Top Ten Songs by Collin Raye

Collin Raye is a country artist who has somewhat fallen out of the limelight in the past few years. However, many of his songs are very enduring and are still commonly heard on country music stations today. These are my top ten Collin Raye songs in no particular order.

1. If I Were You (Extremes 1994)- Collin Raye's gorgeous tenor just soars on this song. This song tells the story of a relationship that is just starting and the doubts one can have about whether it will last. You can't help but put yourself in the story the song invokes. The chorus encourages you to make the most of life and the last line basically says the best thing you can do is fall in love. I love this song because every time I get caught up in the emotions of new love and it's a nice trip down memory lane.

2. That Was A River (In This Life 1992)- When I met my husband, I was able to look back on past relationships and realized how insignificant they were compared to the love I had found. This song speaks to that feeling. The song compares an old relationship to a river, which is strong and powerful in its own right, but when it is compared to the new relationship, the ocean, it is nothing.

3. Love, Me (All I Can Be 1991)- This song tells such a vivid story. It is so easy to image the young boy sitting with his grand praying for his dead grandmother. You follow the grandfather down memory lane as he tells the story of when he and his love were going to run away together and she couldn't make it and asked him to wait for her.

4. I Think About You (I Think About You 1995)- Collin Raye sings this song with his daughter in mind. It is an interesting song about how any time he sees any woman, he thinks about his daughter and how things could turn out for her. He thinks about how all women used to be someone's daughter and that when things turn out badly for them, the same thing could easily happen his daughter. It's an interesting point that even though women grow up, they were all once a small innocent child.