I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
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"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" is a song performed by American country music artist Toby Keith
. Released in May 2001, it was the first single from Keith's Pull My Chain
album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) charts. It became number one on the Country Music charts four days after the September 11 attacks.
magazine in his review of the album, called the song "a new honky-tonk standard."
and shows Toby in "The Airport Hotel" ballroom singing while other people are trying to hook up. It was released after its chart run in October 2001.
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
. Released in May 2001, it was the first single from Keith's Pull My Chain
Pull My Chain
Pull My Chain is the title of an album by American country music artist Toby Keith, released in 2001 on DreamWorks Records Nashville. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the U.S. for sales of two million copies...
album. The song reached Number One on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) charts. It became number one on the Country Music charts four days after the September 11 attacks.
Content
Keith wrote about the inspiration for the song on his website. "I used to make my living in clubs, so I had ample opportunity to watch a lot of 'tomcats' hit on the ladies. The woman in this song says, "Well, I don't like bars and I don't usually do this." It's not saying go and get into bed; it's saying skip the B.S. and all the other chapters and the heck with why we're here; let's have an understanding - this is about right this minute. We're lonely; let's talk. It may not be politically correct, but it's honest, so in that regard, it's very representative of who I am. It's also very influenced by Guy Clark and Jerry Jeff Walker and that whole Texas sound. It's not Nashville or Dixie but Austin, straight out of the taproot of that tree."Critical reception
Ray Waddell, of BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine in his review of the album, called the song "a new honky-tonk standard."
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael SalomonMichael Salomon
Michael Salomon is a music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos...
and shows Toby in "The Airport Hotel" ballroom singing while other people are trying to hook up. It was released after its chart run in October 2001.
Chart performance
"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" debuted at #41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 26, 2001.| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 27 |
| Canadian Country Singles | 1 |