To ask for your happy country songs

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Shamelessly posting for traffic. I want to put together a cd for my mum to cheer her up. I've got a few really upbeat songs in mind but am hoping for more recommendations to make her a real feel-good-dance-around-the-kitchen cd.

So far:

Blanket on the Ground-Billie Jo Spears

9-5 - Dolly Parton

I'll Name the Dogs-Blake Shelton

You Make It Feel Like Christmas-Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani

People Are Crazy-Billy Currington

Suds In The Bucket-Sara Evans

Follow Your Arrow-Kacey Musgraves

Rock Me Like A Wagon Wheel-Darius Rucker

Bartender-Lady A

If you know these ones then that will give you an idea of the kind of songs I'm after.

Thank you

@DressingGownofDoom

Oh and Cam - my mistake

Have you listened to runaway train from the same album? I love it

When you’re in love with a beautiful woman - Dr Hook

Ok not a happy song but it makes me smile

There are a couple of live concerts by The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson) on YouTube that are brilliant listening and spirit raising. Sorrow I can’t do a link, but a search will find them, one was in Aberdeen about twenty years ago.

My go to feel good songs Are 5 o clock somewhere by Alan Jackson
Or
Margaritaville - jimmy Buffet

@CallSignCharlie those are two of the ones that are regularly on in my house. Top country playlist on Alexa or something.

Thank you everyone, Alexa is going to be busy playing all these tomorrow

Hold my beer - Aaron Pritchett
I'm here for the party - gretchen Wilson
Girls like too -terri Clark

Trisha Yearwood - x’s & o’s, She’s in love with the boy
Rascal Flatts - Backwards
Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn, Angie Baby
Nashville Cast - loads of good upbeat songs but love Don’t Put Dirt On My Grave Just Yet, A Life That’s Good, If I Didn’t Know Better & Rng Of Fire
Shania Twain - Honey I’m Home, Whose Bed Have Your Feet Been Under
The Chicks - Pink Toenails, Goodbye Earl
Deana Carter - Did I Shave My Legs For This?

Feel like I need my own feel good country playlist now 😊

@thatgingergirl

I Got Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks.

I came on to say this one! Many happy memories,a real feel good song!

Can anyone recommend a good album with dolly oarton on it

The Very Last Country Song.
Baby Girl
Stuck like Glue.

All by Sugarland.

Ugly lights - Miranda lambert

Clay Walker - If I could make a living
Clay Walker - the Melrose Avenue cinema two
The Mavericks- dance the night away
The Bellamy brothers - let your love flow
Tim McGraw - live like you were dying
Jim Reeves - I love you because
John Denver - Follow me

Dirt on my boots...John Pardi
Wagon wheel...Darius Rucker
The Git Up...Blanco Brown
Body Like A Back Road...Sam Hunt
The Fighter... Keith Urban
Knockin' Boots.... Luke Bryan
Drunk On a Plane...Dierks Bentley
Before He Cheats... Carrie Underwood

It's five o'clock somewhere.

Not sure if it counts as country but I love That's the way the girls are from Texas by Ry Cooder

Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson. Always cheers me up.

Some great taste in music on this thread! I would add:
Hole in the Bottle by Kelsea Ballerini
No Such Thing as a Broken Heart by Old Dominion
Caught up in the Country by Rodney Atkins
Classic by Cam
One Big Country Song by LoCash

@SunIsStillShining I came to say anything by Christian Kane.

Drinking to drink by Christian Kane is a bit of homage to the fact a lot country songs are pretty depressing.

Drinking to drink

Brett Eldredge- Something I’m Good At
Florida Georgia Lime- Cruise
Kelsea Ballerini- Yeah Boy
Zac Brown Band- Toes
The Highwomen- Redesigning Women
Hunter Hayes- I Want Crazy
Aaron Watson- Fence Post
Rascal Flatts- Wildfire
Drake White- Story
William Michael Morgan- Story

Down at the twist & shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter

The lyrics aren't that cheery but it's upbeat...

Silver Threads & Golden Needles - Linda Ronstadt

Or try the Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn & Tammy Wynette version...

Currently most played country songs in our house are Knockin’ Boots and One Margarita by Luke Bryan and God’s Country by Blake Shelton.

Just tell her to put Chris Country on the radio - it’s always tuned to that in our kitchen - love a bit of trucks, beer and heartbreak music!!

Came onto mention One piece at a time by Johnny Cash - but someone beat me to it.

Also
Mama was a Truck Driving Man by Jethro Burns

Stripes by Brandy Calrk was recommended on here last year as the ultimate Mumsnet country song - fashion advice and LTB in one song