50 Best Country Songs About Women Getting Revenge

Country Songs on Women Taking Back Power

There’s a certain charge that comes with a song where a woman decides she’s done playing nice. It’s not clean or polite, and it rarely goes the way a Hallmark movie would. You can hear it in the crack of a guitar riff or the sharp snap of a snare, that moment where hurt shifts into something harder. These tracks capture that storm. Sometimes it’s straight-up vengeance with lyrics sharp enough to cut, other times it’s quieter, the kind of payback that lives in a smirk no one else catches. A few of them might not literally be about revenge, but they carry the same pulse of someone rising up and refusing to shrink back.

These songs stretch across moods and moments. There are messy nights out, ugly tears behind the wheel, and those icy silences that feel louder than any screaming match. They don’t all come from country, either. Pieces of this energy show up in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, because spite and heartbreak cross every boundary. The best tracks let anger burn hot for a few minutes, then cool into something darker and harder to shake. Some sound almost celebratory, like the beat itself is cheering on the chaos, while others feel like they’re holding back a scream.

This isn’t the fantasy of perfectly plotted revenge arcs. It’s raw and uneven and sometimes funny in a way that only comes from pain and stubbornness colliding. These songs live in that headspace, unpolished and loud, perfect for blasting when you need to remember your own strength or just want to sink into the drama. Here are the best country songs for women taking back their power.

1. 'Before He Cheats' by Carrie Underwood

2. 'Goodbye Earl' by The Chicks

3. 'Kerosene' by Miranda Lambert

4. 'Gunpowder & Lead' by Miranda Lambert

5. 'Independence Day' by Martina McBride

6. 'Two Black Cadillacs' by Carrie Underwood

7. 'White Liar' by Miranda Lambert

8. 'Fist City' by Loretta Lynn

9. 'I Hope' by Gabby Barrett

10. 'The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia' by Reba McEntire

11. 'Picture to Burn' by Taylor Swift

12. 'Hell on Heels' by Pistol Annies

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

14. 'Blown Away' by Carrie Underwood

15. 'Better Dig Two' by The Band Perry

16. 'Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?' by Shania Twain

17. 'You Ain't Woman Enough' by Loretta Lynn

18. 'Trailer for Rent' by Pistol Annies

19. 'My Give a Damn's Busted' by Jo Dee Messina

20. 'Redneck Woman' by Gretchen Wilson

21. 'Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)' by Travis Tritt

22. 'Little Red Wagon' by Miranda Lambert

23. 'Something Bad' by Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood

24. 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' by Miranda Lambert

25. 'Dirty Laundry' by Carrie Underwood

26. 'Better Things to Do' by Terri Clark

27. 'You Can Have Him, Jolene' by Chapel Hart

28. 'Tornado' by Little Big Town

29. 'Looking Back Now' by Maggie Rose

30. 'The Other Shoe' by Old 97's

31. 'Not Ready to Make Nice' by The Chicks

32. 'Suds in the Bucket' by Sara Evans

33. 'Emotional Girl' by Terri Clark

34. 'Four Years of Chances' by Margo Price

35. 'Wait in the Truck' by HARDY featuring Lainey Wilson

36. 'Dearly Departed' by Shakey Graves

37. 'Burn This House Down' by Casey Donahew

38. 'The Cold Hard Facts of Life' by Porter Wagoner

39. 'Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad' by Tammy Wynette

40. 'Papa Loved Mama' by Garth Brooks

41. 'Fancy' by Reba McEntire

42. 'Sin for a Sin' by Miranda Lambert

43. 'Matches' by Sammy Kershaw

44. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

45. 'A Broken Wing' by Martina McBride

46. 'Just Like Her' by Lauren Alaina

47. 'I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio' by Keith Whitley

48. 'Just a Girl' by Jo Dee Messina

49. 'Get over Yourself' by Kelsea Ballerini

50. 'You'll Think of Me' by Kellie Pickler