US & UK hit charts

Top Country Songs of 2003 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

2002 <-

2003

-> 2004

Top songs: #1: Forever and for Always by Shania Twain - #2: The First Cut Is the Deepest by Sheryl Crow - #3: You'll Think of Me by Keith Urban - #4: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett - #5: What Was I Thinkin' by Dierks Bentley

04/2003

Forever and for Always
Shania Twain

from Up!

227 pts

ctry

[Mercury 001251]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain

10/2003

The First Cut Is the Deepest
Sheryl Crow

from The Very Best of Sheryl Crow

134 pts

ctry

[A&M]
written by Cat Stevens

12/2003

You'll Think of Me
Keith Urban

from Golden Road

98 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Darrell Brown, Dennis Matkosky & Ty Lacy

06/2003

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

from Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff

89 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville 54205]
written by Jim "Moose" Brown & Don Rollins [Donald Edmond Rollins]

04/2003

What Was I Thinkin'
Dierks Bentley

from Dierks Bentley

76 pts

ctry

[Capitol 77963]
written by Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley & Deric Ruttan

03/2003

Have You Forgotten?
Darryl Worley

from Have You Forgotten?

76 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 00063]
written by Wynn Varble & Darryl Worley

03/2003

My Front Porch Looking In
Lonestar

from From There to Here

74 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Frank J. Myers, Richie McDonald & Don Pfrimmer

06/2003

This One's for the Girls
Martina McBride

from Martina

73 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey & Aimee Mayo

04/2003

Red Dirt Road
Brooks & Dunn

from Red Dirt Road

70 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Kix Brooks & Ronnie Dunn

#10

08/2003

I Love This Bar
Toby Keith

from Shock'n Y'all

67 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 001238]
written by Toby Keith & Scotty Emerick

#11

05/2003

Real Good Man
Tim McGraw

from Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

65 pts

ctry

as Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
[Curb]
written by Rivers Rutherford & George Teren

#12

11/2003

American Soldier
Toby Keith

from Shock'n Y'all

63 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 002046]
written by Toby Keith & Chuck Cannon

#13

11/2003

In My Daughter's Eyes
Martina McBride

from Martina

63 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by James T. Slater

#14

11/2003

Remember When
Alan Jackson

from Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff

62 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Alan Jackson

#15

10/2003

There Goes My Life
Kenny Chesney

from When the Sun Goes Down

61 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Neil Thrasher & Wendell Mobley

#16

05/2003

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem
Kenny Chesney

from No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

60 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Casey Beathard

#17

01/2003

Big Star
Kenny Chesney

from No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems

60 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Stephony Smith

#18

06/2003

Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me
Keith Urban

from Golden Road

59 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Monty Powell & Keith Urban

#19

11/2003

Watch the Wind Blow By
Tim McGraw

from Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors

56 pts

ctry

as Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
[Curb]
written by Dylan Altman & Anders Osbourne

#20

06/2003

Tough Little Boys
Gary Allan

from See If I Care

56 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville 00946]
written by Harley Allen & Don Sampson

#21

05/2003

Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)
Buddy Jewell

from Buddy Jewell

54 pts

ctry

[Columbia 79885]
written by Buddy Jewell

#22

01/2003

Love You Out Loud
Rascal Flatts

from Melt

52 pts

ctry

[Lyric Street]
written by Brett James & Lonnie Wilson

#23

03/2003

Celebrity
Brad Paisley

from Mud on the Tires

50 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Brad Paisley

#24

07/2003

I Melt
Rascal Flatts

from Melt

50 pts

ctry

[Lyric Street]
written by Gary LeVox, Wendell Mobley & Neil Thrasher

#25

02/2003

Stay Gone
Jimmy Wayne

from Jimmy Wayne

49 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 000345]
written by Jimmy Wayne & Billy Kirsch

#26

09/2003

Little Moments
Brad Paisley

from Mud on the Tires

49 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Brad Paisley & Chris DuBois

#27

08/2003

Cowboys Like Us
George Strait

from Honkytonkville

46 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville 01250]
written by Bob DiPiero & Anthony Smith

