Scott's Top 25 Pop-Country Hits for 2004

 

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TITLE

Artist

Peak Position

Peak Date

1

LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING

Tim McGraw

14 Wks @ #1

Mid June - Mid September

2

I HATE EVERYTHING

George Strait

8 Wks @ #1

Mid September - Mid November

3

LETTERS FROM HOME

John Michael Montgomery

12 Wks @ #1

Early March - Late May

4

REMEMBER WHEN

Alan Jackson

3 weeks @ #1

February

5

THERE GOES MY LIFE

Kenny Chesney

4 Wks @ #1

December 2003

6

SHE'S NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE

Shania Twain

4 Wks @ #1

January

7

PAINT ME A BIRMINGHAM

Tracy Lawrence

4 Wks @ #2

Mid April - Mid May

8

SIMPLE LIFE

Carolyn Dawn Johnson

3 Wks @ #2

Late March - Early April

9

PASSENGER SEAT

SheDaisy

2 Wks @ #1

Late May - Early June

10

AWFUL, BEAUTIFUL LIFE

Darryl Worley

2 Wks @ #1

Late November - Early December

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

DAYS GO BY

Keith Urban

2 Wks @ #2

Early October

 

 

 

12

I GO BACK

Kenny Chesney

3 Wks @ #2

July

 

 

 

13

IF YOU EVER STOP LOVIN' ME

Montgomery Gentry

3 Wks @ #4

Late May - Early June

 

 

 

14

YOU'LL THINK OF ME

Keith Urban

3 Wks @ #4

February

 

 

 

15

WHISKEY LULLABY

Brad Paisley & Allison Krauss

1 Wk @ #1

Mid June

 

 

 

16

I WANNA DO IT ALL

Terri Clark

2 Wks @ #2

Mid January

 

 

 

17

SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY

Big & Rich

2 Wks @ #3

Mid August

 

 

 

18

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

Brooks & Dunn

5 Wks @ #4

September & October

 

 

 

19

I WANT TO LIVE

Josh Gracin

1 Wk @ #3

Late August

 

 

 

20

SPEND MY TIME

Clint Black

1 Wk @ #1

Late February

 

 

 

21

TOUGHER THAN NAILS

Joe Diffie

2 Wks @ #2

Late June

 

 

 

22

GIRLS LIE TOO

Terri Clark

1 Wk @ #3

Late July

 

 

 

23

YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HONKY TONK OUT OF THE GIRL

Brooks & Dunn

1 Wk @ #1

Early January

 

 

 

24

HOW FAR?

Martina McBride

2 Wks @ #2

Early July

 

 

 

25

NO END IN SIGHT

Katrina Elam

1 Wk @ #1

Late November

 

 

 

The biggest hit on my survey for the entire year 2004 is Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying". It is the longest running #1 song in the 5 year history of the chart. Tim McGraw is hotter than ever these days, more than 10 years after his debut appearance in the country music world. "Live Like You Were Dying" became the biggest hit of his career, and for good reason. The song urges us all to do exactly what the title says: What are those important things that would be on your list if you knew you had a very limited time to live? Tim lists some awfully good ones. Here are the lyrics of this amazing, inspirational song:

He said I was in my early 40s, with a lot of life before me.
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
I spent most of the next days, lookin' at the X-rays.
And talkin' 'bout the options, and talkin' 'bout sweet time.
I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the real end:
How's it hit ya, when you get that kind of news? And he said:

I went sky-diving, I went rocky mountain climbing, I went 2.7 seconds, on a bull named Foo Man Shu.
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter, and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying.
And he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.

He said I was finally the husband, that most the time I wasn't.
And I became a friend a friend would like to have.
And all a sudden going fishin' wasn't such as imposition.
And I went 3 times that year I lost my dad.
Well I, I finally read the good book and took a good long hard look
at what I'd do if I could do it all again. And then....

I went sky-diving, I went rocky mountain climbing, I went 2.7 seconds, on a bull named Foo Man Shu.
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter, and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying.
And he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.

Like tomorrow was a gift and you've got eternity to think about what you do with it. What did you do with it? What would I do with it? What did I do with it?

Sky-diving, I went rocky mountain climbing, I went 2.7 seconds, on a bull named Foo Man Shu.
And I loved deeper, and I spoke sweeter, and I watched an eagle as it was flying.
And he said someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying.

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