +184

    “Country girl, shake it for me ... girl.” Yeah worst song ever. And that’s coming from someone who loved honky tonk badonkadonk. At least that was clever and catchy.

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 4 года назад

      Katherine Cross yu

    • @curvygirl813
      @curvygirl813 4 года назад +7

      Given that I am related to Luke Bryan by marriage, I really want to like his music, but most of it I just can’t.

    • @mayat.1091
      @mayat.1091 4 года назад +3

      You playingggg the melody in that song goes hard 😭

    • @Firesealb99
      @Firesealb99 4 года назад +4

      @@curvygirl813 I thought Luke Bryan was ok until i head bo burnham's song pandering. Now when I hear Luke, all i hear is him pandering.

    • @rcowboy94
      @rcowboy94 4 года назад +8

      McKenna VanHorn because he damn sure ain’t country. He’s pop. And for gods sake he needs to quit wearing his wife’s jeans. Wanna listen to great country try Cody jinks or Cody Johnson. Any red dirt country

  • @thomasharrison5338
    @thomasharrison5338 4 года назад +58

    You should do a list of your 10 worst songs to hit the top 20 of the 2010s

  • @electricjed
    @electricjed 4 года назад

    As always Grady, I think you’re spot on. Love your videos man

  • @JBAYMEDIA
    @JBAYMEDIA 4 года назад +2

    You’re bang on with most of these. I still also really enjoy Yeah. Catchy chord progression although used a lot in country. I like the simplicity of that song. Just going with the flow and being easy going.

  • @lwfilms1551
    @lwfilms1551 4 года назад +140

    I’m very surprised you didn’t mention any of FGL, Luke Bryan, or Jason Aldean’s songs.

    • @annakout
      @annakout 4 года назад +3

      LWFilms I thought the same exact thing. Lol

    • @Michelle-ij4yv
      @Michelle-ij4yv 4 года назад +30

      LWFilms yeah he was saying he was leaving out all of the bro-country era and the boyfriend-era because if he didn’t that’s what the whole list would be 😂😂

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 года назад +5

      If he included those as well, this would be over an hour long video.

    • @cholepriccee2069
      @cholepriccee2069 4 года назад +3

      I mean, that goes without saying

    • @lobbytubes
      @lobbytubes 4 года назад +12

      Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean could have their own list in a 20min video lol

  • @collegefootballfan7909
    @collegefootballfan7909 4 года назад +183

    No Sam Hunt I am surprised.

    • @federicofloris9196
      @federicofloris9196 4 года назад +28

      and no Jason Aldean, who is the asshole who broke the doors open to people like Sam Hunt, FGL and any other disgrace in country music.

    • @livia7760
      @livia7760 4 года назад +5

      @@federicofloris9196 I love Jason Aldean🥺😂

    • @el3usis622
      @el3usis622 4 года назад +4

      sam hunt is an amazing artist. he just isn't country and that's why why country music fans who are basically "boomers" or have the mindset of one, don't like him. listen t and his Montevello and Southside are actually really goodo songs like Va ndalizer and Goodbye off of his Between the Pines Mixtape.

    • @el3usis622
      @el3usis622 4 года назад +4

      and both his Montevello and Southside albums were actually really good

    • @kotygeyer7746
      @kotygeyer7746 4 года назад +2

      You have to be country to be considered a bad country artist.

  • @ashleyjustice3008
    @ashleyjustice3008 4 года назад +2

    Grady, have you considered (if you haven't done so already) making a video on the most overplayed songs (like on the radio) of a given time? For example, I actually got so annoyed that the radios would play the song "Alcohol" by Brad Paisley when it first came out that, I legitimately hate that song now. Just an idea for a future video! I just discovered your videos today and have already watched & commented on several of them. Keep them coming & thank you!

  • @JENSATFAR
    @JENSATFAR 3 года назад +8

    You and Colbert nailed that Urban song! 😂 It’s patronizing and very uncomfortable. Urban used to be great, but he’s really just crashed and burned the last few years. Great video btw!

  • @Saintnick90
    @Saintnick90 4 года назад +29

    5:39 Oh, so that's where Iggy Azalea went.

  • @enyakumar7297
    @enyakumar7297 4 года назад +27

    Omg I had no idea that achy breaky 2 existed 😂😂
    But the “90s Country” song got me thinking that I’d love to see an evolution of country music type video!

