The Worst Country Songs of the 2010s

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  • 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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More to look forward to on Friday then! 👍

    • @Copyrightbreaker22
      @Copyrightbreaker22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should make worst country songs of all time

    • @TimLi-1
      @TimLi-1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @austincross3001
    @austincross3001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +545

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

    • @potatogood7871
      @potatogood7871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same. They all sound like shit

    • @tonysasser2012
      @tonysasser2012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @francescajonica1823
      @francescajonica1823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @ladybird1782
      @ladybird1782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kimyoung1093
    @kimyoung1093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +686

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

    • @coltonpouch2653
      @coltonpouch2653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @SebastianWoodard
      @SebastianWoodard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same but add Friend Zone for me

  • @ShelbyLentz
    @ShelbyLentz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

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

    • @MrGelroos1337
      @MrGelroos1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @patrickruth153
      @patrickruth153 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of us

    • @GordonSlamsay
      @GordonSlamsay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @herzigharte
      @herzigharte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Baby by Justin beiber

    • @vlissblisskiss
      @vlissblisskiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @cavscout678
    @cavscout678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

  • @irahaskamp3119
    @irahaskamp3119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

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

  • @izparry2646
    @izparry2646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ian Stecher
      I love that song.

    • @mltenhove8035
      @mltenhove8035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Sexxxyism
      @Sexxxyism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Madison Peck your right

    • @TheCountryBoySurvivalist
      @TheCountryBoySurvivalist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup

    • @Abbenxena
      @Abbenxena 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @melanieshearman4678
      @melanieshearman4678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Nivasi
      @Nivasi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @pnoel82
    @pnoel82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

    • @pnoel82
      @pnoel82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @katerose3304
      @katerose3304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      How can anyone not loathe "Take Your Time"?

    • @topbaker4651
      @topbaker4651 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree. Radio sooo overplayed his crap.

    • @lheimer35
      @lheimer35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @miriammile930
    @miriammile930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

  • @jocelynrodriguez-tellez2282
    @jocelynrodriguez-tellez2282 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @gemstar2
      @gemstar2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Truck Yeah for me

  • @lenah9027
    @lenah9027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

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

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lena H I died when he said that 🤣

    • @Nate......
      @Nate...... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @kaitlinannwright24
    @kaitlinannwright24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      god i hate it so much haha

    • @piperweythman7368
      @piperweythman7368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @bobbyblair8478
      @bobbyblair8478 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @jesseRomine
    @jesseRomine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

    • @juanmeza958
      @juanmeza958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because its true

    • @juanmeza958
      @juanmeza958 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      George Jones was right who's gonna fill thier shoes

  • @nicolelemon3553
    @nicolelemon3553 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

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

  • @patrasnana5262
    @patrasnana5262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +81

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

    • @carypyke935
      @carypyke935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep..that was the only one I liked.

  • @dylanspurlock6150
    @dylanspurlock6150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea I like stuck like glue

    • @riggedbyrachel8390
      @riggedbyrachel8390 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @snaillord9516
      @snaillord9516 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i feel the same way!!

  • @Quwichison
    @Quwichison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @Outlaw4640
      @Outlaw4640 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liked his first album the best

  • @aaron5303
    @aaron5303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

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

    • @lepidotos
      @lepidotos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OTR is a decent track in its genre.

  • @knightofetro13
    @knightofetro13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @TheAkatsuki411
      @TheAkatsuki411 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +49

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

    • @jonathancuppett1984
      @jonathancuppett1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Add "Play it again" to that list. bleh

    • @theresalynn7575
      @theresalynn7575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @fieldysgrl98
    @fieldysgrl98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

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

  • @IAmJeka
    @IAmJeka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @SeaGreene
      @SeaGreene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂😂😂

    • @mcb9043
      @mcb9043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @hunterdvs6535
      @hunterdvs6535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @IAmJeka
      @IAmJeka 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @zadkins06
    @zadkins06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

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

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Courtney Courteau same here!

    • @mattcowboy99
      @mattcowboy99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @clarajays
      @clarajays 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @benswaggerty331
      @benswaggerty331 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol I was gonna say the same thing

  • @geminipanda2631
    @geminipanda2631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

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

    • @kevintalley1158
      @kevintalley1158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @genevievemount6701
      @genevievemount6701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @MissAyeJay
    @MissAyeJay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bnorvs 59 that song is embarrassing

    • @jasonunger2776
      @jasonunger2776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @chicknurch
      @chicknurch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @mommad9863
      @mommad9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @nataliem32
      @nataliem32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Wolverinecub21
    @Wolverinecub21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

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

    • @CountryBoyVA16
      @CountryBoyVA16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well that was a Brantley Gilbert song sooooo

    • @dustinwhitfield16
      @dustinwhitfield16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Tigersfan829
      @Tigersfan829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @catherinebowers3654
    @catherinebowers3654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @baylenthedogg3242
      @baylenthedogg3242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @katcross8810
    @katcross8810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Katherine Cross yu

    • @curvygirl813
      @curvygirl813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You playingggg the melody in that song goes hard 😭

    • @Firesealb99
      @Firesealb99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @yeceniaalvarado6188
      @yeceniaalvarado6188 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomas Harrison I second this!

