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Who's Your Daddy? (Toby Keith song)
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Wikipedia article
'"Who's Your Daddy?"' is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2002 as the second single from his 2002 album 'Unleashed'. The song reached number one on the US 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart (his sixth consecutive single to top the chart) and peaked at number 22 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.
Background
Keith said that he had wanted to write the song for a couple years but never could get the melody the way he wanted. In 2001, he was at home and he discovered the perfect melody for it. Keith explained that the song is about a young woman and a sugar daddy who can't get their love life in order.
Keith also says that "It's everything that I ever wanted to put into a song, it's got the groove, it's got the attitude, it's humorous, it's about a sugar daddy. And it's got a real funny little Elvis thing in it, like 'Viva Las Vegas'... it's got a New Orleans piano in it. You should have seen the band light up when we cut that, they didn't want to quit that groove, it was just an unbelievable groove."
Keith's producer, James Stroud, confirmed the band's enthusiasm. "That song was about 10 minutes long, we let the tape run. Of course the cut on the album is not (that long), but they just played it and played it and had a great time," said Stroud.
Music video
The music video premiered on CMT on September 20, 2002.Anon (2002) [https://web.archive.org/web/20020930081423/http://www.tobykeith.com/ "News"] TobyKeith.com at The Internet Archive. Retrieved September 19, 2009 It features Tiffany Fallon with a cameo appearance by music parodist Cledus T. Judd who pretends Keith's mansion is his own. Keith also mentions the name Barry which is Cledus' real first name. In the video, Keith drives a 2002 concept Ford Mighty F-350 truck.
Chart performance
"Who's Your Daddy?" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.
Year-end charts
Parodies
*American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of "Who's Your Daddy?" titled "Where's Your Mommy?" on his 2003 album 'A Six Pack of Judd'. The music video featured cameos by fellow country artists Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry, and Tracy Byrd.
References
Category:2002 singles
Category:2002 songs
Category:Toby Keith songs
Category:Songs written by Toby Keith
Category:Song recordings produced by James Stroud
Category:DreamWorks Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Michael Salomon
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