    • @ZachTaylor2631
      @ZachTaylor2631 4 года назад

      Look up "this old house" clint black, thank me later

  • @tfitness4u
    @tfitness4u 4 года назад +1

    You are brilliant. I stumbled on your list and analysis because I wanted to be exposed to something different. Truly fun and thoughtful commentary

  • @privateaccount2686
    @privateaccount2686 4 года назад +12

    Wait hold up stuck like glue was my jam. I’m still boppin to that song 😂😂 Achy breaky 2 I’ve never heard of that

  • @n0-one0
    @n0-one0 4 года назад +27

    "Country Girl Shake It For Me"

  • @tylerbryant182
    @tylerbryant182 4 года назад +48

    The day I realized that this decade was gonna be tough for country was when I first heard the lyric “baby you’re a song you make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise”

  • @briannalarmore4759
    @briannalarmore4759 3 года назад

    New to your channel. Watched a few of your other videos (like best videos) first and liked them, but subscribe? But this one totally sold it!!! I was a teen through the 90s so I had it great when music was just so important to my life. I didn't know half of these songs, because the radio and I aren't on speaking terms. One more girl in a truck will kill me!!!

  • @aslanmonn86
    @aslanmonn86 4 года назад +9

    Makes me wonder about some of these songs, ,"Shouldn't that be released as pop?"

  • @jtlovescodelyoko
    @jtlovescodelyoko 4 года назад +69

    YAY, WORST COUNTRY SONGS OF THE DECADE

  • @willardmurphy5510
    @willardmurphy5510 4 года назад +85

    Grady I have to admit that “yeah” by Joe Nichols is a guilty pleasure!lol

    • @lisakeech5502
      @lisakeech5502 4 года назад +3

      I agree with you yeah is a guilty pleasure

    • @ugadawgs1139
      @ugadawgs1139 4 года назад +4

      Willard Murphy I don’t feel guilty at all😂. I think it’s a legitimate good song

    • @csolivais1979
      @csolivais1979 4 года назад

      I just can't stand the message it sends, but maybe that's just me

  • @mikethemechanic7395
    @mikethemechanic7395 4 года назад +9

    I never could figure out how “ Hey girl” and “ At the club” was allowed in country songs.

    • @1978garfield
      @1978garfield 3 года назад

      Dwight Yoakam gets a pass for the "Hey Girl" in Since I Started Drinkin' Again.
      Other wise I agree, I also think auto tune and DJ scratches should be banned.

  • @henryfeil5616
    @henryfeil5616 3 года назад

    I went to middle school in the early 2010s and primarily listened to country music. I’ve only heard 3 or 4 of these songs and kind of like those at the time but looking back I think these kind of songs are what ushered me out of the genre as a whole. Every once and a while I dip my toe back into country music by checking out artists you recommend or the popular songs on Spotify, but when I do it’s the exact opposite of this stuff.

  • @SkeperGame
    @SkeperGame 4 года назад +23

    Yesterday I visited "Hot Country" playlist on Spotify and there is like five real country songs. Every other song is a mixture of an unoriginal mainstream pop with crappy hip hop beat and artificial drums.

    • @hunterferguson2773
      @hunterferguson2773 4 года назад

      If country dies I don’t know what will come of it

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 года назад

      Technically all of it is country because country music is always changing and evolving.

    • @aubriepanetta75
      @aubriepanetta75 4 года назад +1

      Exactly, I quit listening to new country and I only listen to 90s and 2000s

  • @Blow203
    @Blow203 4 года назад +12

    I love Kelly clarckson poppin outta nowhere 😂😂😂

  • @muzikdude1188
    @muzikdude1188 3 года назад +1

    Glad you mentioned "Said No One Ever". It's rare for me to hear a song that's so bad I can't even sit through the entire thing, but I actually had to turn off the radio for that one. The constant repetition of that line was beyond grating.

  • @christophergraham3160
    @christophergraham3160 3 года назад +6

    Not to mention that today's country is missing its most important elements: 3 cords and the truth. As Travis Tritt said, "Country ain't country no more."

  • @Mark2756042
    @Mark2756042 4 года назад +28

    As soon as opened this video I was thinking to myself, "Danielle Bradbery's "Friend Zone" deserves to be on here!" I was thrilled that it was!

