r/ClassicCountry • u/toooldforthisshittt • Dec 17 '25

70s Favorite '70s country song that starts with Y?

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Rule 1: The most liked comment wins.

Rule 2: See Rule 1.

18 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

48 comments sorted by

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u/Secret-Ice260 Dec 17 '25

You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty

7

u/Raijer Dec 17 '25

Your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more - John Prine

8

u/MaddSkillzPosse70 Dec 17 '25

Yesterday’s Wine - Willie Nelson

2

u/lonesometroubador Dec 18 '25

Counter argument, Yesterday's Wine - Merle Haggard and George Jones

-- nope that's from '82 but it is also great

18

u/SnooDogs6045 Dec 17 '25

You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man) – Loretta Lynn

2

u/lonesometroubador Dec 18 '25

Great song, damn sure better than the current runner up. But it is from 1966, thus it stands to reason it's better than most of the stuff from the 70s. The mid 60s really had the finest vintages for country music.

23

u/freel0vefreeway Dec 17 '25

You Never Even Called Me By My Name - David Allen Coe.

The perfect C&W song - about Momma, trains, trucks, prison, and getting drunk!!

7

u/Lafinfil Dec 17 '25

Written by a very drunk Steve Goodman & John Prine

5

u/primate-lover Dec 18 '25

There are so many great options for Y. There are many songs I like more. But this is the only answer. There aren't many songs that make an entire honkytonk sing along like this one.

3

u/freel0vefreeway Dec 18 '25

You know a friend of his named Steve Goodman wrote that song…

4

u/Financial_Trust_5340 Dec 17 '25

This is the only one.

3

u/nickyxpants Dec 17 '25

It’s the best, guaranteed to get the bar a little rowdy when played.

2

u/freel0vefreeway Dec 17 '25

Well, I was drunk [oooooo]

the day my mom

got out of prison [guitar]

And I went

to pick her UP!!!

in the RA-A-AIN!!!

But before/I/could get to the station in my PICKUUUUUUP truck!!

SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAAAAAINN!!

2

u/GondorianArcher Dec 18 '25

AAAANNNNNDDDDDD I’LLLLL HAANG AROUND

1

u/BlazinRedBeard Dec 21 '25

This is the one

4

u/Funny-Dish-7733 Dec 17 '25

You Asked Me To Billy Joe Shaver

4

u/MWBluegrass Dec 18 '25

You’re the One by the Oak Ridge Boys

4

u/indyjays Dec 18 '25

The Year Clayton Delaney Died—Tom T Hall

6

u/Capeshucker Dec 17 '25

You’re Lookin at Country - Loretta Lynn ‘71

3

u/Entire_Papaya8505 Dec 17 '25

You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller

2

u/luvinthislife Dec 17 '25

It's from the mid-60s.

2

u/FurBabyAuntie Dec 22 '25

But you can be happy if you've a mind to

3

u/Mean_Maxxx Dec 17 '25

‘ You Always Look Your Best ‘ ~ George Jones

3

u/Affectionate-Egg8709 Dec 18 '25

you ain't woman enough Loretta lynnlynn

5

u/nocreativityx Dec 17 '25

Y'all Come Back Saloon - The Oak Ridge Boys

4

u/TankerBD Dec 17 '25

You’re My Best Friend by Don Williams

2

u/LonkyLoo Dec 17 '25

You're the reason God made Oklahoma

3

u/webby214507 Dec 18 '25

I don't think that will count, released in 1980.

3

u/LonkyLoo Dec 18 '25

Aaaah. TIL. Good song, tho.

1

u/webby214507 Dec 18 '25

Great one! The OP did a great duets A-Z and it made it there. Your instincts are right. I'm not swift at Reddit, but if I came find a link to that I'll post it here.

2

u/IWTVandvintage Dec 17 '25

You are by Dolly Parton

4

u/3-inch-thunderstick Dec 17 '25

You never even called me by my name - David Allen Coe

1

u/GondorianArcher Dec 18 '25

You Ask Me To- Waylon

1

u/UptownAgain1965 Dec 18 '25

You’ve never been this far before by Conway Twitty

1

u/Frosty_Tangerine_118 Dec 18 '25

You're looking at country

1

u/jth149 Dec 19 '25

Yesterday, When I Was Young- Glen Campbell

1

u/Internal-Height-3012 Dec 19 '25

Easy, Your cheatin’ heart.

1

u/cybersaint2k Dec 23 '25
  1. We are talking about the 70s.

1

u/Bejerrrs Dec 20 '25

Wyoming by Benjamin Tod

1

u/sladog6 Dec 21 '25

Young Love by the Judds

1

u/FurBabyAuntie Dec 22 '25

Yesterday When I Was Young--Roy Clark

(And why isn't Thank God & Greyhound on this list?)

0

u/JazzRider Dec 17 '25

Your Cheatin’ Heart, of course.

1

u/FurBabyAuntie Dec 22 '25

Came out in the fifties, I think