What makes a truly great dark country song? Well, it helps if there's a death involved, and country music is full of classic, chilling murder ballads that fit the bill. But in order to be truly dark, ...

Country music is full of dark songs like “Knoxville Girl,” “Whiskey Lullaby,” “They’re Hanging Me Today,” and many more. However, not every song in the genre with a dark meaning is quite so obvious.

Country music loves a good story song. The genre has plenty of feel-good, happy songs, but that’s not all that country music is known for. For decades, artists have been singing songs that have an ...