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 года назад +4

      I had never heard of that song

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 года назад +6

      @@courtney.22 me neither. I kinda wish I could've kept it that way haha.

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

      Me too. What I heard was bad. No wonder she is gone now for the most part 😜

    • @garrettroth4754
      @garrettroth4754 4 года назад +2

      Danielle bradbery is an amazing artist, but friend zone was really bad. If you dislike her, listen to her original album and I garuntee you’ll have a different opinion about her

    • @timothysoeder1544
      @timothysoeder1544 4 года назад +1

      While her first album is good, her second album, I Don't Believe We've Met, is far better and one of my favorites. While Friend Zone is far from her best, it is still highly enjoyable and is no way reminiscent of anything else she's released.

  • @christinexjuly
    @christinexjuly 4 года назад +87

    I can't stand "Alcohol You Later" by Mitchell Tenpenny.

    • @cowgirl_406
      @cowgirl_406 4 года назад +2

      the backroad I like it for some reason

    • @WVmomma82
      @WVmomma82 4 года назад +1

      I loathe this song

    • @4RBourbon
      @4RBourbon 4 года назад +7

      That song is a banger I will not stand for this slander

    • @michaelhigbee4151
      @michaelhigbee4151 4 года назад +1

      the backroad blasphemy, that song is an instant classic

    • @brunocosentino575
      @brunocosentino575 4 года назад

      Anything Mitchell Tenpenny is God awful

  • @aubriepanetta75
    @aubriepanetta75 4 года назад +11

    90s country is the goat of all country

    • @ecmstreams2844
      @ecmstreams2844 3 года назад

      Nah 80's

    • @Rangerman69420
      @Rangerman69420 3 года назад

      I like 90s country but it's definitely not the GOAT. Really the GOAT is probably more like the 1950s to the late 70s. You could probably make an argument for the 80s because of guys like Willie Nelson and Hank Jr but I'd say the strongest argument is probably for the 60s with Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, and even Elvis.

  • @thatpurpleshortbed3097
    @thatpurpleshortbed3097 4 года назад +24

    "Yeah" was a banger

  • @teaganlongwell502
    @teaganlongwell502 4 года назад +14

    I love how one of the first things you said was “ I tried to find some of the crappiest things I could think of,”

  • @KuliJens
    @KuliJens 4 года назад +29

    I feel so good having my hatred for these songs validated.

  • @wonkothesane8691
    @wonkothesane8691 3 года назад +12

    It's all turning into a porn script welded to a beat. Give me Don Williams' ''Good Ole Boys Like Me'' anytime.

    • @GordonSlamsay
      @GordonSlamsay 3 года назад

      ya pg porn script

    • @cjhughes50beautifulunits36
      @cjhughes50beautifulunits36 3 года назад

      That was a song, a well crafted and articulated story song by a country god. There's no way they are still playing Old Town Road in 40 years but they will still be playing Don Williams. Forgettable smap, that's 90% of what comes out of Nashville now.

  • @FallenPride007
    @FallenPride007 3 года назад

    You should make a few country music playlists! I would listen to them all day long!

  • @dylangeorge187
    @dylangeorge187 4 года назад +53

    No Luke Bryan? Kick The Dust Up and Knockin Boots deserve a spot on this list.

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 года назад +5

      Those are awful 😂

    • @cadenperry2330
      @cadenperry2330 4 года назад +2

      They're not as bad as these songs though

    • @cowgirl_406
      @cowgirl_406 4 года назад +1

      Dylan George knockin boots is my guilty pleasure because it was my fishing song for so long lol

    • @Jackson-ev5hp
      @Jackson-ev5hp 4 года назад

      Kick the dust up yeah but knockin boots is not worse then these

    • @pinkcupcake4717
      @pinkcupcake4717 4 года назад +1

      He said in the pinned comment that he was going for more obscure songs instead of kicking the dead horses of bro-country.

  • @ladywunderkind9390
    @ladywunderkind9390 4 года назад +38

    I can't lie, I was obsessed with Stuck Like Glue and Sugarland. I was 14.
    I do love Joe Nichols too, he's a favorite.

    • @jacobrichards967
      @jacobrichards967 4 года назад

      Blondi The rest of that Joe Nichols album is incredible

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 года назад

      He has some good music. Wonder what he is doing now?

