A Louisiana Democrat who's more convincing quiet-storm smooth than redneck-rock rowdy, Faith Hill's hubby has topped country's singles chart 22 times since 1994. This double disc compiles all of those tracks, which makes it a respectable career overview — the lost-cause divorce lament "Angry All the Time" and Latin-lilting midlife progress report "My Next Thirty Years," especially, are worth obtaining wherever you can. Problem is, McGraw's best singles frequently aren't his biggest. In fact, the two album-concluding "bonus" novelties here (a dance mix of "Indian Outlaw" and "Felt Good on My Lips") trounce most of the legit Number Ones. 

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“Help Me”

Joni Mitchell wrote and recorded this song for her album Court and Spark, but she had to switch from her regular band to make the song sound exactly the way she wanted. "I had attempted to play my music with rock & roll players," she told Rolling Stone. "They’d laugh, 'Awww, isn't that cute? She's trying to teach us how to play.'" Mitchell switched to a jazz band, Tom Scott’s L.A. Express, and scored the biggest hit of her career in the process.