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Discussion: Non-Hit Singles of the Decade
by
Dan Milliken
November 4, 2009
Billboard
Pop on those thinking caps; we’ve encountered a dilemma that Wikipedia alone cannot
remedy!
See, like any warm-blooded entertainment blog, CU totally gets off on ranking stuff.
So naturally, we’ve been hard at work piecing together our opinions on the decade’s
finest albums and singles. The former category has proven easy enough to probe; the
latter, however, presents a significant challenge, since singles that aren’t mainstream
hits are often swept under the public carpet as the years go by.
I think it would be a shame to overlook some of the Aughts’ best work just because
of our limited recall and research abilities, though, and I know our readers are
diverse and knowledgeable enough to help us fill in the gaps. So I’m inviting everyone
to name a bunch of their lesser-known favorites to help us broaden our selection
pool (and have a little fun while we’re at it).
For example, my personal list would include:
Nickel Creek, “When You Come Back Down”
Dolly Parton, “Shine”
Alison Krauss & Union Station, “Restless”
Alison Krauss & James Taylor, “How’s The World Treating You”
Loretta Lynn with Jack White, “Portland, Oregon”
Old Crow Medicine Show, “Wagon Wheel”
Ryan Adams, “Let It Ride”
Pinmonkey, “That Train Don’t Run”
Randy Rogers Band, “Somebody Take Me Home”
Ashley Monroe, “Satisfied”
Bruce Robison, “All Over But the Cryin’”
Randy Travis, “Dig Two Graves”
And those are just some of the easy ones. But I’ll let y’all take over:
What are some of your favorite non-hit singles from the past decade?
Feel free to include anything from any classification of country – mainstream, Alt-Country/Americana,
bluegrass, Texas, independent – and definitely include as many as you like, especially
if you have a few that haven’t been mentioned yet. If it didn’t go Top 20 and was
shipped to radio, it’s fair game!