"Big Blue Note" is a song co-written and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's ''Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 1996' ...

. It was released in September 2005 as the third and final single from Keith's album '' Honkytonk University''. It peaked at number 5 on the United States country charts. Prior to that single's release, DreamWorks Records closed its doors, so Keith had a newly-formed label,

Show Dog Nashville Show Dog Nashville is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was founded in 2005 by singer Toby Keith. It was later merged with Universal South Records into Show Dog-Universal Music in December 2009 until ...

. Keith wrote the song with

Scotty Emerick Walter Scott Emerick (born July 11, 1973, in Hollywood, Florida) is an American country music artist, known primarily for his work with Toby Keith. In addition to penning several of Keith's singles, Emerick has also written for Sawyer Brown, Geo ...

Music video

The music video was directed by

Michael Salomon Michael Salomon (born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, United States) is an American music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos. He directed the video for Metallica's " One", which was no ...

, and premiered on CMT on September 12, 2005. It begins on a rainy day where a businessman had a good life, until his wife ran away with a "big blue note" on the floor. The video shows him having trouble getting rid of the note, but being unable to let go of her memory. Because of this, he is having trouble focusing at work, and an inkblot test at his psychiatrist shows up. Leading to him running a cliffside, he is actually taking the big blue note by folding into a paper airplane, and throws the big blue note off the cliff. The scene switches from a rainy day to a bright sunny day, as the businessman plays the

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on the cliff.

Chart performance

"Big Blue Note" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week ending September 17, 2005.

References

2005 singles 2005 songs Toby Keith songs Songs written by Scotty Emerick Songs written by Toby Keith Song recordings produced by James Stroud Show Dog-Universal Music singles DreamWorks Records singles Music videos directed by Michael Salomon {{2000s-country-song-stub