I Love This Bar

"I Love This Bar" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from his album Shock'n Y'all. It became a Number One hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, keeping the top spot for five weeks. Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick.

The song's title inspired a chain of restaurants owned by Keith named Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.

Content

The narrator describes his favorite bar and the people who frequent it.

Critical reception

Ray Waddell, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "beer-joint staple for years to come.""^[2]

Music video

The video for this song takes place at a bar in Chatsworth, California called The Cowboy Palace Saloon. It was directed by Michael Salomon.

Chart performance

"I Love This Bar" debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 30, 2003. The song has sold 1,033,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2014.^[3]

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	26

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	44

Chart (2004)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	52

Preceded by "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" by Keith Urban	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single November 15-December 13, 2003	Succeeded by "There Goes My Life" by Kenny Chesney

Covers

In 2006, this song was covered by Sammy Hagar for his album Livin' It Up!.

"I Love NASCAR"

On his 2004 album Bipolar and Proud, country music parodist Cledus T. Judd recorded a parody titled "I Love NASCAR". This parody peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although the song featured a guest vocal from Keith, he did not receive chart credit for it.^[8]

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	48

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 219–220. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Billboard, November 15, 2003
↑ Grein, Paul (April 16, 2014). "Chart Watch: "Happy" tops 4M". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!.
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Toby Keith.
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Toby Keith.
↑ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
↑ "Best of 2004: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
↑ Whitburn, p. 217

External links

Toby Keith 2000s singles

How Do You Like Me Now?!	"Country Comes to Town" "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"

Pull My Chain	"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" "I Wanna Talk About Me" "My List"

Unleashed	"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" "Who's Your Daddy?" "Rock You Baby" "Beer for My Horses" (with Willie Nelson)

Shock'n Y'all	"I Love This Bar" "American Soldier" "Whiskey Girl"

Greatest Hits 2	"Stays in Mexico" "Mockingbird" (with Krystal Keith)

Honkytonk University	"Honkytonk U" "As Good as I Once Was" "Big Blue Note"

White Trash with Money	"Get Drunk and Be Somebody" "A Little Too Late" "Crash Here Tonight"

Big Dog Daddy	"High Maintenance Woman" "Love Me If You Can" "Get My Drink On"

35 Biggest Hits	"She's a Hottie"

That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy	"She Never Cried in Front of Me" "God Love Her" "Lost You Anyway"

American Ride	"American Ride" "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)"

Guest singles	"I Can't Take You Anywhere" (with Scotty Emerick) "Midnight Rider" (with Willie Nelson) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and George Strait) "Piece of Work" (with Jimmy Buffett) "Things a Mama Don't Know" (with Mica Roberts)

See also	Discography

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