Originally Posted by stevens119
Originally Posted by rblight
In my opinion, Save a Horse is the best country based rock song ever written (maybe with the exception being Free Bird).


Almost speechless. I guess if everybody else felt the same, then the song would have at least entered the top ten.


Are you trying to say that it is a bad song because it didn't break the top 10? That's ridiculous. It hit number 11 on the US country chart and 56 on the Hot 100. The album was number one on the country chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200. The song has also been used in commercials and the album is currently currently 3x platinum. Too bad nobody liked it. I think that is close enough.

There are some classic songs out there that never charted yet are considered among the greatest songs ever. Stairway to Heaven was never released as a single and it is the most plated song on classic rock radio and consistently ranks number one in reader polls of the greatest songs of all time.

The charts mean nothing. If the labels push hard enough, they can push any song into the top spot on the charts. Just look at all those old number one hits decades ago. You can't even get radio stations to play them today. A Great songs are like great whine - they improve with time.

Please keep in mind that I didn't grow up listening to country music and have only recently come to appreciate it. For a Northern boy living in Detroit Rock City, the only 'country music' you ever hear is Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, and the Allman Brothers, acts whom I have heard described by country music purists as rock bands with southern accents. Save a Horse reminds me of that stuff so consequently I am going ton end up being a fan.

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