  • @sabrinacopas1636
    @sabrinacopas1636 4 года назад

    Strangely you have made it into my head, 🤔 while on vacation every time I heard a certain song on the radio I was thinking about the categories you would place it in, I don’t mind but it did make me laugh! ♥️

  • @mattwilhite8876
    @mattwilhite8876 3 года назад +35

    Literally anything by the dumpster fire that is Florida Georgia line. Who ever writes for them needs to focus more on their day job.

    • @LaurenAshleeLambert
      @LaurenAshleeLambert 3 года назад +3

      I don't like most of their songs, but I thought Dirt was pretty good.

    • @jessekulbe1855
      @jessekulbe1855 3 года назад

      They have a couple good songs that were never big, like Good Girl, Bad Boy and Smoke

  • @jtlovescodelyoko
    @jtlovescodelyoko 4 года назад +35

    Corn Star
    CornHub
    Corntai
    CorntaiHaven

  • @thelifeofnikkimarie9445
    @thelifeofnikkimarie9445 4 года назад +10

    Kinda hard to keep Jennifer Nettles and Sugar apart from each other, I mean she does play in a band called Sugarland 😂

  • @JamesKovacic
    @JamesKovacic 4 года назад +8

    The new Zac Brown stuff is atrocious

  • @jamesperry513
    @jamesperry513 3 года назад

    Totally agree with most of these, especially "90's Country". And thanks for including the Stephen Colbert clip. I had no idea he had done that!

  • @Coffee_Addict981
    @Coffee_Addict981 4 года назад +45

    One of my top worse songs is from 2019 I love trace and Blake but hell no to hell right

    • @kelleythenurse3283
      @kelleythenurse3283 4 года назад +1

      Fat Tony so much truth in this!

    • @davidleary4524
      @davidleary4524 4 года назад +3

      It was trying to be Boys 'Round Here and couldn't even clear that low bar.

    • @farmerboy9029
      @farmerboy9029 4 года назад +4

      Why so much hate against that song?

    • @hugocazares3935
      @hugocazares3935 4 года назад +2

      Farmer Boy I love Hell Right, it’s a great song to me no doubt

    • @farmerboy9029
      @farmerboy9029 4 года назад

      @@hugocazares3935 I completely understand that it's not true country but it's more or less a song for the good ole boys and highschoolers but not full on pop so

  • @codyfuller5092
    @codyfuller5092 4 года назад +5

    "Girl I know your favorite beer. Cuz you told me, and I bought it." Ugh that line alone makes me want to jump in front of traffic. Chris lanes "I don't know about you" might be my most hated song ever.

  • @aimyc
    @aimyc 4 года назад +7

    Ngl stuck like glue is one of my favourite songs, has been ever since it came out, I love it

  • @maddyg3208
    @maddyg3208 4 года назад +30

    Most of the songs listed just seem to reflect Generation Y's pathetic obsession with mild smut and inabilty to express themselves without swearing

  • @ethan-jy4ld
    @ethan-jy4ld 4 года назад +24

    its fairly recent but did come out at the end of 2019, "Way Down" by Tim Mcgraw is a terrible song

  • @ShaneShepherd
    @ShaneShepherd 4 года назад +3

    Great job! The real problem with this type of montage S that there was so much crappy "country" music in the 2010's that you might have to just list about 60%of everything that played on the radio!
    Seriously, this was the decade that live "radio" became irrelevant to me - and, I stopped listening. It is what pushed me into using Google Music playlists I created instead.

  • @chasealderfer5728
    @chasealderfer5728 4 года назад

    Most of these songs I haven’t even heard of but a few of them are put on Spotify radio so I hear them all the time such as “Stuck like Glue” and “Yeah” and “Truck Yeah”.

  • @virginiareutzel9932
    @virginiareutzel9932 4 года назад +11

    The ridiculous song is even counted as country... that’s sad

  • @daltonzinn2275
    @daltonzinn2275 4 года назад +25

    I'm sorry but I love "yeah", and "stuck like glue"

  • @markmainzer2158
    @markmainzer2158 4 года назад +91

    I think “Kick the Dust Up” should’ve made the list. Sooo cringe worthy.

