Now, those who’ve only heard the radio single may not even realize this, because the final verse of the song in which the wife shoots her husband was omitted from the final cut. When she realizes the bastard has been cheating again she decides it’s the last time he’s going to do it to her and she kills him. The song is about a man who’s cheating on his wife on a stormy night while she waits at home worried about him. Two, it’s one of the most censored songs in country music history due to its subject matter which was considered highly controversial when it was released in 1991.
“The Thunder Rolls” is one of the most interesting songs in the history of country music for many reasons. Many would say that his signature tunes are “The Dance” and “Friends in Low Places,” but when Aprille Hanson and myself divvied up our favorite Brooks tunes (her favorite is “Friends in Low Places” and mine is “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” the one that ended up averaging out to being his greatest song (using our formula of combining our lists together) was “The Thunder Rolls” (which we both listed as number two behind our personal favorites). Fans of Brooks are likely to have any one of a dozen songs listed as their favorite.
Choosing the greatest Garth Brooks song of all-time is certainly no easy task.
