50 Best Country Songs About Heartache
Top Country Tracks for Broken Hearts
There’s a sting that lingers in country music when heartbreak comes knocking. It’s not clean or poetic in the moment. It’s the sound of staring at the ceiling when the room feels heavier than it did yesterday. It’s the drive down a back road with the windows up so no one sees your face. The kind of thing where even upbeat chords feel like they’re wearing borrowed clothes. Country has a way of pulling the small details into focus, making the air thick with everything that went wrong.
Some heartbreak tracks spill out in slow motion, the kind you play when you’re holding a coffee you’re not really drinking. Others bite harder, quick enough to match the sharp rush of an argument replaying in your head. You hear traces of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that have worn the same ache, but country keeps it raw in a way that sticks longer. It can sound like a quiet kitchen at midnight or like slamming the door on the way out. Either way, it finds the nerve and presses on it.
It’s not all tear-streaked ballads either. Some tracks spit fire. Some sway like they’ve had too much to drink. They live in that strange overlap where pain and rhythm keep pace with each other. The following songs live in that space and know exactly how to stay there.
Top 10 Heartbreak Country Songs
1. 'I Will Always Love You'—Dolly Parton
2. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today'—George Jones
3. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
4. 'Crazy'—Patsy Cline
5. 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry'—Hank Williams
6. 'The Dance'—Garth Brooks
7. 'Mama's Broken Heart'—Miranda Lambert
8. 'Before He Cheats'—Carrie Underwood
9. 'What Hurts the Most'—Rascal Flatts
10. 'Neon Moon'—Brooks & Dunn
Best Country Breakup Songs #11—20
11. 'Better Man'—Little Big Town
12. 'Always On My Mind'—Willie Nelson
13. 'Tin Man'—Miranda Lambert
14. 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E'—Tammy Wynette
15. 'Give It Away'—George Strait
16. 'The Long Black Veil'—Lefty Frizzell
17. 'You'll Think of Me'—Keith Urban
18. 'Don't Close Your Eyes'—Keith Whitley
19. 'Goodbye Earl'—The Chicks
20. 'She Thinks His Name Was John'—Reba McEntire
Essential Country Breakup Songs #21—30
21. 'A Bad Goodbye'—Clint Black with Wynonna Judd
22. 'Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)'—Travis Tritt
23. 'Tonight I Wanna Cry'—Keith Urban
24. 'Break Up with Him'—Old Dominion
25. 'What If I Never Get Over You'—Lady A
26. 'I Fall to Pieces'—Patsy Cline
27. 'I Still Miss Someone'—Johnny Cash
28. 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain'—Willie Nelson
29. 'I Can't Reach Her Anymore'—Sammy Kershaw
30. 'Goodbye Time'—Blake Shelton
Country Heartache Songs #31—40
31. 'Chiseled in Stone'—Vern Gosdin
32. 'What She Wants Tonight'—Luke Bryan
33. 'Die From a Broken Heart'—Maddie & Tae
34. 'The Way I Am'—Merle Haggard
35. 'Drinkin' Problem'—Midland
36. 'Stay'—Sugarland
37. 'Fire Away'—Chris Stapleton
38. 'Over You'—Miranda Lambert
39. 'Remember When'—Alan Jackson
40. 'I Bet You Think About Me'—Taylor Swift featuring Chris Stapleton
Country Breakup Music #41—50
41. 'Consider Me Gone'—Reba McEntire
42. 'Hurt'—Johnny Cash
43. 'Don't Take the Girl'—Tim McGraw
44. 'You're Still the One'—Shania Twain
45. 'I Drive Your Truck'—Lee Brice
46. 'I'm a Ramblin' Man'—Waylon Jennings
47. 'Hello Walls'—Faron Young
48. 'Two Black Cadillacs'—Carrie Underwood
49. 'Love Can Build a Bridge'—The Judds
50. 'I Hope You Dance'—Lee Ann Womack
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