80s Country Music
Saddle up for the best 80s country songs in one free, continuous playlist of neotraditional twang and crossover ballads. This is the decade when George Strait, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, and Dolly Parton kept country storytelling alive and carried it onto the pop charts. Press play for a non-stop stream of classic 1980s country music hits, or build your own playlist of the songs you grew up with.
This 80s Country Music playlist features 275 songs you can stream free, with no sign-up required. Every track plays in order, or shuffle and skip to hear the 80s country music hits you want.
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| # | Title | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lookin' for Love | Johnny Lee | 1980 |
| 2 | One in a Million | Johnny Lee | 1980 |
| 3 | Pickin' Up Strangers | Johnny Lee | 1981 |
| 4 | Bet Your Heart on Me | Johnny Lee | 1981 |
| 5 | Cherokee Fiddle | Johnny Lee | 1982 |
| 6 | Prisoner of Hope | Johnny Lee | 1981 |
| 7 | Sounds Like Love | Johnny Lee | 1982 |
| 8 | Hey Bartender | Johnny Lee | 1983 |
| 9 | The Yellow Rose | Johnny Lee & Lane Brody | 1984 |
| 10 | Stand by Me | Mickey Gilley | 1980 |
| 11 | True Love Ways | Mickey Gilley | 1980 |
| 12 | That's All That Matters | Mickey Gilley | 1980 |
| 13 | A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) | Mickey Gilley | 1981 |
| 14 | You Don't Know Me | Mickey Gilley | 1981 |
| 15 | Lonely Nights | Mickey Gilley | 1981 |
| 16 | Tears of the Lonely | Mickey Gilley | 1982 |
| 17 | Put Your Dreams Away | Mickey Gilley | 1982 |
| 18 | Talk to Me | Mickey Gilley | 1982 |
| 19 | Fool for Your Love | Mickey Gilley | 1983 |
| 20 | Paradise Tonight | Mickey Gilley & Charly McClain | 1983 |
| 21 | Love Will Turn You Around | Kenny Rogers | 1982 |
| 22 | Through the Years | Kenny Rogers | 1981 |
| 23 | We've Got Tonight | Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton | 1983 |
| 24 | All My Life | Kenny Rogers | 1983 |
| 25 | Evening Star | Kenny Rogers | 1984 |
| 26 | Tomb of the Unknown Love | Kenny Rogers | 1986 |
| 27 | Twenty Years Ago | Kenny Rogers | 1986 |
| 28 | Make No Mistake, She's Mine | Kenny Rogers & Ronnie Milsap | 1987 |
| 29 | The Vows Go Unbroken (Always and Forever) | Kenny Rogers | 1989 |
| 30 | Crazy | Kenny Rogers | 1984 |
| 31 | I Don't Need You | Kenny Rogers | 1981 |
| 32 | Blaze of Glory | Kenny Rogers | 1981 |
| 33 | Share Your Love with Me | Kenny Rogers | 1981 |
| 34 | 9 to 5 | Dolly Parton | 1980 |
| 35 | Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You | Dolly Parton | 1980 |
| 36 | Starting Over Again | Dolly Parton | 1980 |
| 37 | I Will Always Love You (1982) | Dolly Parton | 1982 |
| 38 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Dolly Parton | 1983 |
| 39 | Tennessee Homesick Blues | Dolly Parton | 1984 |
| 40 | Real Love | Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers | 1985 |
| 41 | Tie Our Love (Turn Out the Lights) | Dolly Parton | 1986 |
| 42 | Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That | Dolly Parton | 1989 |
| 43 | Yellow Roses | Dolly Parton | 1989 |
| 44 | Smoky Mountain Rain | Ronnie Milsap | 1980 |
| 45 | Any Day Now | Ronnie Milsap | 1982 |
| 46 | I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World | Ronnie Milsap | 1981 |
