"Who's That Man" is a song written and recorded by American
country music
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singer
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 July 1994 as the first single from his 1994 album ''
Boomtown
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''. The song became Keith's second number one hit on the US ''
Billboard
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'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs
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) chart.
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Content
The narrator discusses returning to the home in which he used to reside. His ex-wife, children and their family dog still live in the residence, but the wife's new husband has now taken the place of the narrator.
Music video
The music video
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for this song was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered on CMT on July 21, 1994. It features Keith driving in an old neighborhood, and singing and playing guitar in a dark room. Throughout the video, a man, woman and children are seen playing outside.
Chart performance
"Who's That Man" debuted at number 74 on the country chart
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.
This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
dated July 30, 1994. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and became Keith's second Number One on the chart dated October 8, 1994, holding that position for one week.
Charts
Year-end charts
References
1994 singles
Toby Keith songs
Songs written by Toby Keith
Song recordings produced by Harold Shedd
Polydor Records singles
1994 songs
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