| "Beer for My Horses" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Toby Keith featuring Willie Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Unleashed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Rock You Baby" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | April 7, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, 7" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Country | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | DreamWorks Records 450785 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Scotty Emerick Toby Keith |
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| Producer | James Stroud Toby Keith |
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| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Beer for My Horses" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artists Toby Keith and Willie Nelson. It was released in April 2003 as the fourth and final single from Keith's 2002 album Unleashed. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2003 and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Keith's biggest hit to date.[1] This record has since been tied by his 2005 single, "As Good as I Once Was," which also spent six weeks at Number One.
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The music video for the song features Keith, Nelson and Corin Nemec, as detectives hunting a serial killer, played by Gregg Gilmore. The detectives eventually convince Nemec to dress up as a woman to lure the serial killer and they end up capturing him. The video, directed by Michael Salomon, was shot in downtown Los Angeles and at the nearby Golden Oak Ranch, in Newhall, California. It is also the first video in which Keith does not actually sing. In May 2003, it won the ACM award, for Video Of The Year.
A film adaption of the song entered production in mid-2008.[2] and was released on August 8, 2008.
The song is available as downloadable content for the game Rock Band.
"Beer for My Horses" debuted at #60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of February 1, 2003, before its official release as a single due to airplay gained from his live performance at the 2003 American Music Awards.
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
| Preceded by "I Believe" by Diamond Rio |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single June 14-July 19, 2003 |
Succeeded by "My Front Porch Looking In" by Lonestar |
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