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Tim McGraw’s story begins in the tiny north-Louisiana parish seat of Delhi and unfolds across three decades of unapologetic country dominance. Raised by his mother, Betty D’Agostino, and discovering at age eleven that legendary Major League pitcher Tug McGraw was his biological father, Tim carried both grit and ambition to college on a baseball scholarship. A knee injury redirected his competitive fire toward music; by 1989 he was in Nashville, guitar in hand, playing tip-jar gigs and waiting tables while cold-calling labels until Curb Records finally took a chance on him in 1990.
The eponymous 1993 debut stiffened on the charts, but McGraw refused to blink. Everything changed with 1994’s Not a Moment Too Soon: a six-million-seller catapulted by the outlaw romp “Indian Outlaw” and the heart-stopping ballad “Don’t Take the Girl,” his first No. 1. From that moment, McGraw proved unstoppable, pouring out a catalog that now stands at seventeen studio albums—eleven on Curb, five on Big Machine, one on Arista Nashville—ten of which crowned the Top Country Albums chart. Across those releases he has sent sixty-five singles to radio, twenty-five of them reaching No. 1 and three earning Billboard’s year-end Country Song of the Year honors (“It’s Your Love,” “Just to See You Smile,” “Live Like You Were Dying”).
Throughout the late ’90s and early 2000s he re-defined arena country with a run of albums—All I Want, Everywhere, A Place in the Sun, Set This Circus Down—that blended roadhouse twang, stadium rock crunch, and soulful introspection. Signature smashes such as “I Like It, I Love It,” “Where the Green Grass Grows,” “Something Like That,” and “The Cowboy in Me” hammered home his blue-collar bona fides while showcasing a storyteller’s touch. His 2004 juggernaut Live Like You Were Dying turned personal tragedy (the loss of Tug McGraw) into an anthem of resilience that swept ACM and CMA Single and Song of the Year, then secured a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Awards followed McGraw like tail-lights on I-40: three Grammys, fourteen ACMs, eleven CMAs, ten American Music Awards, three People’s Choice Awards, and countless Billboard plaques. Yet numbers never fully capture his impact. The 2000 and 2006–07 Soul2Soul tours with wife Faith Hill remain among the highest-grossing treks in country history, proving that authenticity married to showmanship can fill every seat in the house. Their duet “It’s Your Love” stayed eleven weeks atop the charts, redefining power couples for a new generation.
McGraw’s creative restlessness pushed him beyond the microphone. He produced records for Jo Dee Messina and Halfway to Hazard, launched the StyleSonic label, and showed a deft acting range in Friday Night Lights, The Blind Side, Country Strong, and Taylor Sheridan’s 1883. He even co-authored two New York Times best-selling books—one historical, one inspirational—revealing the intellectual curiosity behind the hat-brim swagger.
Offstage, McGraw’s compass points true north toward service. Since founding the Swampstock charity softball game in 1994, he has funded Little League fields, disaster relief, and college scholarships across the Mississippi Delta. The Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation, which he and Hill launched after Hurricane Katrina, funnels millions to communities blindsided by catastrophe. He sits on the American Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet and routinely donates concert proceeds—most famously a $375,000 gate to families of the USS Cole sailors.
Why is Tim McGraw beloved? Because the baritone that can rattle arena rafters also whispers empathy; because every chart milestone is tied to a lyric that helps someone through a divorce, a deployment, or a diagnosis; because the kid from Delhi still treats a VFW stage with the same reverence as a stadium. He marries commercial clout to emotional candor, leaving a trail of sold-out tours, platinum plaques, and grateful communities that together testify: country music’s modern era bears his unmistakable boot print.
