High Maintenance Woman

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“High Maintenance Woman”
“High Maintenance Woman” cover
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Big Dog Daddy
Released 2007
Format CD single, 7"
Recorded 2007
Genre Country
Length 3:20
Label Show Dog Nashville
Writer(s) Tim Wilson, Danny Simpson, Toby Keith
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Crash Here Tonight"
(2006)
"High Maintenance Woman"
(2007)
"Love Me If You Can"
(2007)

"High Maintenance Woman" is a single by American country music artist Toby Keith that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. It was the lead-off single from Toby's 2007 album, Big Dog Daddy.

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The song tells of an apartment-building maintenance man who is attempting, and failing, to attract the attention of an attractive woman who lives in an apartment in the complex, and lamenting that "a high-maintenance woman won't fall for a maintenance man".

[edit] Songwriters

Although Toby actually wrote "High Maintenance Woman" himself, he has given co-writers' credit to comedian and singer Tim Wilson and Danny Simpson (Wilson's frequent co-writing partner), due to the fact that Wilson had previously cut an unrelated song that also contained a similar premise. On his official website, Toby states:

I got to the studio and played ["High Maintenance Woman"] for the session guys and they said, "Aw, man. There's a comedian named Tim Wilson who's got a skit about that and has a little ditty song that's kind of the same thing."... Tim's a friend of mine, so I called him and told him about my song... I said I wouldn't even record mine without his blessing, which he gave. And just because I don't want anyone to ever think I copped his song, we threw him a small share of the writing and put [Tim and Danny's] names on it.[1]

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 67

[edit] References

  1. ^ Toby Keith ::: Big Dog Daddy in stores NOW!!! (html). Toby Keith official website. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.