"I Love This Bar" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in August 2003 as the first single from his 2003 album ''

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''. The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, keeping the top spot for five weeks. Keith wrote this song with

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. The song's title inspired a chain of restaurants owned by Keith named

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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.""

Music video

The video for this song was filmed at a bar in

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called The Cowboy Palace Saloon. It was directed by Michael Salomon, and premiered on CMT on August 21, 2003.

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.

Year-end charts

Covers

In 2006, this song was covered by

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for his album ''

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''.

"I Love NASCAR"

On his 2004 album '' Bipolar and Proud'', country music parodist

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recorded a parody titled "I Love

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". 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.Whitburn, p. 217

References

External links

* {{authority control 2003 singles Toby Keith songs Songs about alcohol Songs written by Scotty Emerick Music videos directed by Michael Salomon Songs written by Toby Keith Song recordings produced by James Stroud DreamWorks Records singles 2003 songs