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Paper Airplane Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane
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Paper Airplane topped the country album chart upon release, making it the first #1 album of Krauss’s career.

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Come Wake Me Up Rascal Flatts – Come Wake Me Up
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Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four and a half stars out of five, calling it “another fine example of how this trio continues to work at a level few country artists are aware of.”

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+, calling it “an incredible lyric and a nuanced vocal performance” and “the best composition that Rascal Flatts has tackled since ‘I’m Movin’ On.‘”

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Oh, I don't need you
I don't need you anymore Lady A – Wanted You More
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Charles Kelly told The Boot: “It’s funny, after listening to the song more and more, it felt like it’s almost the next stage of ‘Need You Now.’ It’s like you’re past that… I guess you wanted me more than I wanted you. I don’t need this anymore. It’s cool to be continuing that story a little bit.”

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I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more Lady A – Wanted You More
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Charles Kelley via Songfacts has explained: “We wrote that with honestly all the guys that are out there in our band on the road. So it’s a seven [member] co-write. There was something really strong about that lyric, ‘Wanted You More.’ We were in the studio, and this is kind of how these little great little melody things come out and different kind of hooks come out while you’re in there working on these songs,” he added.

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Wanted You More Lady A – Wanted You More
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The song is about a relationship that is coming to an end, with the narrator realizing that her lover is not reciprocating the feelings of love. Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott told The Boot that they based the song around a melody that their road band was playing during a sound check.

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Her daddy was a mean old mister
Mama was an angel in the ground
The weatherman called for a twister
She prayed blow it down Carrie Underwood – Blown Away
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Underwood discussed the song’s storyline during an interview with NPR’s Guy Ruz:

The song is a story about a girl and her father,“ she said. "The song describes him as a mean old mister. And you can kind of make that as bad, I guess, as you want it to be. You know, the daughter wishes that, you know, she can feel a storm coming, and she just wishes it would wash her past away, and in doing so, you know, take her father along. So it’s a very, you know, just deep, dark story and so visual, this song is. You know, when you hear the words and you hear the music, you can just see it all happening in your head.”

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She is saying that her dad is mean and her mom is dead. simply put.

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Blown Away Carrie Underwood – Blown Away
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This chilling, vengeful tale of a young girl with an abusive, alcoholic father is the title track of American Country singer Carrie Underwood’s fourth studio album. Speaking to a group of Nashville journalists, the singer discussed naming the record after this song:

The first time I heard the song, I knew I had to have it and it was like, ‘That’s the title!’ Hopefully everyone will be blown away by the album. I think it’s pretty special. Hopefully it’s not just the title track but the feeling people will get when they listen to it.

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Sweet, sweet revenge indeed 😈

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I thank God for my life
And for the stars and stripes
May freedom forever fly, let it ring
Salute the ones who died
The ones that give their lives
So we don't have to sacrifice
All the things we love Zac Brown Band – Chicken Fried
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Brown explained to The Boot that he penned the song during an anniversary of the 9/11 attacks:

“It was right around September 11. I was living with a Marine friend of mine. I was realizing how fortunate we are to be free, travel and to play music or whatever it is that you do as an American that there is a cost that other people have paid for us to be able to do those things and enjoy all the simple things. That’s where the patriotic line of the song came from. Sometimes all of the little things get taken for granted and you forget about them. They’re the most important things in life. It was a reminder to myself and a reminder to everybody else to not take the little things for granted or the simple pleasures that really matter.”

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Chicken Fried Zac Brown Band – Chicken Fried
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Brown began to write “Chicken Fried” with Wyatt Durrette several years before the song’s release. The two met when Brown was playing at a tavern in Atlanta, Georgia. According to Country Weekly, Brown had already started the song when he and Durrette began listing off “things that are very southern or characteristic of the South to put into this song.”

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And I wonder, would I give my life
Could I make that sacrifice Keith Urban – For You
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The movie Act of Valor shows Navy Seals combating terrorists and is inspired by true events. “After seeing Act Of Valor, my co-writer [Monty Powell] and I wanted to capture the essence of not only what these men and women do so extraordinarily, but how that relates to all of us,” said Urban. “‘Valor’ shows us what they are willing to give their all for, which made me wonder, ‘What am I willing to give my life for?’ ‘For You’ is intended to allow the listener to define who that is for them.”

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No, urban is saying that he is willing to put down his life for his country, just like all service members are. The you is every one living in the United States.

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