    • @Paul-wq4qb
      @Paul-wq4qb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yeceniaalvarado6188 agreed

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomas Harrison that’s what this is

  • @electricjed
    @electricjed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @JBAYMEDIA
    @JBAYMEDIA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +140

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

    • @annakout
      @annakout 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LWFilms I thought the same exact thing. Lol

    • @Michelle-ij4yv
      @Michelle-ij4yv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @cholepriccee2069
      @cholepriccee2069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean, that goes without saying

    • @lobbytubes
      @lobbytubes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @collegefootballfan7909
    @collegefootballfan7909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    No Sam Hunt I am surprised.

    • @federicofloris9196
      @federicofloris9196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@federicofloris9196 I love Jason Aldean🥺😂

    • @el3usis622
      @el3usis622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and both his Montevello and Southside albums were actually really good

    • @kotygeyer7746
      @kotygeyer7746 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @ashleyjustice3008
    @ashleyjustice3008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @enyakumar7297
    @enyakumar7297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tfitness4u
    @tfitness4u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Country Girl Shake It For Me"

  • @tylerbryant182
    @tylerbryant182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @jtlovescodelyoko
    @jtlovescodelyoko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    YAY, WORST COUNTRY SONGS OF THE DECADE

  • @willardmurphy5510
    @willardmurphy5510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

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

    • @lisakeech5502
      @lisakeech5502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with you yeah is a guilty pleasure

    • @ugadawgs1139
      @ugadawgs1139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @csolivais1979
      @csolivais1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mikethemechanic7395
    @mikethemechanic7395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @1978garfield
      @1978garfield 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @courtney.22
      @courtney.22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @aubriepanetta75
      @aubriepanetta75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Blow203
    @Blow203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love Kelly clarckson poppin outta nowhere 😂😂😂

  • @muzikdude1188
    @muzikdude1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I had never heard of that song

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @garrettroth4754
      @garrettroth4754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @cowgirl_406
      @cowgirl_406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the backroad I like it for some reason

    • @WVmomma82
      @WVmomma82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loathe this song

    • @4RBourbon
      @4RBourbon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @michaelhigbee4151
      @michaelhigbee4151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the backroad blasphemy, that song is an instant classic

    • @brunocosentino575
      @brunocosentino575 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anything Mitchell Tenpenny is God awful

  • @aubriepanetta75
    @aubriepanetta75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    90s country is the goat of all country

    • @ecmstreams2844
      @ecmstreams2844 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah 80's

    • @Rangerman69420
      @Rangerman69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Yeah" was a banger

  • @teaganlongwell502
    @teaganlongwell502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @wonkothesane8691
    @wonkothesane8691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya pg porn script

    • @cjhughes50beautifulunits36
      @cjhughes50beautifulunits36 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @dylangeorge187
    @dylangeorge187 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Those are awful 😂

    • @cadenperry2330
      @cadenperry2330 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They're not as bad as these songs though

    • @cowgirl_406
      @cowgirl_406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Jackson-ev5hp
      @Jackson-ev5hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @pinkcupcake4717
      @pinkcupcake4717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blondi The rest of that Joe Nichols album is incredible

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mattwilhite8876
    @mattwilhite8876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jessekulbe1855
      @jessekulbe1855 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @sabrinacopas1636
    @sabrinacopas1636 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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! ♥️

  • @jtlovescodelyoko
    @jtlovescodelyoko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Corn Star
    CornHub
    Corntai
    CorntaiHaven

  • @thelifeofnikkimarie9445
    @thelifeofnikkimarie9445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The new Zac Brown stuff is atrocious

  • @jamesperry513
    @jamesperry513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +45

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

    • @kelleythenurse3283
      @kelleythenurse3283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fat Tony so much truth in this!

    • @davidleary4524
      @davidleary4524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @farmerboy9029
      @farmerboy9029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why so much hate against that song?

    • @hugocazares3935
      @hugocazares3935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @farmerboy9029
      @farmerboy9029 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @maddyg3208
    @maddyg3208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @daltonzinn2275
    @daltonzinn2275 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

  • @markmainzer2158
    @markmainzer2158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

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

    • @geminipanda2631
      @geminipanda2631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes

    • @EthanJ1005
      @EthanJ1005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LETS TEAR IT UP, UP

    • @nickwhitaker4103
      @nickwhitaker4103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @nickronca1562
      @nickronca1562 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @TheJak121212
    @TheJak121212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @sdecavit
    @sdecavit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The video for Stuck Like Glue is hilarious though 😂

  • @thetowerfantasymusic
    @thetowerfantasymusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @BennettParsons1
    @BennettParsons1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

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

    • @bagels377
      @bagels377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Both are horrible artists.

    • @pamelaparker7032
      @pamelaparker7032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @bagels377
    @bagels377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @WolfpackJT
    @WolfpackJT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @kendradensmore3672
      @kendradensmore3672 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alexandrajensen8464
    @alexandrajensen8464 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexandra Jensen Stuck like glue is an absolute jam

  • @libby0512
    @libby0512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    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