#28

08/2003

I Wanna Do It All
Terri Clark

from Pain to Kill

43 pts

ctry

[Mercury 001257]
written by Rick Giles, Gilles Godard & Tim Nichols

#29

09/2003

You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girls
Brooks & Dunn

from Red Dirt Road

42 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Bob DiPiero & Bart Allmand

#30

05/2003

Wave on Wave
Pat Green

from Wave on Wave

42 pts

ctry

[Republic]
written by Pat Green, David Neuhauser & Justin Pollard

#31

11/2003

Sweet Southern Comfort
Buddy Jewell

from Buddy Jewell

41 pts

ctry

[Columbia]
written by Rodney Clawson & Brad Crisler

#32

09/2003

Perfect
Sara Evans

from Restless

41 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by Sara Evans, Tom Shapiro & Tony Martin

#33

11/2003

Paint Me a Birmingham
Tracy Lawrence

from Strong

38 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks]
written by Buck Moore & Gary Duffy

#34

07/2003

Hell Yeah
Montgomery Gentry

from My Town

37 pts

ctry

[Columbia 79786]
written by Jeffrey Steele & Craig Wiseman

#35

05/2003

I Can Only Imagine
MercyMe

from Almost There

32 pts

ctry

[INO/Curb 73150]
written by Bart Millard

#36

09/2003

Hot Mama
Trace Adkins

from Comin' on Strong

32 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Casey Beathard & Tom Shapiro

#37

06/2003

Honesty (Write Me a List)
Rodney Atkins

from Honesty

32 pts

ctry

[Curb 73149]
written by Patience Clements & David Kent

#38

06/2003

Chicks Dig It
Chris Cagle

from Chris Cagle

32 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Chris Cagle & Charlie Crowe

#39

08/2003

I Love You This Much
Jimmy Wayne

from Jimmy Wayne

30 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 001239]
written by Jimmy Wayne, Don Sampson & Chris DuBois

#40

03/2003

Hurt
Johnny Cash

from American IV: The Man Comes Around

27 pts

ctry

alt.

charted as Hurt / Personal Jesus in UK charts
[American]
written by Trent Reznor

#41

03/2003

Then They Do
Trace Adkins

from Greatest Hits Collection, Vol.1

27 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Jim Collins & Sunny Russ

#42

08/2003

Drinkin' Bone
Tracy Byrd

from The Truth About Men

27 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by Casey Beathard & Kerry Kurt Phillips

#43

04/2003

A Few Questions
Clay Walker

from A Few Questions

26 pts

ctry

[RCA album cut]
written by Adam Wheeler, Phillip Moore & Ray Scott

#44

01/2003

The Love Song
Jeff Bates

from Rainbow Man

26 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by Jeff Bates, Kenny Beard & Casey Beathard

#45

10/2003

She's Not Just a Pretty Face
Shania Twain

from Up!

26 pts

ctry

[Mercury 001646]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Shania Twain

#46

08/2003

Walking in Memphis
Lonestar

from From There to Here

25 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Marc Cohn

#47

03/2003

99.9% Sure (I've Never Been Here Before)
Brian McComas

from Brian McComas

25 pts

ctry

[Lyric Street]
written by Billy Austin & Greg Barnhill

#48

12/2003

I Can't Sleep
Clay Walker

from A Few Questions

24 pts

ctry

[RCA album cut]
written by Clay Walker & Chely Wright

#49

05/2003

Walk a Little Straighter
Billy Currington

from Billy Currington

24 pts

ctry

[Mercury 000972]
written by Casey Beathard, Carson Chamberlain & Billy Currington

#50

10/2003

Good Little Girls
Blue County

from Blue County

22 pts

ctry

[Curb]
written by Troy Seals & Brett Jones

#51

04/2003

Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa
George Strait

from Honkytonkville

21 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville 00586]
written by Red Lane

#52

01/2003

Rock You Baby
Toby Keith

from Unleashed

20 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 50785]
written by Toby Keith & Scotty Emerick