| 47 | Stranger in My House | Ronnie Milsap | 1983 |
| 48 | Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) | Ronnie Milsap | 1985 |
| 49 | Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) | Ronnie Milsap | 1989 |
| 50 | Show Her | Ronnie Milsap | 1984 |
| 51 | She Keeps the Home Fires Burning | Ronnie Milsap | 1985 |
| 52 | In Love | Ronnie Milsap | 1986 |
| 53 | How Do I Turn You On | Ronnie Milsap | 1986 |
| 54 | Snap Your Fingers | Ronnie Milsap | 1987 |
| 55 | A Woman in Love | Ronnie Milsap | 1989 |
| 56 | Happy, Happy Birthday Baby | Ronnie Milsap | 1986 |
| 57 | There's No Gettin' Over Me | Ronnie Milsap | 1981 |
| 58 | He Got You | Ronnie Milsap | 1982 |
| 59 | Drivin' My Life Away | Eddie Rabbitt | 1980 |
| 60 | I Love a Rainy Night | Eddie Rabbitt | 1980 |
| 61 | Step by Step | Eddie Rabbitt | 1981 |
| 62 | Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight | Eddie Rabbitt | 1981 |
| 63 | You and I | Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle | 1982 |
| 64 | The Best Year of My Life | Eddie Rabbitt | 1984 |
| 65 | B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love | Eddie Rabbitt | 1984 |
| 66 | I Wanna Dance with You | Eddie Rabbitt | 1988 |
| 67 | On Second Thought | Eddie Rabbitt | 1989 |
| 68 | That's Why I Fell in Love (with You) | Eddie Rabbitt | 1988 |
| 69 | Too Many Lovers | Crystal Gayle | 1980 |
| 70 | If You Ever Change Your Mind | Crystal Gayle | 1980 |
| 71 | It's Like We Never Said Goodbye | Crystal Gayle | 1980 |
| 72 | You Never Gave Up on Me | Crystal Gayle | 1982 |
| 73 | Till I Gain Control Again | Crystal Gayle | 1982 |
| 74 | Our Love Is on the Faultline | Crystal Gayle | 1983 |
| 75 | Baby, What About You | Crystal Gayle | 1983 |
| 76 | Straight to the Heart | Crystal Gayle | 1986 |
| 77 | Cry | Crystal Gayle | 1986 |
| 78 | Turning Away | Crystal Gayle | 1984 |
| 79 | Could I Have This Dance | Anne Murray | 1980 |
| 80 | Blessed Are the Believers | Anne Murray | 1981 |
| 81 | A Little Good News | Anne Murray | 1983 |
| 82 | Just Another Woman in Love | Anne Murray | 1984 |
| 83 | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do | Anne Murray & Dave Loggins | 1984 |
| 84 | Time Don't Run Out on Me | Anne Murray | 1985 |
| 85 | Now and Forever (You and Me) | Anne Murray | 1986 |
| 86 | Years | Barbara Mandrell | 1980 |
| 87 | Crackers | Barbara Mandrell | 1980 |
| 88 | I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool | Barbara Mandrell | 1981 |
| 89 | One of a Kind Pair of Fools | Barbara Mandrell | 1983 |
| 90 | In Times Like These | Barbara Mandrell | 1983 |
| 91 | Only a Lonely Heart Knows | Barbara Mandrell | 1984 |
| 92 | Happy Birthday Dear Heartache | Barbara Mandrell | 1984 |
| 93 | Fast Lanes and Country Roads | Barbara Mandrell | 1985 |
| 94 | Angel in Your Arms | Barbara Mandrell | 1985 |
| 95 | Till You're Gone | Barbara Mandrell | 1982 |
| 96 | Unwound | George Strait | 1981 |
| 97 | Down and Out | George Strait | 1981 |
| 98 | If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger | George Strait | 1982 |
| 99 | Fool Hearted Memory | George Strait | 1982 |
| 100 | Marina del Rey | George Strait | 1982 |
| 101 | A Fire I Can't Put Out | George Strait | 1983 |
| 102 | You Look So Good in Love | George Strait | 1983 |
| 103 | Right or Wrong | George Strait | 1983 |