    • @geminipanda2631
      @geminipanda2631 4 года назад +6

      Mark Mainzer I mean I agree but it really speaks to how cringy country music was in the 2010s when that didn’t make it on the list

    • @favoritecrime4803
      @favoritecrime4803 4 года назад

      yes

    • @EthanJ1005
      @EthanJ1005 4 года назад +3

      LETS TEAR IT UP, UP

    • @nickwhitaker4103
      @nickwhitaker4103 4 года назад

      I agree. Not Luke’s best by any means.

    • @nickronca1562
      @nickronca1562 4 года назад

      @@nickwhitaker4103 That's my favorite Luke Bryan song.

  • @TheJak121212
    @TheJak121212 3 года назад +4

    I've never even heard that Friend Zone song and I'm not sad for missing it.

  • @sdecavit
    @sdecavit 4 года назад +3

    The video for Stuck Like Glue is hilarious though 😂

  • @thetowerfantasymusic
    @thetowerfantasymusic 4 года назад +21

    Grady, you should cover some Country music by Canadian singers, namely Colter Wall and Paul Brandt

  • @BennettParsons1
    @BennettParsons1 4 года назад +70

    Lmao I thought Sam Hunt was a doucher, then you introduced me to the ripped jort wearing Dylan Scott 😂😂😂😂

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 года назад +7

      Both are horrible artists.

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 года назад +2

      There are so many awful ones out there right now, it is hard to make a list. I wouldn't even know the names of half of them. Disappointed that some of the more well known ones are making/made such bad music. Why follow the crowd if you have talent?
      Just remembered one that I cannot listen to, the baseball player guy. Nevermind, I just forgot it. It is that bad. Tall guy, with a weird voice who quit baseball to try and be a star. I will Google it and get back with you 🙃

  • @zeramproxy8502
    @zeramproxy8502 3 года назад +1

    This video sums up why I gave up on country sometime around 2003. Glad to know I didn't miss anything

  • @williamrowe7378
    @williamrowe7378 4 года назад +13

    “Yeah”, “stuck like glue”, and “female” should NOT be on here! Very disappointed in those choices

  • @bagels377
    @bagels377 4 года назад +15

    My list would be way to long. But I'd include Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, Dan and Shay, Dustin Lynch, FGL, Jason Aldean, Dylan Scott, etc.

    • @kolbymiller9977
      @kolbymiller9977 4 года назад +2

      Matthew Gut Yea Dan & Shay is one of the worst things to ever come into the country music scene. Hate them.

  • @hunterlehman3056
    @hunterlehman3056 4 года назад +5

    I get where you’re coming from with Yeah, but I jam to that song. I feel like it walks the line of being simple without falling into cringey/annoying

  • @birdie8844
    @birdie8844 4 года назад +2

    Stuck like glue is the song I grew up dancing in the kitchen with my mom. It may not be a great “country” song, but it’s still a really great song to listen to and has been one of my favorites for a long time.

  • @kalliedurley4525
    @kalliedurley4525 4 года назад +21

    "Truck Yeah", "Stuck like glue", and "Yeah" are definitely just fun songs to listen to for me

  • @WolfpackJT
    @WolfpackJT 4 года назад +25

    Not gonna like I like “Yeah” by Joe Nichols 😹. “I don’t know about you” by Chris Lane has some of the worst lines in any song ever. Shoulda been on this list.

    • @jbradley500
      @jbradley500 4 года назад +2

      Ok since you've already said 90% of what I was going to say, I'll just change the Chris Lane song to "For Her" I think it's called. Yikes what a turd. But yes, I jam "Yeah".

    • @davidleary4524
      @davidleary4524 4 года назад +4

      That's how good a singer Nichols is. He can take a weak song like that and make it listenable.

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 года назад +1

      I like "Yeah" also! I was genuinely surprised that it was included.

    • @kendradensmore3672
      @kendradensmore3672 4 года назад

      @Justin Thompson not Jameson Rodgers best song writing 😬 on that song.

  • @alexandrajensen8464
    @alexandrajensen8464 4 года назад +11

    Stuck like Glue is such a bop (I am probably only saying that because they play it when I go lane dancing but STILL)

    • @kolbymiller9977
      @kolbymiller9977 4 года назад

      Alexandra Jensen Stuck like glue is an absolute jam

  • @libby0512
    @libby0512 4 года назад

    this just showed up on my recommendations, and i somehow understand everything he’s saying even tho i don’t really listen to too much country music and yet, YET, i get everything he’s saying