50 Best Country Songs About Starting Over

Best Country Tracks for Starting Over

There’s a strange edge to hitting reset. You’re standing in the middle of a room you barely recognize, maybe with a suitcase still half-zipped, maybe staring at a calendar that already feels too full. The idea of a clean slate sounds easy in theory, but when the ground shifts under your feet, the feeling is heavier and blurrier. Songs cut through that fog when words in your head keep looping without answers. A good country track knows how to sit in the middle of that unease and let it breathe instead of pretending everything’s neat.

Not every tune in this mix spells out fresh starts in plain language. Some spin around heartbreak, some linger on leaving town, others drift into territory that’s not tied to a reset at all, but the thread runs through. It’s the kind of music that catches a pulse in your chest when you’re walking away from something familiar and stepping toward a place you’re not ready for. The same vibe that shows up in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs when they lean into moments that feel like tearing pages out of a book. Country tends to carry that ache a little louder, the guitars ringing like open space you haven’t filled yet.

The songs here aren’t about giving advice or mapping a perfect new path. They lean into the awkward, the messy, the almost exciting tilt of starting something without knowing what shape it’ll take. Some of them are literal, some drift off-topic but still hit the same nerve. What ties them together is that crooked energy of moving forward while glancing back one last time. Here are the best country songs for starting over.

1. 'Starting Over' by Chris Stapleton

2. 'I'm Movin' On' by Rascal Flatts

3. 'Jesus Take the Wheel' by Carrie Underwood

4. 'Some People Change' by Montgomery Gentry

5. 'It Won't Always Be Like This' by Carly Pearce

6. 'Letter to Me' by Brad Paisley

7. 'Wide Open Spaces' by The Chicks

8. 'Dear Rodeo' by Cody Johnson

9. 'Change' by Blind Melon

10. 'Mama's Broken Heart' by Miranda Lambert

11. 'Better As A Memory' by Kenny Chesney

12. 'Stronger' by Kelly Clarkson

13. 'Getting Good' by Lauren Alaina

14. 'Doin' This' by Luke Combs

15. 'Give It Away' by George Strait

16. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

17. 'Choices' by George Jones

18. 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack

19. 'It's A Great Day To Be Alive' by Travis Tritt

20. 'Even If It Breaks Your Heart' by Eli Young Band

21. 'Another Try' by Josh Turner

22. 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus

23. 'Follow Your Arrow' by Kacey Musgraves

24. 'Unanswered Prayers' by Garth Brooks

25. 'God's Will' by Martina McBride

26. 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash

27. 'Bless the Broken Road' by Rascal Flatts

28. 'Back to Tennessee' by Billy Ray Cyrus

29. 'Broken Road' by Melody Gardot

30. 'New Day' by Alicia Keys

31. 'You Look Like You Love Me' by Ella Langley and Riley Green

32. 'Forever Starts with You' by AI Music

33. 'Back to Loving You' by AI Music

34. 'The Man I Want To Be' by Chris Young

35. 'How Am I Doin'' by Dierks Bentley

36. 'The Best Day of Your Life' by Kellie Pickler

37. 'A Little Bit Stronger' by Sara Evans

38. 'Something in the Water' by Carrie Underwood

39. 'Fly Over States' by Jason Aldean

40. 'Buy Dirt' by Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan

41. 'Don't Blink' by Kenny Chesney

42. 'The Underdog' by Aaron Watson

43. 'It Gets Easier' by Jason Isbell

44. 'The Last of Us' by The Highwomen

45. 'Girl Goin' Nowhere' by Ashley McBryde

46. 'How They Remember You' by Rascal Flatts

47. 'The Tree' by Maren Morris

48. 'The Impossible' by Joe Nichols

49. 'Live Like You Were Dying' by Tim McGraw

50. 'A Simple Song' by Chris Stapleton