Complete List Of Tim McGraw Songs From A to Z
- 40 Days and 40 Nights – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- 7500 OBO – Here on Earth – 2020
- A Place in the Sun – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Ain’t No Angels – Tim McGraw – 1993
- Ain’t That Just Like a Dream – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- Ain’t That the Way It Always Ends – Everywhere – 1997
- All I Want Is a Life – All I Want – 1995
- All We Ever Find – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Angel Boy – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Angry All the Time – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Annie I Owe You a Dance – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Back When – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Beautiful Hurricane – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Better Than I Used to Be – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Between the River and Me – Let It Go – 2007
- Black Jacket – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Blank Sheet of Paper – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Book of John – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Break First – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- California – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Can’t Be Really Gone – All I Want – 1995
- Can’t Tell Me Nothin’ – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Carry On – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Chevy Spaceship – Here on Earth – 2020
- City Lights – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Comin’ Home – Let It Go – 2007
- Comfort Me – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Country and Western – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Cowboy Junkie – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Cowboy Lullaby – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Cuttin’ Onions – Here on Earth – 2020
- Damn Country Music – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Damn Good at Holding On – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Damn Sure Do – Here on Earth – 2020
- Devil Callin’ Me Back – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Diamond Rings and Old Barstools – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Die by My Own Hand – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Do You Want Fries with That – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Doggone – Here on Earth – 2020
- Don’t Make Me Feel at Home – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Don’t Mention Memphis – All I Want – 1995
- Don’t Take the Girl – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- Down on the Farm – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- Drugs or Jesus – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Dust – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Everybody Hates Me – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Everybody’s Lookin’ – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Everywhere – Everywhere – 1997
- Eyes of a Woman – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Felt Good on My Lips – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Fool Me Again – Standing Room Only – 2023
- For a Little While – Everywhere – 1997
- Forever Seventeen – Southern Voice – 2009
- Forget About Us – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Friend of a Friend – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Ghost Town Train (She’s Gone) – Southern Voice – 2009
- Give It to Me Strait – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- God Moves the Pen – Here on Earth – 2020
- Good Girls – Southern Voice – 2009
- Good Taste in Women – Here on Earth – 2020
- Gravy – Here on Earth – 2020
- Gravity – Here on Earth – 2020
- Grown Men Don’t Cry – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Halo – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Hallelujahville – Here on Earth – 2020
- Hard on the Ticker – Everywhere – 1997
- Hard to Stay Mad At – Here on Earth – 2020
- Her – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Here on Earth – Here on Earth – 2020
- Here Tonight – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Hey Now – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Hey Whiskey – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Highway Don’t Care – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Hold On to It – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Hold You Tonight – Here on Earth – 2020
- Home – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- How Bad Do You Want It – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- How I’ll Always Be – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Humble and Kind – Damn Country Music – 2015
- I Called Mama – Here on Earth – 2020
- I Didn’t Ask and She Didn’t Say – All I Want – 1995
- I Didn’t Know It at the Time – Southern Voice – 2009
- I Do but I Don’t – Everywhere – 1997
- I Keep It Under My Hat – Tim McGraw – 1993
- I Know How to Love You Well – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- I Like It, I Love It – All I Want – 1995
- I Need You – Let It Go – 2007
- I Will Not Fall Down – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- I’m Feelin’ You – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- I’m Only Jesus – Southern Voice – 2009
- I’m Workin’ – Let It Go – 2007
- If I Died Today – Southern Voice – 2009
- If I Was a Cowboy – Here on Earth – 2020
- If You’re Reading This – Let It Go – 2007
- Illegal – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Indian Outlaw – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- It Doesn’t Get Any Countrier Than This – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- It’s a Business Doing Pleasure with You – Southern Voice – 2009
- It’s Your Love – Everywhere – 1997
- It’s Your World – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Just Be Your Tear – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Just to See You Smile – Everywhere – 1997
- Keep On Truckin’ – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Keep Your Eyes On Me – Here on Earth – 2020
- Kids Today – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Kill Myself – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Kiss a Girl – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Kristofferson – Let It Go – 2007
- L.A. – Here on Earth – 2020
- Last Dollar (Fly Away) – Let It Go – 2007
- Last Turn Home – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Let It Go – Let It Go – 2007
- Let Me Love It Out of You – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Let Me Love You – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Letter from Heaven – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Lincoln Continentals and Cadillacs – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Live Like You Were Dying – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Lookin’ for That Girl – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Losin’ You – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Love Me to Lie – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Love Runs – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Love You Goodbye – Southern Voice – 2009
- Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It – All I Want – 1995
