Sometimes, just one word is enough to convey a message or intention. When a song has a one-word title, it usually either captures the intent of the song or the most memorable part of the song.
What are some of your favorite one-word songs?
Here’s my list:
- Waylon Jennings, “America”
- Ashley Monroe, “Pony”
- Brandy Clark, “Hungover”
- Alan Jackson, “Chattahoochee
- Johnny Cash, “Hurt”
Good one!
Here’s my list:
1. Jason Isbell, “Elephant”
2. Lori McKenna, “Lorraine”
3. Taylor Swift, “Mean”
4. George Strait, “Meanwhile”
5. Reba McEntire, “Fancy”
Hurt – Johnny Cash
Smoke – Maddie and Tae (can’t wait till their album comes out
Wasted – Carrie Underwood
Free – Zac Brown Band
Heartache – Jamey Johnson
This was hard!
Eric Church, Springsteen
Holly Williams, Mama
Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit, Outfit
Lydia Loveless, Head
Taylor Swift, Mine
Honorable Mentions (cheating, I know): Brandy Clark, Stripes; Jason Isbell, Elephant (I love this song so much but I love Outfit slightly more and I was trying to limit it to 1 per artist); Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit, Sunstroke; Johnny Cash, Hurt; Reba McEntire, Fancy; Sugarland, Genevieve.
My five (and I think this one will probably have the most posts of the Daily Top Five segments up to this point:
ADIOS–Linda Ronstadt
TAMBOURINE–Tift Merritt
WAITING–Caitlin Rose
GALVESTON–Glen Campbell
JACKSON–Johnny & June Carter Cash
1. Elephant: Jason Isbell
2. Crazy: Patsy Cline
3. D-I-V-O-R-C-E: Tammy Wynette
4. Jackson: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
5 (A). Blue: LeAnn Rimes
5 (B). Tempted: Marty Stuart
No one has mentioned Miranda’s “Kerosene” yet?!?! Her “Desperation” would be a solid choice, too.
Little Big Town’s “Sober” needs to be on any list.
Love Adios & Galveston mentioned by EN.
here’s 5 more:
1. Matthew – John Denver
2. Aces – Suzy Bogguss
3. Moments – Emerson Drive
4. Bruises – Train & Ashley Monroe
5. Speed – Montgomery Gentry
Emmylou Harris or Steve Earle- “Goodbye”
Patsy Cline-“Crazy”
Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison- “Leavin”
Patty Griffin- “Chief”
Shovels & Rope- “Birmingham”
Whoa!! How could I have forgotten “Birmingham”! These comments prove that there are so many great one word song titles! It’s a good thing that I only got to pick five, because it can be my excuse for leaving so many of these other great ones off.:)
Oops. Since others already mentioned “Crazy” I’ll substitute “Desperado,” by Linda Ronstadt.
1. Sugarland, “Stay”
2. Faith Hill, “Cry”
3. Alabama, “Reckless”
4. Martina McBride, “Blessed”
5. Lee Ann Womack, “Buckaroo”
1. “Believe” – Brooks and Dunn
2. “Everywhere” – Tim McGraw
3. “Neon” – Chris Young
4. “Amanda” – Waylon Jennings/Don Williams
5. “Nothing” – Dwight Yoakam
George Strait – “Poison”
Garth Brooks – “Shameless”
Chris LeDoux – “Horsepower”
Drew Kennedy – “Caroline”
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – “Codeine”
Billy Edd Wheeler – “Anne”, “Jackson”
John Wesley Ryles – “Kay”
Peggy Lee – “Fever”
Stonewall Jackson – “Waterloo”
Travis Tritt – “T-R-O-U-B-L-E”
Timi Yuro – “Hurt”
1. Yvette – Jason Isbell (Not Surprised how popular he is on this list though I never realized how many one word songs he has)
2. Alabama – Cross Canadian Ragweed
3. Hank – Jason Boland & the Stragglers
4. Traveller – Chris Stapleton
5. Standards – Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen
Honorable Mention:
Bronco – Caanan Smith (seriously go listen to it…)
Lady – Kenny Rogers
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Cry – Crystal Gayle
Everywhere – Tim McGraw
Inside – Ronnie Milsap
1. Meanwhile–George Strait
2. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
3. Amanda–Waylon Jjennings/Don Williams
4. Crazy- Patsy Cline
5. Wasted–Carrie Uunderwood
“Riser” – Dierks Bentley
“Blameless” – Kelley Mickwee
“Unwound” – George Strait
“Sharecropper” – Stoney LaRue
“Dixie” – Ashley Monroe
“Riverside” – The Steel Wheels
“Anymore” – Travis Tritt
“Forgive” – Rebecca Lynn Howard
“Gravity” – Alison Krauss and Union Station
“Alive” – Julie Roberts
Garth has a whole bunch:
Wolves
Ireland
Rodeo
Shameless
Anonymous
Rollin’
Mom
Tacoma
Fish
Sorry, I’m gonna cheat because I could think of far too many to have to narrow it down to five.
Carlene Carter – Change
Garth Brooks – Wolves
Tanya Tucker – Soon
Dan Seals – Addicted
George Jones – Choices
Sara Evans – Cheatin’
Randy Travis – Promises
Waylon Jennings – Wrong
Tracy Lawrence – Lonely
Rascal Flatts – Stand
Hunter Hayes – Invisible
Sugarland – Joey
LeAnn Rimes – Committment
Reba McEntire – Bobby
Patty Loveless – Chains
Pam Tillis – Please
Kenny Chesney – Young
Neal McCoy – Wink
Dolly Parton – Family
Kathy Mattea – Seeds
George Strait (Unwound, Meanwhile, Troubadour, Run, Desperately, Wrapped, True, Adalida, Lovebug, Heartland), Alan Jackson (Someday, Dallas, Wanted, Home)and Alison Krauss (Stay, Restless, Maybe, Gravity) have all had a number of one word titled hits and a number of cities also come to mind too (Galveston, Reno, Amarillo).
Kasey Chambers and Bernard Fanning, “Bittersweet”
1. Martina McBride, Anyway
2. Martina McBride, Blessed
3. Dolly Parton, Jolene
4. George Strait, Troubador
5. Thompson Square, Glass
Add in:
Vern Gosdin – Alone
Sara Evans – Unopened
Sunny Sweeney – Amy
Holly Williams – Drinkin’
Joey + Rory – Headache
a few more:
John Fogerty – Centerfield
Ty Herndon – Steam
Will Hoge – Strong
Phil Vassar – Carlene
Maggie Rose – Better
Kellie Coffey – It & Bandwagon
1. Choices – George Jones
2. Hurt – Johnny Cash
3. Joshua – Dolly Parton
4. Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
5. Jambalaya – Hank Williams, Sr.
Oak Ridge Boys – “Elvira”
Travis Tritt – “Anymore”
John Michael Montgomery – “Friends”
George Strait – “Run”
Tracy Lawrence – “Alibis”
Honorable mention:
George Strait – “Desperately”
Joe Nichols – “Brokenheartsville”
Lonestar – “Smile”
Sammy Kershaw – “Vidalia”
Sugarland – “Settlin”
Alan Jackson – “Wanted”
JoDee Messina – “Burn”
George Strait – “Texas”
Tim McGraw – “Unbroken”
“Feelins'” — Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
“Years” — Barbara Mandrell
“Elizabeth” — Statler Brothers
“1982”– Randy Travis
“Picture” — Sheryl Crow & Kid Rock