#53

05/2003

Long Black Train
Josh Turner

from Long Black Train

20 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville 000976]
written by Josh Turner

#54

11/2003

Songs About Rain
Gary Allan

from See If I Care

20 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville 02358]
written by Pat McLaughlin & Liz Rose

#55

03/2003

Suddenly
LeAnn Rimes

from Twisted Angel

19 pts

ctry

[Curb]
written by Andreas Carlsson & Desmond Child

#56

05/2003

What the World Needs
Wynonna Judd

from What the World Needs Now Is Love

19 pts

ctry

[Curb/Asylum]
written by Brett James & Holly Lamar

#57

11/2003

Simple Life
Carolyn Dawn Johnson

from Dress Rehearsal

19 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Troy Verges & Aimee Mayo

#58

03/2003

The Truth About Men
Tracy Byrd

from The Truth About Men

18 pts

ctry

[RCA]
written by Paul Overstreet, Rory Lee Feek & Tim Johnson

#59

07/2003

I Wish
Jo Dee Messina

from Greatest Hits

18 pts

ctry

[Curb]
written by Ed Hill & Tommy Lee James

#60

12/2003

This Love
LeAnn Rimes

from Greatest Hits

17 pts

ctry

[Curb]
written by LeAnn Rimes, Marc Beeson & Jim Collins

#61

05/2003

She Only Smokes When She Drinks
Joe Nichols

from Man with a Memory

17 pts

ctry

[Universal South 000157]
written by Connie Harrington, Tim Nichols & Tony Martin

#62

06/2003

Lovin' All Night
Patty Loveless

from On Your Way Home

16 pts

ctry

[Epic 79954]
written by Rodney Crowell

#63

12/2003

Wild West Show
Big & Rich

from Horse of a Different Color

14 pts

ctry

[Warner 16515]
written by Big Kenny, John Rich & Blair Daly

#64

07/2003

I Can't Take You Anywhere
Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith

from The Coast Is Clear

12 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks 001581]
written by Scotty Emerick & Toby Keith

#65

08/2003

I'm Gonna Take That Mountain
Reba McEntire

from Room to Breathe

12 pts

103

ctry

[MCA Nashville 001404]
written by Jerry Salley & Melissa Peirce

#66

11/2003

Spend My Time
Clint Black

from Spend My Time

11 pts

102

ctry

[Equity 3001]
written by Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas

#67

03/2003

Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
Sara Evans

from Restless

11 pts

103

ctry

[RCA]
written by Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo & Troy Verges

#68

05/2003

I Can't Be Your Friend
Rushlow

from Right Now

11 pts

106

ctry

[Lyric Street 64080]
written by Brad Crisler & Rodney Clawson

#69

08/2003

Wrinkles
Diamond Rio

from Completely

11 pts

107

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Ronny Scaife & Neil Thrasher

#70

10/2003

My Last Name
Dierks Bentley

from Dierks Bentley

11 pts

102

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Harley Allen & Dierks Bentley

#71

01/2003

This Is God
Phil Vassar

from American Child

10 pts

109

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Phil Vassar

#72

09/2003

Cool to Be a Fool
Joe Nichols

from Man with a Memory

10 pts

106

ctry

[Universal South 001371]
written by Joe Nichols, Steve Dean & Wil Nance

#73

06/2003

Streets of Heaven
Sherrié Austin

from Streets of Heaven

10 pts

113

ctry

[Broken Bow]
written by Sherrié Austin, Paul Duncan & Al Kasha

#74

10/2003

You're in My Head
Brian McComas

from Brian McComas

9 pts

118

ctry

[Lyric Street]
written by Shane Minor, Jeffrey Steele & Chris Wallin

#75

01/2003

Was That My Life
Jo Dee Messina

from Greatest Hits

9 pts

114

ctry

[Curb]
written by Bill Luther & Marv Green

#76

04/2003

Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)
Emerson Drive

from Emerson Drive

9 pts

124

ctry

[DreamWorks 50788]
written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange

