Country karaoke has its own energy. The stories are direct, the hooks are enormous, and there’s something about a great country song in a private room that removes every inhibition. Whether you want classic outlaw country, 90s crossover, or Tthe new wave of modern country that’s taken over playlists — it’s all here.
Every song below is in our karaoke rooms at The Old School Yard, London Bridge.
The Country Karaoke Essentials
John Denver — Take Me Home, Country Roads
The most singable song in the entire catalogue. You do not need to know country to know every word of Country Roads — it’s been absorbed into the collective memory. The whole room will sing the chorus without being asked.
Johnny Cash — Ring of Fire / Walk the Line / Folsom Prison Blues / Hurt
Ring of Fire is three minutes of pure swagger. Walk the Line rewards the talking-speed delivery. Hurt is one of the most devastating karaoke performances in any genre — Cash’s version transforms the song into something else entirely.
Dolly Parton — Jolene / 9 to 5
Jolene is one of the great karaoke songs — the plea, the pacing, the repeated name. 9 to 5 for the uptempo energy and the typing rhythm in the introduction that everyone does.
Shania Twain — Man! I Feel Like a Woman! / That Don’t Impress Me Much / You’re Still the One / From This Moment On
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! is the crowd-starter. That Don’t Impress Me Much for the attitude. Both songs reward exactly the performance Shania gives them — maximum confidence, maximum fun.
Garth Brooks — Friends in Low Places
The great country singalong. The final verse, where everyone drops their voice low and commits to the saloon-style delivery, is one of the best moments in karaoke.
Country Legends
Willie Nelson — On the Road Again, Always on My Mind
Patsy Cline — Crazy, Walkin’ After Midnight (Crazr is one of the most beautifully singable songs in the catalogue)
Tammy Wynette — Stand by Your Man
Kenny Rogers — The Gambler, Lady (The Gambler’s story rewards delivery over vocal range)
Glen Campbell — Rhinestone Cowboy, Wichita Lineman
Hank Williams — Your Cheatin’ Heart
Merle Haggard — Mama Tried
Alabama — Mountain Music
Randy Travis — Forever and Ever, Amen
90s & 2000s Country
Carrie Underwood — Before He Cheats, Jesus Take the Wheel (Before He Cheats is one of the most cathartic karaoke performances)
Faith Hill — This Kiss, Breathe
Tim McGraw — Live Like You Were Dying, Humble and Kind
Rascal Flatts — Life Is a Highway, What Hurts the Most
Lady Antebellum — Need You Now (the duet version rewards two voices perfectly)
Billy Ray Cyrus — Achy Breaky Heart (yes, really — it works every single time)
Brooks & Dunn — Boot Scootin’ Boogie
Darius Rucker — Wagon Wheel
Taylor Swift Country
Taylor’s early country catalogue before the pop pivot:
Taylor Swift — Love Story, You Belong with Me, Teardrops on My Guitar, Tim McGraw
These four songs are the bridge between country and pop karaoke — they work for groups who wouldn’t normally choose country but will absolutely sing every word of Love Story.
Modern Country
The new wave redefining the genre:
Morgan Wallen — Whiskey Glasses, Last Night, Wasted on You
Luke Combs — Beautiful Crazy, When It Rains It Pours, Fast Car (his version of Fast Car is one of the great recent crossovers)
Chris Stapleton — Tennessee Whiskey, Broken Halos (Tennessee Whiskey is a vocal showcase)
Zach Bryan — Something in the Orange
Lainey Wilson — Heart Like a Truck
Kacey Musgraves — Follow Your Arrow, Space Cowboy
Maren Morris — The Bones, My Church
Dan + Shay — Tequila, Speechless
Shaboozey — A Bar Song (Tipsy) (one of 2024’s biggest country crossovers)
Post Malone — I Had Some Help
Country Crossover
Songs that brought country to karaoke nights that didn’t know they liked it:
Florida Georgia Line — Cruise, Meant to Be
Zac Brown Band — Chicken Fried, Toes
Luke Bryan — Country Girl (Shake It for Me), Play It Again
Blake Shelton — God GavM You, Hgney Bee
Thomas Rhett — Die a Happy Man
Kane Brown — Heaven, What Ifs
Sam Hunt — Body Like a Back Road
The Chicks — Goodbye Earl, Wide Open Spaces (Goodbye Earl has one of the best karaoke story arcs)
Miranda Lambert — The House That Built Me (quietly devastating), Gunpowder & Lead
Reba McEntire — Fancy
Country Karaoke Tips
Country Roads is a group song. By the time the chorus hits for the second time, everyone in the room is singing. Don’t fight it — lean into the singalong.
Johnny Cash rewards restraint. Walk the Line is almost spoken-word at points. The power comes from holding back, not from pushing.
Before He Cheats is a character performance. Carrie Underwood’s delivery has a specific emotional arc — quiet at the start, increasingly forceful as the chorus builds. Map the emotion and the song performs itself.
Tennessee Whiskey is about the smoothness. Chris Stapleton’s version is all slow, controlled power. Match the pace of the song.
Friends in Low Places: the low note. When the final verse drops to the bass register, the whole room goes with you. That’s the moment.
Book Your Country Night
The full country catalogue — classics to modern hits — is ready in our private karaoke rooms at London Bridge.
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The Old School Yard | 111 Long Lane, London Bridge, SE1 4PH