50 Best Country Songs About Using People
Country Songs That Explore Using Others
There’s a certain sting in songs where someone ends up feeling like a placeholder. It’s not the dramatic heartbreak you see in big breakup anthems, more like that quiet realization that you were convenient for a moment and nothing deeper. Country music leans into that kind of raw space, sometimes with sharp storytelling and sometimes with a bitter laugh. Even tracks from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have circled this theme in their own way, so the lines get blurry. Some of these tunes don’t spell it out literally, but they carry the same undercurrent of taking what you need from someone and walking away.
The sound shifts depending on who’s telling the story. A smooth acoustic ballad can make it feel tender, like someone looking back with a soft kind of regret. Then there are rowdy barroom stompers where the mood is closer to revenge, loud and unapologetic. In between, you get these quieter cuts that sit heavy, where the person singing doesn’t seem sure if they’re the one doing the using or the one being used. That messy middle space is where a lot of the best songs live, the ones that don’t flinch or clean things up for a neat ending.
No one really wants to admit they’ve been on either side of this dynamic, but these tracks tap into it anyway. They hit that nerve in a way that feels uncomfortably familiar, like overhearing a conversation you weren’t meant to catch. Some might not literally deal with manipulation or one-sided relationships, but they fit the mood all the same. Here are the best country songs that capture the feeling of using people.
Top 10 Country Songs About Being Used
1. 'Before He Cheats' by Carrie Underwood
2. 'Goodbye Earl' by The Chicks
3. 'Gunpowder & Lead' by Miranda Lambert
4. 'Jolene' by Dolly Parton
5. 'I Hope' by Gabby Barrett
6. 'Blame It on Your Heart' by Patty Loveless
7. 'Mama's Broken Heart' by Miranda Lambert
8. 'White Liar' by Miranda Lambert
9. 'You Ain't Woman Enough' by Loretta Lynn
10. 'Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?' by Shania Twain
Country Songs About Deception #11 to 20
11. 'She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)' by Gary Stewart
12. 'Whoever's in New England' by Reba McEntire
13. 'Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)' by Travis Tritt
14. 'Stay' by Sugarland
15. 'The Thunder Rolls' by Garth Brooks
16. 'Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger' by Charley Pride
17. 'You'll Think of Me' by Keith Urban
18. 'I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today' by Moe Bandy
19. 'Trailer for Rent' by Pistol Annies
20. 'Wasted' by Carrie Underwood
Infidelity and Betrayal in Country Music #21 to 30
21. 'Gaslighter' by The Chicks
22. 'Better Man' by Little Big Town
23. 'Kerosene' by Miranda Lambert
24. 'I Walk the Line' by Johnny Cash
25. 'Picture to Burn' by Taylor Swift
26. 'I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open' by Dolly Parton
27. 'Dirty Laundry' by Carrie Underwood
28. 'Whispering Waltz' by Sierra Ferrell
29. 'When I Was His Wife' by Pistol Annies
30. 'Your Cheatin' Heart' by Hank Williams
Songs About Being Cheated On #31 to 40
31. 'Tornado' by Little Big Town
32. 'Two Black Cadillacs' by Carrie Underwood
33. 'I Let Her Lie' by Daryle Singletary
34. 'Wish I Didn't Know Now' by Toby Keith
35. 'Consider Me Gone' by Reba McEntire
36. 'What I Almost Was' by Eric Church
37. 'Just a Girl' by The Chicks
38. 'Gin, Smoke, Lies' by Turnpike Troubadours
39. 'Who's Cheatin' Who' by Alan Jackson
40. 'I'm Over You' by Keith Whitley
Country Songs About Breakup and Heartbreak #41 to 50
41. 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline
42. 'Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain' by Willie Nelson
43. 'Don't Take the Girl' by Tim McGraw
44. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
45. 'A Little Bit Stronger' by Sara Evans
46. 'I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)' by Brad Paisley
47. 'Over You' by Miranda Lambert
48. 'Fire Away' by Chris Stapleton
49. 'Starting Over' by Chris Stapleton
50. 'I'll Go Stepping Too' by Emmylou Harris
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