| 104 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together | George Strait | 1984 |
| 105 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | George Strait | 1984 |
| 106 | The Cowboy Rides Away | George Strait | 1985 |
| 107 | The Fireman | George Strait | 1985 |
| 108 | The Chair | George Strait | 1985 |
| 109 | Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her | George Strait | 1986 |
| 110 | It Ain't Cool to Be the Crazy One for You | George Strait | 1986 |
| 111 | Ocean Front Property | George Strait | 1987 |
| 112 | All My Ex's Live in Texas | George Strait | 1987 |
| 113 | Am I Blue | George Strait | 1987 |
| 114 | Famous Last Words of a Fool | George Strait | 1988 |
| 115 | Baby Blue | George Strait | 1988 |
| 116 | If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') | George Strait | 1988 |
| 117 | Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye | George Strait | 1989 |
| 118 | What's Going On in Your World | George Strait | 1989 |
| 119 | Ace in the Hole | George Strait | 1989 |
| 120 | Can't Even Get the Blues | Reba McEntire | 1982 |
| 121 | You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving | Reba McEntire | 1983 |
| 122 | How Blue | Reba McEntire | 1984 |
| 123 | Somebody Should Leave | Reba McEntire | 1985 |
| 124 | Whoever's in New England | Reba McEntire | 1986 |
| 125 | Little Rock | Reba McEntire | 1986 |
| 126 | What Am I Gonna Do About You | Reba McEntire | 1986 |
| 127 | One Promise Too Late | Reba McEntire | 1987 |
| 128 | The Last One to Know | Reba McEntire | 1987 |
| 129 | Love Will Find Its Way to You | Reba McEntire | 1987 |
| 130 | Sunday Kind of Love | Reba McEntire | 1988 |
| 131 | I Know How He Feels | Reba McEntire | 1988 |
| 132 | New Fool at an Old Game | Reba McEntire | 1988 |
| 133 | Cathy's Clown | Reba McEntire | 1989 |
| 134 | 'Til Love Comes Again | Reba McEntire | 1989 |
| 135 | On the Other Hand | Randy Travis | 1986 |
| 136 | 1982 | Randy Travis | 1985 |
| 137 | Diggin' Up Bones | Randy Travis | 1986 |
| 138 | No Place Like Home | Randy Travis | 1986 |
| 139 | I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) | Randy Travis | 1987 |
| 140 | Too Gone Too Long | Randy Travis | 1987 |
| 141 | Honky Tonk Moon | Randy Travis | 1988 |
| 142 | Deeper Than the Holler | Randy Travis | 1988 |
| 143 | Is It Still Over? | Randy Travis | 1989 |
| 144 | Promises | Randy Travis | 1989 |
| 145 | Honky Tonk Man | Dwight Yoakam | 1986 |
| 146 | Guitars, Cadillacs | Dwight Yoakam | 1986 |
| 147 | Little Sister | Dwight Yoakam | 1987 |
| 148 | Please, Please Baby | Dwight Yoakam | 1987 |
| 149 | Little Ways | Dwight Yoakam | 1987 |
| 150 | Always Late with Your Kisses | Dwight Yoakam | 1988 |
| 151 | Streets of Bakersfield | Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens | 1988 |
| 152 | I Sang Dixie | Dwight Yoakam | 1988 |
| 153 | I Got You | Dwight Yoakam | 1989 |
| 154 | Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Well...) | Dwight Yoakam | 1989 |
| 155 | Long White Cadillac | Dwight Yoakam | 1989 |
| 156 | Guitar Town | Steve Earle | 1986 |
| 157 | Goodbye's All We've Got Left | Steve Earle | 1986 |
| 158 | Someday | Steve Earle | 1986 |
| 159 | Nowhere Road | Steve Earle | 1987 |
| 160 | Copperhead Road | Steve Earle | 1988 |
| 161 | The Devil's Right Hand | Steve Earle | 1988 |
