{"id":2506747,"date":"2026-07-17T23:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506747"},"modified":"2026-07-17T23:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T23:20:54","slug":"3-of-the-best-last-no-1-hits-in-90s-country-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/3-of-the-best-last-no-1-hits-in-90s-country-music\/","title":{"rendered":"3 of the Best Last No. 1 Hits in 90s Country Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With these tracks, country stars had already proven that they could score a chart-topper or two. Releasing these songs only reestablished their stardom. Here are three of the best last No.\u00a01s\u00a0from 90s country music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bigger-than-the-beatles-by-joe-diffie\">\u201cBigger Than The Beatles\u201d by Joe Diffie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/Zz6zIpW8z1w\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Diffie - Bigger Than The Beatles (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zz6zIpW8z1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Diffie - Bigger Than The Beatles (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zz6zIpW8z1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBigger Than The Beatles\u201d, written by Jeb Stuart Anderson and Steve Dukes, was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/born-on-this-day-in-1958-the-country-music-good-guy-who-served-as-the-soundtrack-to-your-best-90s-memories\/\" id=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/born-on-this-day-in-1958-the-country-music-good-guy-who-served-as-the-soundtrack-to-your-best-90s-memories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Diffie<\/a>\u2018s fifth and final No. 1. In this song, Diffie compares the magnitude of a couple\u2019s love to some of music\u2019s greatest bands.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-primis-video\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-primis-video__heading\">\n\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThey got a love bigger than the Beatles\/ Wild and free like a Rollin\u2019 Stone \/ They got a love takes \u2019em higher than the Eagles \/ Ain\u2019t life such a sweet, sweet song.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-don-t-want-to-miss-a-thing-by-mark-chesnutt\">\u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Miss A Thing\u201d by Mark Chesnutt<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nN22wXPrYZI\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/nN22wXPrYZI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Don&amp;apos;t Want To Miss A Thing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nN22wXPrYZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Don&amp;apos;t Want To Miss A Thing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nN22wXPrYZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Chesnutt did a country-fied cover of Aerosmith\u2019s massive hit \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Miss A Thing\u201d in 1999, and it ended up being a chart-topper for him as well. At first, recording a cover was \u201cthe last damn thing\u201d he wanted to do, as he told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/mark-chesnutt-i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-george-jones-angry\/\" id=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/mark-chesnutt-i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-george-jones-angry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Taste of Country<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I did it because I knew if I didn\u2019t do it, they were gonna push me back on the back burner and I was gonna lose my shot,\u201d he explained. \u201cThen I wouldn\u2019t be on radio anymore. I knew that was gonna happen, so I said, \u2018Okay, I\u2019ll do it, just this once.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAs luck would have it, it ended up going to No. 1 hit for\u00a0<em>four damn weeks<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-must-be-love-by-ty-herndon\">\u201cIt Must Be Love\u201d by Ty Herndon<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-savage-platform-youtube-placeholder\" data-component=\"youtube-placeholder\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Play video<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" width=\"72\" height=\"50.76\"><use href=\"#am-symbol-youtube-play-dark\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/9RZ-obXj7xI\/maxresdefault.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/9RZ-obXj7xI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It Must Be Love\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RZ-obXj7xI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/template><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<noscript><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It Must Be Love\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RZ-obXj7xI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt Must Be Love\u201d knocked \u201cWide Open Spaces\u201d by The Dixie Chicks out of the top spot when it went to No. 1 and debuted in the Top 40 on the\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100. Originally, this one was written for the band Great Plains, with the idea that three people would sing it. Herndon\u2019s version ended up featuring the group Sons of the Desert, who also sang vocals on Lee Ann Womack\u2019s chart-topper, \u201cI Hope You Dance\u201d. This song is about being so in love that you can barely control yourself. Sons of the Desert sings the questions in the chorus.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know, I can\u2019t sleep\/ (Is she breaking your heart?) \/ Yeah, but isn\u2019t it sweet? \/ (Does she know how you feel?) \/ It\u2019s right on the tip of my tongue \/ (Are you walking on air?)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by: Suzi Pratt\/FilmMagic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\t\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '1891611881076889');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source americansongwriter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With these tracks, country stars had already proven that they could score a chart-topper or two. Releasing these songs only reestablished their stardom. Here are three of the best last No.\u00a01s\u00a0from 90s country music.\u00a0 \u201cBigger Than The Beatles\u201d by Joe Diffie Play video \u201cBigger Than The Beatles\u201d, written by Jeb Stuart Anderson and Steve Dukes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2506748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[494126,22846],"class_list":["post-2506747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-1990s","tag-country-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-of-the-Best-Last-No-1-Hits-in-90s.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506749,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506747\/revisions\/2506749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}