Scott's Top 25 Pop-Country Hits for 2003

#	TITLE	Artist	Peak Position	Peak Date
1	RED DIRT ROAD	Brooks & Dunn	10 Wks @ #1	Mid June - Late August
2	WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY	Chris Cagle	6 Wks @ #1	February - Mid March
3	I JUST WANNA BE MAD	Terri Clark	8 Wks @ #1	Dec 2000 - Early February
4	IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE	Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet	5 weeks @ #1	Late August - September
5	THREE WOODEN CROSSES	Randy Travis	4 Wks @ #1	Mid May - Early June
6	HONESTY (WRITE ME A LIST)	Rodney Atkins	4 Wks @ #1	October
7	THIS IS GOD	Phil Vassar	5 Wks @ #1	Late March - Late April
8	STAY GONE	Jimmy Wayne	6 Wks @ #2	Mid June - July
9	STREETS OF HEAVEN	Sherrie Austin	5 Wks @ #2	September - Mid October
10	THEN THEY DO	Trace Adkins	3 Wks @ #2	August
11	I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH	Jimmy Wayne	4 Wks @ #1	November
12	NINETEEN SOMETHIN'	Mark Wills	2 Wks @ #1	Early January
13	THE LOVE SONG	Jeff Bates	1 Wk @ #1	Late March
14	I BELIEVE	Diamond Rio	2 Wks @ #2	Early March
15	99.9 % SURE	Brian McComas	2 Wks @ #3	Late July - Early August
16	BROKENHEARTSVILLE	Joe Nichols	2 Wks @ #2	Late January
17	WAVE ON WAVE	Pat Green	1 Wk @ #2	Late October
18	THAT'D BE ALRIGHT	Alan Jackson	2 Wks @ #1	Early May
19	I WANT MY MONEY BACK	Sammy Kershaw	4 Wks @ #2	Late March - Late April
20	SHE ONLY SMOKES WHEN SHE DRINKS	Joe Nichols	2 Wks @ #2	Late September
21	MY FRONT PORCH LOOKING IN	Lonestar	3 Wks @ #4	May
22	I LOVE THIS BAR	Toby Keith	1 Wk @ #1	Early November
23	A FEW QUESTIONS	Clay Walker	2 Wks @ #4	Early August
24	CONCRETE ANGEL	Martina McBride	1 Wk @ #4	Late April
25	HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?	Darryl Worley	2 Wks @ #4	Early June

The biggest hit on my survey for the entire year 2003 is Brooks & Dunn's "Red Dirt Road". It is the second-longest running #1 song in the 4 year history of the chart, behind George Strait's 2001-2002 smash "Run", which crowned the survey for 13 weeks. Brooks & Dunn are hotter than ever these days, more than 10 years after their debut appearance in the country music world. They had Billboard Magazine's top song of 2001 with "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" and have had similar success with singles like "Only In America", "You'll Always Be Loved By Me", and "He's Got You". "Red Dirt Road" is a song celebrating youthful days in a rural America. The singer recalls many of the things he's done along that road of growing up, from wrecking his first car to finding a path to heaven. The song is fast, positive, and has a strong beat. I couldn't help but sing along with the record over and over again in 2003, and that has made it the biggest hit of the year in my book!!!!!

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