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22 Nov, 1999

How Do You Like Me Now?!

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Keith releases his single, How Do You Like Me Now?!, from his album with the same name. Keith co-wrote the song with Chuck Cannon.

Chuck and I have had so much success together. We started writing this song right after we finished another one. We got through the first verse, and I was just blown away by it. Chuck thought it was kinda okay, but when you’ve just got a little piece of a song, it sometimes doesn’t stick out when you’ve got a finished product layin’ there. I kept telling him this was gonna be a big song if we could just nail it. It took us about six months to get back to it after that. But we finally did get back together – and nailed it.

Toby Keith - How Do You Like Me Now?!

31 May, 2001

I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight

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Keith releases his single, I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight, from his album, Pull My Chain.

I used to make my living in clubs, so I had ample opportunity to watch a lot of ‘tomcats’ hit on the ladies. The woman in this song says, ‘Well, I don’t like bars and I don’t usually do this.’ It’s not saying go and get into bed; it’s saying skip the B.S. and all the other chapters and the heck with why we’re here; let’s have an understanding – this is about right this minute. We’re lonely; let’s talk. It may not be politically correct, but it’s honest, so in that regard, it’s very representative of who I am.

Toby Keith - I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight

27 May, 2002

Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)

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Keith releases his single, Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American), from his album, Unleashed. After playing his song for Pentagon brass in Washington:

He [the Marine Corp commandant] said, ‘You have to release it. You can serve your country in other ways besides suiting up in combat.’ We will go kick their butts. But we survive on morale. I mean, we live on the morale. That’s what we travel on’. And, he said I highly recommend you put that song out.

Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American) (Official Music Video)

7 Apr, 2003

Beer For My Horses

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Keith releases his single, Beer For My Horses, featuring Willie Nelson, from his album, Unleashed. Keith:

When I was a kid I worked for a rodeo company. The old timers who worked the stock and stuff in the back would carry a pint of whiskey in their pocket – they were just old cowboys. They would pull it out and say, ‘Here’s to me, here’s to you, we got screwed, so screw you, here’s to me.’ They always had some little toast. One was to hold up the bottle for a drink and say, ‘Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses.’ I kept that in my head a long time thinking I’d write it some day. We did finally, trying to say that maybe it’s time that justice gets back into the judicial system. The big posse goes out and catches the bad guys and everybody comes back to lick their wounds, remember the ones they lost and celebrate with the ones that made it back. You raise your glass and say, ‘Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses, bartender.’ One of those conceptual deals. Soon as we got done writing it I thought man, it’d be cool if we could talk Willie Nelson into singing the Texas verse on that. Obviously he went for it and I think it’s the biggest multi-week #1 either of us ever had.

Toby Keith - Beer For My Horses (Official Music Video) ft. Willie Nelson