We Shall Be Free

That's pretty early on.

with We Shall Be Free.

But now, by this time, women were taking the lead in the revolution of the later 90s, all the way to the present day.

I'm thinking Deanna Carter's Strawberry Wine, 1996, Dixie's Chicks, Sin Wagon, and Faith Hill's Breathe.

That was a jam.

We talked about the LA riots earlier in the countdown, and since Garth was so influential in pop culture at the time, he co-wrote and released We Shall Be Free, which was all about the riots, and it was his first single released from the album.

And let's not forget about his album, Ropin' the Wind, which was released in 1991, but it was still the top-selling album of 1992, and it was the first country album to top the year-end album pop chart.

So Garth Brooks is killing it, multiple albums, in 1992.

So Friday we heard songs including Fishin' in the Dark, Troubadour, Amarillo by Morning, Turn the Page.

Another request from the audience, We Shall Be Free, Piano Man, and You Never Even Call Me by My Name.

And I loved hearing all of those.

And the cover songs that people request in housekeeping, I love how Garth has that ability to take a song that we associate with another artist, and he performs it without losing what made the original special.

We are into the Sweet 16.

We are here to determine the best Garth Brooks song, and we're gonna start with the one seed, Friends in Low Places, taking on the nine seed, We Shall be Free, and we shall start with Sarah.

I, uh, um, I'm gonna go a little, I'm gonna go a little rogue in this moment on this.

[laughs]

First pick.

[laughs] First pick.

Why not? Listen, I said it last, last time when we were going through these songs, We Shall be Free should be the f- the anthem right now in the world.

On any given day maybe five years ago, Friends in Low Places.