If you only listen to three new country songs this week, make it these three. More than a dozen artists dropped new country music worth considering, but a trio of songs rose to the top.

Below, find the Taste of Country picks for Feb. 3-9, followed by everything else that dropped. There are a pair of EP releases scattered among the singles, but for the most part, this was a very single-focused week, and there's more on the way.

Related: Top 40 Country Songs for February 2024

Next week, you'll find Lainey Wilson's new single in this space. YouTube video embeds are included on this new country music playlist, and we've arranged it alphabetically after the Top 3 songs.

Hardy, Blake Shelton and Nate Smith are among the artists you'll find here. A few more like Dan + Shay ("Bigger Houses") shipped a new song to country radio, but those were previously available on digital streaming platforms.

3 New Country Songs You Need to Hear This Week:

Dalton Dover (Feat. Vince Gill), "Go Rest High on That Mountain" (From the New Take Me Home Covers EP)

Kacey Musgraves, "Deeper Well" 

Leah Turner, "T-Shirt"

More New Country Music Worth Listening To:

The Castellows, A Little Goes a Long Way EP

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Darci Lynne, "Push Our Luck"

Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton, "Purple Irises"

Hardy, "Rockstar"

Nate Smith, "Bulletproof"

Ryan Montgomery, "Whiskey and Smoke" 

Sam Barber, "S.O.B."

Scotty McCreery, "Love Like This"

Shane Smith & the Saints, "It's Been Awhile"

The Top 40 Country Songs of 2023, Ranked

The best country songs of 2023 fit snugly over your life and experiences. Each is written from personal experiences, but somehow, translate as if they were custom to each of us.

We've loved, we've longed, we've lost and we've cut loose in the country.

Airplay charts, sales data and streaming numbers helped make this list of country music's Top 40 songs of 2023, but staff and Taste of Country reader opinion were most influential. Songs included on previous Top Country Songs lists were not eligible. A song may have been released in 2022, but it had to have the majority of recorded airplay or impact this year to count.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

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