#77

07/2003

Playboys of the Southwestern World
Blake Shelton

from The Dreamer

5 pts

ctry

[Warner 16538]
written by Randy VanWarmer & Neal Coty

#78

10/2003

Texas Plates
Kellie Coffey

5 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Kellie Coffey & Brett James

#79

05/2003

Days Like This
Rachel Proctor

from Where I Belong

5 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Rachel Proctor & Odie Blackmon

#80

03/2003

Why Ain't I Running?
Garth Brooks

from Scarecrow

5 pts

ctry

[Capitol]
written by Kent Blazy, Tony Arata & Garth Brooks

#81

08/2003

Every Friday Afternoon
Craig Morgan

from I Love It

5 pts

ctry

[Broken Bow]
written by Neal Coty & Jimmy Melton

#82

03/2003

One Last Time
Dusty Drake

from Dusty Drake

5 pts

ctry

[Warner 16651]
written by Kerry Kurt Phillips & Patrick Jason Matthews

#83

01/2003

Country Ain't Country
Travis Tritt

from Strong Enough

5 pts

ctry

[Columbia]
written by Teresa Boaz, Carson Chamberlain & Casey Beathard

#84

03/2003

Love's Got an Attitude (It Is What It Is)
Amy Dalley

4 pts

ctry

[Curb]
written by Amy Dalley, Lee Miller & Bonnie Jewel Baker

#85

03/2003

When You Think of Me
Mark Wills

from Greatest Hits

4 pts

ctry

[Mercury]
written by Brett James & Troy Verges

#86

05/2003

You're Still Here
Faith Hill

from Cry

4 pts

ctry

[Warner 16647]
written by Matraca Berg & Aimee Mayo

#87

04/2003

Hey Mr. President
The Warren Brothers

from Barely Famous Hits

4 pts

ctry

[BNA]
written by Tom Douglas

#88

11/2003

On Your Way Home
Patty Loveless

from On Your Way Home

4 pts

ctry

[Epic]
written by Ronnie Samoset & Matraca Berg

#89

07/2003

And the Crowd Goes Wild
Mark Wills

from And the Crowd Goes Wild

4 pts

ctry

[Mercury 001152]
written by Craig Wiseman & Jeffrey Steele

#90

03/2003

Three Mississippi
Terri Clark

from Pain to Kill

4 pts

ctry

[Mercury 172262]
written by Angelo Petraglia, Hillary Lindsey & Troy Verges

#91

12/2003

All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
Kenny Chesney

from All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan

4 pts

ctry

Christmas
[BNA]
written by Paul Overstreet

#92

07/2003

Tennessee River Run
Darryl Worley

from I Miss My Friend

3 pts

ctry

[DreamWorks]
written by Steve Leslie & Darryl Worley

#93

12/2003

A Guy Like Me
Pat Green

from Wave on Wave

3 pts

ctry

[Republic]
written by Pat Green & David Neuhauser

#94

03/2003

Someday
Vince Gill

from Next Big Thing

3 pts

ctry

[MCA Nashville]
written by Vince Gill & Richard Marx

#95

04/2003

Heavy Liftin'
Blake Shelton

from The Dreamer

3 pts

ctry

[Warner]
written by Boyd Houston Robert, George Teren & Rivers Rutherford

#96

01/2003

I Want My Money Back
Sammy Kershaw

from I Want My Money Back

3 pts

ctry

[Audium]
written by Sam Tate, Annie Tate & Dave Berg

#97

10/2003

Days of Our Lives
James Otto

from Days of Our Lives

3 pts

ctry

[Mercury 001500]
written by James Otto & Bobby Terry

#98

05/2003

Every Little Thing
Jamie O'Neal

3 pts

ctry

[Mercury 000584]
written by Roxie Dean & Sonny Tillis

#99

05/2003

I'm Just a Girl
Deana Carter

from I'm Just a Girl

3 pts

ctry

[Arista Nashville]
written by Deana Carter & Billy Mann

#100

11/2003

No Regrets Yet
Sonya Isaacs

from Pictures of Me

3 pts

ctry

[Lyric Street]
written by Darrell Brown & Sonya Isaacs

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