Top 10 Billy Ray Cyrus Songs

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Our top 10 Billy Ray Cyrus songs list takes a listen to a Grammy award-winning artist who became a huge star in the early 1990s with the sensational hit single entitled “Achy Breaky Heart.” Many thought that Billy Ray Cyrus would be a one hit wonder at the time. However, his work ethic and talent would prove otherwise. Billy Ray Cyrus has celebrated over a 20-year career in the music business while also appearing in multiple television shows as an actor including his daughters’ famous Disney television show Hannah from Montana featuring Miley Cyrus.

In the early 1990s, when Billy Ray Cyrus was hitting it big with the song “Achy Breaky Heart,” my wife asked if I would take her to see him in concert. I wasn’t particularly thrilled in her asking me to take her to see Billy Ray Cyrus in concert because I knew she would pretty much just be oohing and awwing the whole night long watching the man on the stage pump his hips and give the eye to all the women in the audience. And that’s pretty much exactly what happened.

Billy Ray Cyrus did put on a fabulous show and was highly entertaining. At the end of the concert, he actually stuck around in front of stage and signed autographs and took pictures with so many of the female fans. In fact, it was pretty much all female fans in the entire Nassau Coliseum. I had a huge headache from all the women screaming at the top of their lungs all night long. Now I understood what it must have been like to be in at a Beatles concert.

This top 10 Billy Ray Cyrus songs list will present 10 of his most popular songs that he has released over his 20-plus year career. It will be a combination of songs he has released on his own solo albums and also collaborations he has done with other artists. Billy Ray Cyrus has released sixteen studio albums during his career. His most recent album as of this writing in 2021 was released in 2019 entitled The SnakeDoctor Circus. Billy Ray Cyrus has also released fifty three singles with multiple top 10 hits and a huge number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 that was not “Achy Breaky Heart.” So here we go presenting 10 very cool Billy Ray Cyrus songs.

# 10 – Achy Breaky Heart

Just like Billy Joel used to open up his concerts many times with “Piano Man,” so he could just get that one out of the way, we’re going to use the same approach to our Billy Ray Cyrus songs list. We open up our top 10 songs list with the famous Billy Ray Cyrus song entitled “Achy Breaky Heart.” For every person who loves this song, there is probably one who hates it. It’s just that type of song. It could be very annoying. Yet it would get you up out of your seat dancing on the floor in a second. That’s what it did.

Part novelty song, but also a song that really contributed to line dancing. How many parties have you been to in the past 20 years when a DJ played this song or a band if you can find one nowadays played this tune, and nobody danced. Don’t think so. They play this song, people get up, they dance, they swing, they embrace and do whatever comes next. The song gets your blood flowing, gets your heart pumping, gets your adrenaline dripping all the way down to you rock and roll country shoes. You know what I’m talkin about baby.

The song was released on the album entitled Some Gave All. It was the first single released from the album. The album was released in 1992. The song would go straight to number one on the US Billboard Hit Country Songs Charts. The song was also a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number four. It would become the biggest selling single of the year in Australia in 1992. The song “Achy Breaky Heart.” was composed by songwriter Don Von Tress.

# 9 – Old Town Road

Continuing with our top 10 songs list we take a listen to the hip hop song entitled “Old Town Road.” This was a song originally released by rap artist Lil Nas X. After the song was released just featuring Lil Nas X, the rap artist reached out to Billy Ray Cyrus to see if he was interested in singing on a remix version. That was a smart move because the Billy Ray Cyrus version would go all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 giving Billy Ray Cyrus his first ever number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has since become one of the biggest selling singles of all time and it has only been out for two years.

# 8 – It’s All the Same to Me

In the number eight spot on our top 10 songs list we present the rocking mid-tempo song entitled “It’s All the Same to Me.” The song was released on the album entitled The Best of Billy Ray Cyrus: Cover to Cover. The album was released in 1997. It was the first single released from the album. The song was a top 20 hit on the US Billboard US Hot Country Songs peaking at number nineteen. “It’s All the Same to Me,” was composed by Kerry Kurt Phillips and Jerry Laseter.

# 7 – She’s Not Cryin’ Anymore

In the number seven position on our top 10 songs list is the tender ballad entitled “She’s Not Cryin’ Anymore.” The song was released on the album entitled Some Gave All. The album was released in 1992. It was the fifth single released from the album. The song was a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number seventy. The song also was a hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Charts reaching all the way up to number six. It went the farthest on the charts in Canada where it hit number three on the Canadian Country Music Charts.

# 6 – Somebody New

Landing in the number six spot on our top 10 songs list we present the song “Somebody New.” The song was released on the album entitled It Won’t Be The Last. The album was released in 1993. It was the second single released from the album. The song was a hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Charts peaking at number three. This one sounds like a cross between Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Willie Nelson. This is a really great recording by Billy Ray Cyrus and a terrific vocal.

# 5 – Busy Man

At the halfway point on our top 10 songs list is song entitled “Busy Man.” This song seems inspired by Harry Chapin’s “Cats In The Cradle.” The song was issued on the album entitled Shot Full of Love. The album was released in 1998. It was the second single released from the album. The song was a hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Charts peaking at number three. Busy Man was composed by Bob Regan and George Teren.

# 4 – Storm In The Heartland

At the number four spot on our top 10 songs list we present the song entitled Storm In The Heartland. Billy Ray Cyrus sound a little bit like John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen on this one. We really like this song. Some great harmony vocals on this track. The song was released on the album entitled Storm In The Heartland. The album was released in 1994. It was the first single released from the album. The song was a hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Charts peaking at number seventeen.

# 3 – In the Heart of a Woman

Moving along on our top 10 songs list we present the rocking country themed song entitled “In The Heart Of A Woman.” The song was released on the album entitled It Won’t Be the Last. The album was released in 1993. It was the first single released from the album and served as the follow up to his stunning debut album. The song went all the way to number one on the Canadian Country Music Charts. On the US Billboard Hot Country Charts the song peaked at number three. The song was also a minor hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number seventy six.

# 2 – Could’ve Been Me

These one that got away songs can be tough to listen too. And thats all Im going to say. Just of the top spot on our top 10 songs list we celebrate the song entitled Could’ve Been Me. The song was released on the album entitled Some Gave All. The album was released in.1992. It was the second single released from the album. It was the follow up single to “Achy Breaky Heart.” The song went all the way to number two on the US Billboard Hot Country Charts. In Canada, the song hit number one on the Canadian Music Charts.

# 1 – Some Gave All

We close out our top 10 songs list with this sensational ballad entitled “Some Gave All.” This is a patriotic song that is loved by many. The song was released on the album entitled Some Gave All. The album was released in.1992. This was the debut album from Billy Ray Cyrus.

“Some Gave All,” was the sixth and final single released from the album. The song was a hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number fifty three. In Canada the song hit number eighty six on the Canadian Country Music Charts. While it might not have been a huge hit when it was first released, it has become a huge fan favorite.