| 162 | I Ain't Ever Satisfied | Steve Earle | 1987 |
| 163 | My Old Friend the Blues | Steve Earle | 1986 |
| 164 | Hillbilly Highway | Steve Earle | 1986 |
| 165 | Cowboy Man | Lyle Lovett | 1986 |
| 166 | Farther Down the Line | Lyle Lovett | 1986 |
| 167 | God Will | Lyle Lovett | 1987 |
| 168 | She's No Lady | Lyle Lovett | 1987 |
| 169 | Give Back My Heart | Lyle Lovett | 1987 |
| 170 | If I Had a Boat | Lyle Lovett | 1987 |
| 171 | I'm Down to My Last Cigarette | k.d. lang | 1988 |
| 172 | Lock, Stock and Teardrops | k.d. lang | 1988 |
| 173 | Trail of Broken Hearts | k.d. lang | 1989 |
| 174 | Crying | Roy Orbison & k.d. lang | 1987 |
| 175 | Wayfaring Stranger | Emmylou Harris | 1980 |
| 176 | Beneath Still Waters | Emmylou Harris | 1980 |
| 177 | If I Needed You | Emmylou Harris & Don Williams | 1981 |
| 178 | Mister Sandman | Emmylou Harris | 1981 |
| 179 | Born to Run | Emmylou Harris | 1982 |
| 180 | In My Dreams | Emmylou Harris | 1984 |
| 181 | Heartbreak Hill | Emmylou Harris | 1989 |
| 182 | Crying My Heart Out Over You | Ricky Skaggs | 1981 |
| 183 | I Don't Care | Ricky Skaggs | 1982 |
| 184 | Heartbroke | Ricky Skaggs | 1982 |
| 185 | I Wouldn't Change You If I Could | Ricky Skaggs | 1982 |
| 186 | Highway 40 Blues | Ricky Skaggs | 1983 |
| 187 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | Ricky Skaggs | 1983 |
| 188 | Old Habits | Hank Williams Jr. | 1980 |
| 189 | Texas Women | Hank Williams Jr. | 1981 |
| 190 | Dixie on My Mind | Hank Williams Jr. | 1981 |
| 191 | All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) | Hank Williams Jr. | 1981 |
| 192 | A Country Boy Can Survive | Hank Williams Jr. | 1982 |
| 193 | Honky Tonkin' | Hank Williams Jr. | 1982 |
| 194 | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight | Hank Williams Jr. | 1984 |
| 195 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams Jr. | 1987 |
| 196 | Finders Keepers | Hank Williams Jr. | 1988 |
| 197 | This Ain't Dallas | Hank Williams Jr. | 1985 |
| 198 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Hank Williams Jr. | 1986 |
| 199 | If the South Woulda Won | Hank Williams Jr. | 1988 |
| 200 | Young Country | Hank Williams Jr. | 1987 |
| 201 | There's a Tear in My Beer | Hank Williams Jr. & Hank Williams Sr. | 1989 |
| 202 | Tennessee River | Alabama | 1980 |
| 203 | Why Lady Why | Alabama | 1980 |
| 204 | Old Flame | Alabama | 1981 |
| 205 | Feels So Right | Alabama | 1981 |
| 206 | Love in the First Degree | Alabama | 1981 |
| 207 | Mountain Music | Alabama | 1982 |
| 208 | Take Me Down | Alabama | 1982 |
| 209 | Close Enough to Perfect | Alabama | 1982 |
| 210 | Dixieland Delight | Alabama | 1983 |
| 211 | The Closer You Get | Alabama | 1983 |
| 212 | Lady Down on Love | Alabama | 1983 |
| 213 | Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) | Alabama | 1984 |
| 214 | When We Make Love | Alabama | 1984 |
| 215 | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) | Alabama | 1984 |
| 216 | (There's A) Fire in the Night | Alabama | 1984 |
| 217 | There's No Way | Alabama | 1985 |
| 218 | 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') | Alabama | 1985 |
| 219 | Can't Keep a Good Man Down | Alabama | 1985 |
| 220 | She and I | Alabama | 1986 |
| 221 | Touch Me When We're Dancing | Alabama | 1986 |
| 222 | You've Got the Touch | Alabama | 1987 |
