Whiskey Girl

Album: Shock'n Y'all (2003)
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Songfacts®:

  • This ode to a girlfriend Keith describes as his "little whiskey girl" was penned by Toby with his frequent collaborator, Scotty Emerick. "She's just the epitome of a redneck girl who ain't into wine and beer or tequila," Emerick told Country Weekly of the inspiration for the song. "It's not strong enough for her. She didn't do anything but sip on whiskey … We wanted to make her sound like a really good-looking gal who's also kind of rough — but not some slobbering binge drinker!"
  • The third and final single from Toby Keith's Shock N Y'all album, the song was was released on March 22, 2004. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on in July 10, 2004, staying there for one week.

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyHere's some obscure trivia:
    On September 10th 1897, the first documented DWI occurred when London, England cab driver George Smith was arrested after he slammed his taxi into the side of a building...
    He was fined 25 shillings...
    And one hundred-seven years later "Whiskey Girl" peaked at #1* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
    * It was his fourth straight #1 record on the Hot Country Singles chart.
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