Posted on February 13, 2022

Valentines day is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate it than with some romantic country ballads. These are romantic songs to listen to with your partner while having dinner or relaxing. These songs are all about passion, romance, and setting an atmosphere to enjoy with your significant other. While this countdown is based on lyrics, we left out songs that talk about after death or wanting someone who is in another relationship to focus your attention to the present. These are songs to enjoy the special occasion with the one you love. Sorry Garth, If Tomorrow Never Comes will have to wait.

#20: Finish What We Started – Diamond Rio

Album: Love a Little Stronger
Year: 1994
This song describes a relationship and how it’s had its challenges by putting “one foot in front of the other, keeping a promise that two lovers made”.

#19: Not Enough Hours In The Night – Doug Supernaw

Album: You Still Got Me
Year: 1995
Not Enough Hours in the Night is Doug Supernaw’s 3rd career top 5 hit. This song is about how someone feels like there is not enough time for intimacy in their relationship, and wishes there was more hours to spend time with their significant other.

#18: Southern Grace – Little Texas

Album: Kick a Little
Year: 1994
This song from Little Texas is not what people will typically think when asked to name a love song, but the lyrics are romantic if you listen. This song is all about a man singing about all the things that he adores about his partner. Lyrics such as “her smile can reach the soul of any man, her heart is strong, her love is true, and her touch is soft as lace” will sure get the romance in the air.

#17: We Danced – Brad Paisley

Album: Who Needs Pictures
Year: 2000
The lyrics of We Dance are not talking about a woman in a “gushy” type of way like most of the songs in this list. However, the song is consists of a story that is filled with passion, as two people meet and have an unexpected dance. During the dance, they fall in love, and reference their wedding later in the song. This tune is great to have an impromptu dance with.

#16: Me & You – Kenny Chesney

Album: Me & You
Year: 1996
This top 5 hit by Kenny Chesney will bring out feelings in anyone. Me & You is all about saying how it was destiny finding your partner, and how you appreciate them more as the days go by. Anyone who is deeply in love can relate to this song. This song describes how couples become so dependent on each other, and Chesney gets the point across in a magical way.

#15: Forever is as Far as I’ll Go – Alabama

Album: Pass It On Down
Year: 1990
What is there to say about this song other than the song is absolutely romantic! It is a song about passion, and how much their love is for their partner. This is basically stating that they love all aspects of their partner from the first moment they met.

#14: Whenever You Come Around – Vince Gill

Album: When Love Finds You
Year: 1994
Vince Gill wrote this song for his wife, Amy Grant, just after they met. Although this song about wanting to be with a person, Vince Gill describes being weak in the knees and losing his breath as he adores her so much, leaving most of the lyrics relevant for most lovers.

#13: Annie’s Song – John Denver

Album: Back Home Again
Year: 1974
This song will absolutely set the romantic mood and is a hidden gem from John Denver. The lyrics are very powerful with comparing your significant other with nature, and how they are so beautiful while pledging to spend the rest of their life making the other happy

#12: Everything But the Wings – Alan Jackson

Album: Thirty Miles West
Year: 2012
This song from Alan Jackson is another hidden gem. The song describes a woman that fell from heaven (Yes, like the pickup line), but goes further. He describes how the woman fell off a star, into his heart. This angel makes him feel like a king, something love often does to a man.

#11: It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

Album: Everywhere
Year: 1997
This epic duet from Tim McGraw and Faith Hill is not one to forget. It reminds us all how love can be addicting but stronger as an individual too with these powerful lyrics: “And who I am now, is who I wanted to be and now that we’re together, I’m stronger than ever, I’m happy and free”.

#10: I Do (Cherish You) – Mark Wills

Album: Wish You Were Here
Year: 1998
This is a very passionate song about being lost before an individual met their partner and telling them how their love has changed them by introducing them to paradise (love). It is also a reassurance that they adore their partner.

#9: The Man In Love With You – George Strait

Album: Easy Come, Easy Go
Year: 1993
Ironically, The Man In Love With You is not one of George Strait’s #1 hits. However, we still love it as it is a song about reassuring your partner that you will always love them, regardless of what they cannot provide.

#8: The Keeper of The Stars – Tracy Byrd

Album: No Ordinary Man
Year: 1994
Tracy Byrd sure made a statement with this song. The Keeper of the Stars is all about suggesting that some spirt brought you and your spouse together and how they thank them because their spouse means everything to them.

#7: When You Say Nothing At All – Keith Whitley

Album: Don’t Close Your Eyes
Year: 1988
When You Say Nothing at All defiantly earned Keith Whitley a #1 hit. This song reminds us all that the little things, like a smile, is as equally important in a relationship as big events or what is said.

#6: Remember When – Alan Jackson

Album: Greatest Hits Vol. II
Year: 2003
This song has a simple message, remember the things that matter. For the older generation, it is a reminder to look back on your life journey with your spouse and revisit memories that you both cherish. For the younger generation, it is a message to create memories that matter!

#5: When I Said I Do – Clint Black

Album: D’Lectrified
Year: 1999
This mega hit from Clint Black is a prime wedding song. But in the moment, it takes you back to your vows to remember them. Why did you say I do? Also, it serves as good reminder for you and your spouse that troubled time will come, but your always together.

#4: You’re Still The One – Shania Twain

Album: Come On Over
Year: 1997
You’re Still The One became a hit for Shania Twain, but it serves as a romantic song at any time. Saying You’re Still The One is very reassuring to both you and your partner. You have beat the odds.

#3: Amazed – Lonestar

Album: Lonely Grill
Year: 1999
This one had to be on our list as the lyrics are so powerful, with listing what attributes you love about your partner and “How they touch every place in you heart”. It is such a romantic song as lyrics such as “it feels like the first time every time” are filled with such passion.

#2: I Swear – John Michael Montgomery

Album: Kickin’ It Up
Year: 1994
Well, this was a sure hit in 1994 for John Michael Montgomery. This song makes promises to give a spouse everything they can while making them happy with memories to make a lifetime. It is a great song to slow dance to, and just feel in love with your partner.

#1: I Cross My Heart – George Strait

Album: Pure Country
Year: 1992
Well, we can all agree on this, George Strait earned a #1 hit with this song and the top spot on our list. This song has it all, promises to make your spouse happy, shelter them, build on the relationship, devote your life to on another and a romantic end to a movie. This song is filled with romance!