- Meanwhile Back at Mama’s – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Memory Lane – Tim McGraw – 1993
- Mexicoma – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Mr. Whoever You Are – Southern Voice – 2009
- My Best Friend – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- My Next Thirty Years – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- My Old Friend – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Nashville CA/L.A. Tennessee – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Nashville Without You – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Neon Church – Here on Earth – 2020
- Not a Moment Too Soon – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- Not from California – Here on Earth – 2020
- Nothin’ to Die For – Let It Go – 2007
- Number 37405 – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Old Town New – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- One of These Days – Everywhere – 1997
- One of Those Nights – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- One Part, Two Part – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Only Human – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Open Season on My Heart – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Overrated – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Paper Umbrellas – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Please Remember Me – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Portland, Maine – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Put Your Lovin’ on Me – Let It Go – 2007
- Real Good Man – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Red Rag Top – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Refried Dreams – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- Remember Me Well – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Renegade – All I Want – 1995
- Right Back Atcha Babe – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Roll the Dice – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Señorita Margarita – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Set This Circus Down – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Seventeen – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart – All I Want – 1995
- She’ll Have You Back – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- She’s My Kind of Rain – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Sheryl Crow – Here on Earth – 2020
- Shotgun Rider – Let It Go – 2007
- Shotgun Rider – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Sick of Me – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Sing Me Home – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Sleep Tonight – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Sleeping in the Stars – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Small Town King – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Smilin’ – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Somebody Must Be Prayin’ for Me – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Some Songs Change Your World – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Some Things Never Change – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Something Like That – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- Something’s Broken – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Southern Girl – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Southern Voice – Southern Voice – 2009
- Speak to a Girl – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- Standing Room Only – Standing Room Only – 2023
- Still – Southern Voice – 2009
- Still on the Line – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Suspicions – Let It Go – 2007
- Take Me Away from Here – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Tears in the Rain – Tim McGraw – 1993
- Telluride – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Telluride – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- That’s Just Me – All I Want – 1995
- That’s Why God Made Mexico – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- The Bed We Made – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- The Cowboy in Me – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- The Great Divide – All I Want – 1995
- The One – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- The One That Got Away – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- The Only Thing That I Have Left – Tim McGraw – 1993
- The Rest of Our Life – The Rest of Our Life – 2017
- The Trouble with Never – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- The View – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Things Change – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Thought About You – Here on Earth – 2020
- Tickin’ Away – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Tinted Windows – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Tiny Dancer – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Top of the World – Damn Country Music – 2015
- Touchdown Jesus – Emotional Traffic – 2012
- Train #10 – Let It Go – 2007
- Truck Yeah – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Truth Is – Here on Earth – 2020
- Two Lanes of Freedom – Two Lanes of Freedom – 2013
- Two Steppin’ Mind – Tim McGraw – 1993
- Unbroken – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Undivided – Here on Earth – 2020
- Walk Like a Man – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Want You Back – Damn Country Music – 2015
- War of Art – Here on Earth – 2020
- Watch the Wind Blow By – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- We Carry On – Live Like You Were Dying – 2004
- Welcome to the Club – Tim McGraw – 1993
- What Room Was the Holiday In – Tim McGraw – 1993
- What She Left Behind – Tim McGraw – 1993
- What You’re Lookin’ For – Damn Country Music – 2015
- When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone) – All I Want – 1995
- Where the Green Grass Grows – Everywhere – 1997
- Whiskey and You – Let It Go – 2007
- Who Are They – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors – 2002
- Why We Said Goodbye – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- Words Are Medicine – Sundown Heaven Town – 2014
- Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way – Not a Moment Too Soon – 1994
- You Can Take It With You (When You Go) – Tim McGraw – 1993
- You Don’t Love Me Anymore – A Place in the Sun – 1999
- You Get Used to Somebody – Set This Circus Down – 2001
- You Got the Wrong Man – All I Want – 1995
- You Had to Be There – Southern Voice – 2009
- You Just Get Better All the Time – Everywhere – 1997
- You Turn Me On – Everywhere – 1997
Albums
Tim McGraw (1993): 10 songs
Not a Moment Too Soon (1994): 10 songs
All I Want (1995): 12 songs
Everywhere (1997): 11 songs
A Place in the Sun (1999): 14 songs
Set This Circus Down (2001): 14 songs
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors (2002): 15 songs
Live Like You Were Dying (2004): 16 songs
Let It Go (2007): 14 songs
Southern Voice (2009): 12 songs
Emotional Traffic (2012): 12 songs
Two Lanes of Freedom (2013): 14 songs
Sundown Heaven Town (2014): 18 songs
Damn Country Music (2015): 14 songs
The Rest of Our Life (2017): 11 songs
Here on Earth (2020): 24 songs
Standing Room Only (2023): 13 songs
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