50 Best Country Songs About Eloping
Best Country Songs for a Runaway Wedding
There’s a strange kind of thrill that comes with throwing the plan out the window and taking off with someone before anyone can talk you out of it. It’s not pure romance, not total rebellion, but something in between that makes your chest feel tight and your hands a little shaky. You might be behind the wheel of a borrowed car or standing under a neon sign in a roadside chapel, but the moment feels huge and quiet all at once. The right song in that space feels like it was written for you, the verses wrapped around every impulsive step toward forever.
No one strolls into a runaway wedding like it’s a choreographed music video. There’s usually mismatched luggage, the smell of diner coffee on your clothes, and someone calling your phone on repeat while you hit ignore. The music that fits isn’t tidy or polished. Sometimes it’s twangy and grinning through the chaos, sometimes it’s heavy with the risk of what you’re doing. You hear it in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that capture that rush without smoothing it out. The grit in the vocals makes the decision feel reckless in the best way.
It’s not all sugar-sweet ballads either. Some tracks carry the pulse of a midnight drive, others lean into the ache of knowing you might be burning bridges in real time. They’re messy, a little feverish, and somehow make that leap toward the unknown feel like the only real option. Here are the best country songs for a runaway wedding.
Top 10 Eloping Country Songs
1. 'I Cross My Heart'—George Strait
2. 'Marry Me'—Thomas Rhett
3. 'Forever and Ever, Amen'—Randy Travis
4. 'From the Ground Up'—Dan + Shay
5. 'Bless the Broken Road'—Rascal Flatts
6. 'Greatest Love Story'—LANCO
7. 'Die a Happy Man'—Thomas Rhett
8. 'In Your Love'—Tyler Childers
9. 'When You Say Nothing At All'—Keith Whitley
10. 'It's Your Love'—Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Elopement-Themed Country Songs #11—20
11. 'God Gave Me You'—Blake Shelton
12. 'Makin' Plans'—Miranda Lambert
13. 'Wanted'—Hunter Hayes
14. 'Then'—Brad Paisley
15. 'I Swear'—John Michael Montgomery
16. 'The Keeper of the Stars'—Tracy Byrd
17. 'You Had Me From Hello'—Kenny Chesney
18. 'I Do'—Paul Brandt
19. 'To Make You Feel My Love'—Garth Brooks
20. 'Look At Me'—Carrie Underwood
More Country Elopement Songs #21—30
21. 'This Kiss'—Faith Hill
22. 'Cowboy Take Me Away'—The Chicks
23. 'Speechless'—Dan + Shay
24. 'You're Still the One'—Shania Twain
25. 'My Best Friend'—Tim McGraw
26. 'I Love the Way You Love Me'—John Michael Montgomery
27. 'Nobody But You'—Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
28. 'All Your'n'—Tyler Childers
29. 'I'll Say I Do'—Brandon Chase
30. 'Would You Go With Me'—Josh Turner
Elopement-Themed Country Music #31—40
31. 'Beautiful Crazy'—Luke Combs
32. 'Lost In This Moment'—Big & Rich
33. 'Making Memories of Us'—Keith Urban
34. 'Golden Hour'—Kacey Musgraves
35. 'The Bones'—Maren Morris
36. 'Love Like Crazy'—Lee Brice
37. 'Amazed'—Lonestar
38. 'We Should Get Married'—Dan + Shay
39. 'You Make It Easy'—Jason Aldean
40. 'I Do'—Jessie James Decker
Country Love Songs For Eloping #41—50
41. 'Carried Me With You'—Brandi Carlile
42. 'Honey Bee'—Blake Shelton
43. 'Yours'—Russell Dickerson
44. 'Take My Name'—Parmalee
45. 'This Is It'—Scotty McCreery
46. 'Forever After All'—Luke Combs
47. 'The Rest of Our Lives'—Drew Green
48. 'Our Kind of Love'—Lady A
49. 'Love Story'—Taylor Swift
50. 'I WILL, I SWEAR, I DO'—Caitlin Quisenberry
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