Top 60 Country Music Singles of 2005

Fans of country music know that every song tells a story, and many of those stories read like pages from our own lives. The lyrics speak to us. 

Toby Keith was on the north side of 40 when he sang "As Good as I Once Was," lamenting that although a couple of cute girls are cuddling up to him in a bar and his best buddy needs help after provoking a fight with "one great big fat biker man," he might have lost a step or two over the years. He may not be up to the tasks, but he assures us that he's still as good once as he ever was. 

Then there's Jo Dee Messina's "My Give a Damn's Busted," in which she 'fesses up that no matter how much her ex cries and tries to crawl back, she's had enough. And we've all had seriously bad days like the one Blake Shelton sings about in "Some Beach," where all we can think of is slipping away to some peaceful, quiet spot on the sand where road rage doesn't exist. We either know of – or are – a girl like the one in Joe Nichols' song, "Tequila Make Her Clothes Fall Off," dropping and losing earrings and jackets and shoes as we party. 

Here are the Top 60 country music singles of 2005 as ranked by Billboard. The list begins with Craig Morgan's #1 hit, "That's What I Love About Sunday." It will take you back to your relaxed childhood in a flash – either that, or it might convince you that you don't want to work this weekend. You can click on the links to purchase albums.

Top 60 Country Singles of 2005

1. "That's What I Love About Sunday" - Craig Morgan, My Kind of Livin'
2. "As Good As I Once Was" - Toby Keith, Honkytonk University
3. "Bless the Broken Road" - Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
4. "Something More" - Sugarland, Twice the Speed of Life
5. "Fast Cars and Freedom" - Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
6. "Nothin' to Lose" - Josh Gracin, REALity Country
7. "Baby Girl" - Sugarland, Twice the Speed of Life
8. "Making Memories of Us" - Keith Urban, Be Here
9. "Mississippi Girl" - Faith Hill, Fireflies
10. "Gone" - Montgomery Gentry, You Do Your Thing
11. "Mud On the Tires" - Brad Paisley, Mud On the Tires
12. "It's Getting Better All the Time" - Brooks & Dunn, The Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. II
13. "Anything But Mine" - Kenny Chesney, When the Sun Goes Down
14. "My Give a Damn's Busted" - Jo Dee Messina, Delicious Surprise
15. "You're My Better Half" - Keith Urban, Be Here
16. "Lot of Leaving' Left to Do" - Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter
17. "Something to Be Proud Of" - Montgomery Gentry, You Do Your Thing
18. "If Heaven" - Andy Griggs, This I Gotta See
19. "A Real Fine Place to Start" - Sara Evans, Real Fine Place
20. "You'll Be There" - George Strait, Somewhere Down In Texas
21. "What's a Guy Gotta Do" - Joe Nichols, Revelation
22. "Play Something Country" - Brooks & Dunn, Hillbilly Deluxe
23. "Somebody's Hero" - Jamie O'Neal, Brave
24. "Alcohol" - Brad Paisley, Time Well Wasted
25. "Redneck Yacht Club" - Craig Morgan, My Kind of Livin'
26. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" - LeAnn Rimes, This Woman
27. "Songs About Me" - Trace Adkins, Songs About Me
28. "Some Beach" - Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
29. "Better Life" - Keith Urban, Be Here
30. "Brass Bed" - Josh Gracin, REALity Country
31. "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense" - LeAnn Rimes, This Woman
32. "Do You Want Fries With That" - Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
33. "Homewrecker" - Gretchen Wilson, Here for the Party
34. "Monday Morning Church" - Alan Jackson, What I Do
35. "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" - Lee Ann Womack, There's More Where That Came From
36. "Awful, Beautiful Life" - Darryl Worley, Darryl Worley
37. "Let Them Be Little" - Billy Dean, Let Them Be Little
38. "Back When" - Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
39. "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" - SHeDAISY, Sweet Right Here
40. "You're Like Comin' Home" - Lonestar, Coming Home
41. "When I Think About Cheatin'" - Gretchen Wilson, Here for the Party
42. "Help Somebody" - Van Zant, Get Right With the Man
43. "Keg In the Closet" - Kenny Chesney, When the Sun Goes Down
44. "Skin" - Rascal Flatts, Feels Like Today
45. "Best I Ever Had" - Gary Allan, Tough All Over
46. "Honkytonk U" - Toby Keith, Honkytonk University
47. "Goodbye Time" - Blake Shelton, Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill
48. "Hicktown" - Jason Aldean, Jason Aldean
49. "He Gets That From Me" - Reba McEntire, Room to Breathe
50. "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" - Neal McCoy, That's Life
51. "Pickin' Wildflowers" - Keith Anderson, Three Chord Country & American Rock and Roll
52. "Nothing On but the Radio" - Gary Allan, See If I Care
53. "Come a Little Closer" - Dierks Bentley, Modern Day Drifter
54. "If Something Should Happen" - Darryl Worley, Darryl Worley
55. "Drugs or Jesus" - Time McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
56. "Georgia Rain" - Trisha Yearwood, Jasper County
57. "Long, Slow Kisses" - Jeff Bates, Rainbow Man
58. "All Jacked Up" - Gretchen Wilson, All Jacked Up
59. "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" - Joe Nichols, III
60. "Mr. Mom" - Lonestar, Let's Be Us Again