The Greatest Vince Gill Songs You Probably Missed Out On

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Vince Gill has consistently been recognized as a major player in country music history. More often, he is honored by his friends, colleagues, and family, who sang songs from his treasured catalog and presented a career retrospective that helped put his massive legacy in context. In the following list, we will delve further with 8 of the many legendary Gill songs that have made him and his career best-seller in the country music community and beyond.

 

โ€œOne More Last Chanceโ€ โ€“ I Still Believe in You (1992)

This bluegrass-flavored song is about a woman who is fed up with her drunken spouse returning home. โ€œOne More Last Chanceโ€ has remained one of Gill’s most popular songs since it is both mocking and catchy.

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โ€œDonโ€™t Let Our Love Start Slippinโ€™ Awayโ€ โ€“ I Still Believe in You (1992)

One of Gillโ€™s most memorable songs is โ€œDonโ€™t Let Our Love Start Slippinโ€™ Away.โ€ The song, released in 1992, is a waltz-style plea to his girlfriend to stay with him.

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โ€œI Canโ€™t Tell You Whyโ€ โ€“ Common Thread: The Songs of The Eagles (1993)

Gillโ€™s rendition of the song is one of the albumโ€™s highlights because the vocalist incorporates R&B elements including a Hammond B-3 organ and a saxophone solo. Gill gives the song his unique spin while yet retaining its traditional qualities.

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โ€œWhen I Call Your Nameโ€ โ€“ When I Call Your Name (1990)

Similarly, โ€œWhen I Call Your Nameโ€ finds Gill feeling down and out. The tune definitely has a crooner quality to it, and you canโ€™t get any more traditional country than this.

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โ€œPretty Little Adrianaโ€ โ€“ High Lonesome Sound (1996)

In a more somber vein, โ€œPretty Little Adrianaโ€ was inspired by the 1995 shooting death of 12-year-old Adriane Dickerson outside a Nashville grocery. Gillโ€™s writing is nuanced and thoughtful from a parent’s viewpoint, and his soft voice carries emotional weight.

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โ€œWhenever You Come Aroundโ€ โ€“ When Love Finds You (1994)

โ€œWhenever You Come Aroundโ€ is another slow-burning Gillย chart-topper, and itโ€™s an unrequited love story of the finest class. Stunningly crafted and expertly performed, this song has been heard all across the country music scene since its release.

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โ€œItโ€™s Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Longโ€ โ€“ The Notorious Cherry Bombs (2004)

Weโ€™re suckers for a sneaky tune that speaks to our baser instincts, and this one checks all of those boxes and more. The video itself is also stunning.

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โ€œGo Rest High On That Mountainโ€ โ€“ When Love Finds You (1995)

There arenโ€™t many songs as emotionally powerful as โ€œGo Rest High On That Mountain.โ€ After the death of country music musician and close friend, Keith Whitley, Gill began writing this elegiac tribute.

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