| 223 | Tar Top | Alabama | 1987 |
| 224 | Song of the South | Alabama | 1988 |
| 225 | High Cotton | Alabama | 1989 |
| 226 | Southern Star | Alabama | 1989 |
| 227 | Let the Heartache Ride | Restless Heart | 1985 |
| 228 | I'll Still Be Loving You | Restless Heart | 1986 |
| 229 | That Rock Won't Roll | Restless Heart | 1986 |
| 230 | Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) | Restless Heart | 1987 |
| 231 | The Bluest Eyes in Texas | Restless Heart | 1988 |
| 232 | A Tender Lie | Restless Heart | 1988 |
| 233 | Say What's in Your Heart | Restless Heart | 1989 |
| 234 | Big Dreams in a Small Town | Restless Heart | 1989 |
| 235 | Fast Movin' Train | Restless Heart | 1989 |
| 236 | Leona | Sawyer Brown | 1984 |
| 237 | Step That Step | Sawyer Brown | 1985 |
| 238 | Used to Blue | Sawyer Brown | 1985 |
| 239 | Betty's Bein' Bad | Sawyer Brown | 1986 |
| 240 | Shakin' | Sawyer Brown | 1986 |
| 241 | Somewhere in the Night | Sawyer Brown | 1987 |
| 242 | This Missin' You Heart of Mine | Sawyer Brown | 1987 |
| 243 | The Race Is On | Sawyer Brown | 1989 |
| 244 | In America | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1980 |
| 245 | The Legend of Wooley Swamp | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1980 |
| 246 | Still in Saigon | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1982 |
| 247 | Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1986 |
| 248 | Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1988 |
| 249 | Cowboy Hat in Dallas | The Charlie Daniels Band | 1988 |
| 250 | Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) | Waylon Jennings | 1980 |
| 251 | I Ain't Living Long Like This | Waylon Jennings | 1980 |
| 252 | Just to Satisfy You | Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson | 1982 |
| 253 | Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) | Waylon Jennings | 1983 |
| 254 | Women Do Know How to Carry On | Waylon Jennings | 1982 |
| 255 | Never Could Toe the Mark | Waylon Jennings | 1984 |
| 256 | America | Waylon Jennings | 1984 |
| 257 | I'm on the Outside Looking In | Waylon Jennings | 1985 |
| 258 | Rough and Rowdy Days | Waylon Jennings | 1988 |
| 259 | Rose in Paradise | Waylon Jennings | 1987 |
| 260 | On the Road Again | Willie Nelson | 1980 |
| 261 | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | 1982 |
| 262 | Pancho and Lefty | Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard | 1983 |
| 263 | Seven Spanish Angels | Ray Charles & Willie Nelson | 1984 |
| 264 | City of New Orleans | Willie Nelson | 1984 |
| 265 | Forgiving You Was Easy | Willie Nelson | 1985 |
| 266 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before | Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson | 1984 |
| 267 | Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning | Willie Nelson | 1982 |
| 268 | Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground | Willie Nelson | 1981 |
| 269 | Highwayman | The Highwaymen | 1985 |
| 270 | Desperados Waiting for a Train | The Highwaymen | 1985 |
| 271 | Living Legend | Willie Nelson | 1986 |
| 272 | Nothing I Can Do About It Now | Willie Nelson | 1989 |
| 273 | Forever and Ever, Amen | Randy Travis | 1987 |
| 274 | I Told You So | Randy Travis | 1988 |
| 275 | It's Just a Matter of Time | Randy Travis | 1989 |