The 21 Greatest Country Songs About Texas

Dance-hall waltzes and outlaw anthems share this list with recent chart-toppers, all circling one very large state. Some are rodeo-jukebox staples; others belong to songwriter-bar crowds.

1. 1
   Amarillo by Morning

   George Strait's 1983 rodeo ballad, regularly voted the greatest Texas country song.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Texas Hold 'Em

   Beyoncé's 2024 banjo-driven hoedown that became her first No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
   682pts
3. 3
   Miles and Miles of Texas

   Asleep at the Wheel's signature western swing ode to the state's endless highways.
   615pts
4. 4
   Deep in the Heart of Texas

   The 1941 clap-along standard popularized by Bing Crosby, Gene Autry and Bob Wills.
   615pts
5. 5
   Choosin' Texas

   Ella Langley's 2025 chart-topping heartbreak single, co-written with Miranda Lambert, about losing a lover to Texas.
   568pts
6. 6
   Luckenbach, Texas

   Waylon Jennings' 1977 No. 1 hit, with Willie Nelson, about escaping fame for the tiny Hill Country town.
   515pts
7. 7
   El Paso

   Marty Robbins' 1959 gunfighter ballad set in the West Texas border town, a crossover No. 1.
   515pts
8. 8
   San Antonio Rose

   Bob Wills' western swing standard, a million-seller as 'New San Antonio Rose' in 1940.
   454pts
9. 9
   Austin

   Blake Shelton's 2001 debut No. 1 about a man waiting for a call back from Austin.
   454pts
10. 10
    Corpus Christi Bay

    Robert Earl Keen's Texas songwriter classic about two brothers on the Gulf Coast.
    454pts
11. 11
    Waltz Across Texas

    Ernest Tubb's 1965 dance-hall standard, a staple of Texas two-steppers ever since.
    384pts
12. 12
    The Bluest Eyes in Texas

    Restless Heart's 1988 No. 1 about a love left behind in the Lone Star State.
    384pts
13. 13
    London Homesick Blues

    Gary P. Nunn's 'Home with the Armadillo', longtime theme of Austin City Limits.
    303pts
14. 14
    Texas (When I Die)

    Tanya Tucker's 1978 hit insisting heaven had better look like Texas.
    303pts
15. 15
    If You're Gonna Play in Texas

    Alabama's 1984 No. 1 fiddle anthem, 'You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band'.
    303pts
16. 16
    God Blessed Texas

    Little Texas's rowdy 1993 hit claiming the Lone Star State as heaven's finest work.
    303pts
17. 17
    Galveston

    Glen Campbell's 1969 Jimmy Webb-penned hit about a soldier dreaming of the Texas coast.
    303pts
18. 18
    Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind

    George Strait's 1984 No. 1 and title track of his CMA Album of the Year.
    206pts
19. 19
    All My Ex's Live in Texas

    George Strait's 1987 No. 1 about fleeing a string of exes to Tennessee.
    206pts
20. 20
    Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone

    Charley Pride's 1970 No. 1 about a drifter hitching a ride to San Antonio.
    0pts
21. 21
    Texas Tornado

    Tracy Lawrence's 1995 No. 1 about a whirlwind girl from the Lone Star State.
    0pts

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