The Billy Joel song that later became a No. 1 country hit for Garth Brooks is “Shameless.” Joel wrote and recorded it for his 1989 album Storm Front, where it was presented as a rock power ballad.
Brooks heard “Shameless” on Storm Front and recorded his own version for Ropin' the Wind, his 1991 studio album. His country interpretation became his seventh No. 1 on the Billboard country chart in late 1991. Trisha Yearwood supplied harmony vocals on the recording.
The two versions also illustrate how the same composition can cross genres: Brooks reshaped Joel's rock arrangement into contemporary country while retaining the song's emotionally exposed lyric. Joel's recording was not the major country success; Brooks's cover was. The pair later performed the song together, including at Brooks's 2011 Songwriters Hall of Fame induction. The other choices are Joel songs but were not the Garth Brooks No. 1 in question.