Create a Country Playlist and We'll Guess Which Mythological Creature You Are

By: Emily Maggrett
Estimated Completion Time
6 min
Create a Country Playlist and We'll Guess Which Mythological Creature You Are
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About This Quiz

What kind of country music lover are you? Do you like outlaw country? How about classic country, alt country or pop country? Your country music preferences can say more about you than you'd think. Love Patsy Cline? We bet you know a thing or two about heartbreak. Fancy Reba McEntire? We're guessing you're a sunny optimist.

Whether you prefer the cosmic American music of Gram Parsons, the country-tinged pop of Taylor Swift or the down-home Oklahoma grit of Merle Haggard, this quiz is for you! We're going to ask you to create a detailed country music playlist for a variety of moods and occasions, offering you a choice of country music songs from across the decades. 

After you've selected your favorite song or artist for each question, we'll use your answers to calculate your personality type, matching you to the mythological creature that best represents the country music genre you prefer. Like these creatures, country music comes from the realm of fables and legends, using symbolism, folklore and oral storytelling techniques to describe the more emotional aspects of life. The mythological creature you find in your results may tell you something important about a hidden aspect of your psychology.

Ready to find out what your country music playlist says about you? Let's play!



For the first song on your playlist, please choose the country song you listened to the most in high school.
"Whiskey River" by Willie Nelson
"Barrier Reef" by Rhett Miller
"Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
"Love Story" by Taylor Swift

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Next, choose your favorite country song to slow dance to.
"Jaded Lover" by Jerry Jeff Walker
"California Stars" by Wilco
"Blue" by Patsy Cline
"Breathe" by Faith Hill

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Which of these country songs makes the best fight song?
"Willin'" by Linda Ronstadt
"I'll Be Your Man" by the Black Keys
"The Fightin' Side of Me" by Merle Haggard
"Not Ready to Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks

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Which of these country songs helps you to calm down?
"Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash
"Cry One More Time" by Gram Parsons
"Your Cheatin' Heart" by Hank Williams
"Down to the River to Pray" by Alison Krauss

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For your fifth song, please choose the most romantic country song of all time.
"Tulsa Queen" by Emmylou Harris
"Lake Charles" by Lucinda Williams
"Crazy" by Patsy Cline
"She's in Love with the Boy" by Trisha Yearwood

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Which of these country songs with religious themes would you include in your playlist?
"The Gospel Singer" by Tanya Tucker
"Sin City" by Gram Parsons
"How Great Thou Art" by Elvis Presley
"Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood

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Which of these songs by famously attractive country stars would go on your playlist?
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Kris Kristofferson
"Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
"Make You Mine" by High Valley (Brad and Curtis Rempel)

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For the eighth song on your playlist, choose a country song with strong folk influences.
"Journey Through the Past" by Neil Young
"I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" by Richard and Linda Thompson
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver
"Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills & Nash

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Say you're brooding over an ex and fantasizing about revenge. Which of these songs makes you feel better?
"Dead Flowers" by Townes Van Zandt
"Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams
"You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille" by Kenny Rogers
"Goodbye Earl" by the Dixie Chicks

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What's the best country song about doing drugs?
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Kris Kristofferson
"One Toke Over the Line" by Brewer & Shipley
"Cocaine Blues" by Johnny Cash
"I’m Gettin’ Stoned" by Eric Church

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What's the best country song about drinking too much?
"The Bottle Let Me Down" by Merle Haggard
"Family Tradition" by Cracker
"Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

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Which of these country songs about being feisty would go on your playlist?
"Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings
"Mr. Wrong" by Cracker
"You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" by Loretta Lynn
"Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" by Dwight Yoakam

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Which of these songs about a lover you can't forget would go on your playlist?
"Georgia on My Mind" by Willie Nelson
"Streets of Baltimore" by Gram Parsons
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones
"Something Like That" by Tim McGraw

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Which of these country songs would you play after you made a goofy mistake?
"Take This Job and Shove It" by Johnny Paycheck
"Head Full Of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise" by the Avett Brothers
"Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)" by George Jones
"Real Good Man" by Tim McGraw

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Which of these country songs would you play after you made a major mistake?
"L.A. Freeway" by Jerry Jeff Walker
"100 Years from Now" by Gram Parsons
"Take It with Grace" by Kevin Banford
"Some Mistakes" by Brad Paisley

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Which of these artists would your playlist feature most?
Merle Haggard
Lucinda Williams
Hank Williams
Gretchen Wilson

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Which of these artists would NOT be on your playlist?
Kacey Musgraves
Brooks & Dunn
Toby Keith
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Which of these songs do you reluctantly like (i.e. it's a guilty pleasure)?
"Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus
"You Make It Easy" by Jason Aldean
"I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack
"Raining on Sunday" by Keith Urban

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Which of these artists would you include on your playlist to seem hip, even though you don't actually like them?
Jason & The Scorchers
Gillian Welch
Lyle Lovett
The Lumineers

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Which of these 1950s country songs would go on your playlist?
"I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells
"Wake Up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers
"Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley

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Which of these 1960s country songs would go on your playlist?
"Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
"Tecumseh Valley" by Townes Van Zandt
"Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette
"Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley

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Which of these 1970s country songs would go on your playlist?
“Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" by Waylon Jennings
"Two More Bottles of Wine" by Emmylou Harris
"Jolene" by Dolly Parton
"He Loves Me All the Way" by Tammy Wynette

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Which of these 1980s country songs would go on your playlist?
"Sweet Jane" by the Cowboy Junkies
"Constant Craving" by k.d. lang
"Mama He's Crazy" by The Judds
"Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers

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Which of these 1990s country songs would go on your playlist?
"Down At The Twist And Shout" by Mary Chapin Carpenter
"One More Dollar" by Gillian Welch
"Something to Talk About" by Bonnie Raitt
"Strawberry Wine" by Deanna Carter

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Which of these 2000s-era country songs would go on your playlist?
"Galway Girl" by Steve Earle
"Favorite" by Neko Cas
"What Was I Thinkin'" by Dierks Bentley
"She Wouldn't Be Gone" by Blake Shelton

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Which of these novelty country songs would you put on your playlist?
"Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?" by Buck Owens
"Devil Town" by Bright Eyes
"You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
"She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy" by Kenny Chesney

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Which of these unexpected country covers would go on your playlist?
"Stay with Me" by Travis Tritt
"All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down" by Elliott Smith
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
"Whiskey in the Jar" by Metallica

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Which of these country songs makes you dance every time you hear it on the jukebox?
"Good Hearted Woman" by Waylon Jennings
"Valley Road" by James McMurtry
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" by Hank Williams
"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus

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What's the saddest country song of all time?
"Sam Stone" by John Prine
"Louise" by Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Tom Waits
"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton.
"I Sang Dixie” by Dwight Yoakam

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Which of these country songs do you most often sing in the shower?
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys” by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
"I'll Fly Away" by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch
"The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain

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