| "Ticks" | ||||
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| Single by Brad Paisley | ||||
| from the album 5th Gear | ||||
| Released | March 12, 2007 | |||
| Format | CD single, music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:33 (Album Version) 3:58 (Single Version) |
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| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Brad Paisley Kelley Lovelace Tim Owens |
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| Producer | Frank Rogers | |||
| Certification | Gold (US) | |||
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"Ticks" is a single by American country music artist Brad Paisley that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. It was featured as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour.
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The song's main character is at a bar, attempting to pick up a date. In doing so, he uses several humorous pickup lines, such as "I'd like to check you for ticks."
Paisley stated that the song is not about blood-sucking insects but in fact a guy flirting with a gal. Paisley was inspired to write the song from experience working on a farm, “Working out here on the farm, I literally have to check for ticks every time I come in from the woods or the fields,” he notes. “Now, if a young guy who lives in the country were to take a girl into the woods for any reason, it would totally cross his mind that she’s going to have to check for ticks when they come back out. So it seems that an enterprising guy would at least consider that he could offer to check for her.”[1]
Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a C- rating. While he says that the production is good, "this may be the very first mainstream country single to completely skeeze me out." [2]
A music video was released to promote the single. It shows Brad and his band live in concert singing the song.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[3] | 33 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 40 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 1 |
| Preceded by "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" by Tracy Lawrence |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single June 30, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Lucky Man" by Montgomery Gentry |
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