As good as I Once was - wikipedia As good as I Once was `` As Good as I Once Was '' Single by Toby Keith from the album Honkytonk University Released May 9, 2005 Recorded 2004 - 2005 Genre Country Length 3 : 49 Label DreamWorks Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Toby Keith Scotty Emerick Producer ( s ) James Stroud Toby Keith Toby Keith singles chronology `` Honkytonk U '' ( 2005 ) `` As Good as I Once Was '' ( 2005 ) `` Big Blue Note '' ( 2005 ) `` Honkytonk U '' ( 2005 ) `` As Good as I Once Was '' ( 2005 ) `` Big Blue Note '' ( 2005 ) `` As Good as I Once Was '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. This song and his 2003 single `` Beer for My Horses '' are both his longest - running Number One hits, each having spent six weeks at Number One. `` As Good As I Once Was '' was released in May 2005 as the second single from Keith 's album Honkytonk University. Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick. The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country. The song was named BMI 's song of the Year for 2006. This song has since become one of Keith 's signature songs, as well as one of his most successful. Contents 1 Content 2 Music video 3 Reception 4 Chart performance 4.1 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Content The narrator is put into situations that test his masculinity, including a bar fight. He claims that he is not `` as good as ( he ) once was '', but that he can still hold his own occasionally ; hence the fact that the video shows several other events, and the lyrics explain several different things. Music video The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and premiered on May 16, 2005. We see Toby in a tavern with his best friend, Dave. A couple of rednecks grab him and start a riot in the tavern. At one point, one of the people in the tavern bump into Toby and his beer starts sloshing. He starts yelling in slow - motion. Near the end, Toby comes face - to - face with a taller man, who punches him. We then see Toby being carried to an ambulance with the people at the tavern waving good - bye at him. The video ends with the ambulance driving off into the night. Reception Matt Bjorke writing for About.com stated `` the song is a good one, so good that it rivals anything off of Toby 's `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' album. It 's a fun track about getting older, and how we do n't have as much `` energy '' as we once had. '' Sputnik Music called it `` a testament to how much old age sucks '' while Allmusic declared the song was `` wonderfully self - depreciating ''. Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He said that `` does anybody believe, unless they knew the size of his bank account, that two hot twins would approach Toby in a crowded bar and request a threesome ? '' Chart performance `` As Good as I Once Was '' debuted at number 37 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 21, 2005. Chart ( 2005 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 28 Year - end charts Chart ( 2005 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 84 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) Preceded by `` Fast Cars and Freedom '' by Rascal Flatts Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one single July 23 - August 27, 2005 Succeeded by `` Mississippi Girl '' by Faith Hill References Jump up ^ Bjroke, Matt. `` Toby Keith -- Honky Tonk University ''. About.com - Country Music. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Honkytonk University ''. Sputnik Music. 2005 - 08 - 15. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 13. Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. `` Honkytonk University Review ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2010 - 07 - 13. Jump up ^ Coyne, Kevin John ( 2005 - 05 - 21 ). `` Toby keith - `` As Good as I Once Was '' ``. Country Universe. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Toby Keith. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Toby Keith. Jump up ^ `` Hot 100 Songs Music Chart ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2005 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2012. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Toby Keith Studio albums Toby Keith Boomtown Blue Moon Dream Walkin ' How Do You Like Me Now ? ! Pull My Chain Unleashed Shock'n Y'all Honkytonk University White Trash with Money Big Dog Daddy That Do n't Make Me a Bad Guy American Ride Bullets in the Gun Clancy 's Tavern Hope on the Rocks Drinks After Work 35 MPH Town The Bus Songs Compilation albums Greatest Hits Volume One 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection : The Best of Toby Keith Greatest Hits 2 35 Biggest Hits Christmas albums Christmas to Christmas A Classic Christmas Singles `` Should 've Been a Cowboy '' `` He Ai n't Worth Missing '' `` A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action '' `` Wish I Did n't Know Now '' `` Who 's That Man '' `` Upstairs Downtown '' `` You Ai n't Much Fun '' `` Big Ol ' Truck '' `` Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You '' `` A Woman 's Touch '' `` Me Too '' `` We Were in Love '' `` I 'm So Happy I Ca n't Stop Crying '' ( with Sting ) `` Dream Walkin ' '' `` Double Wide Paradise '' `` Getcha Some '' `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' `` Country Comes to Town '' `` You Should n't Kiss Me Like This '' `` I 'm Just Talkin ' About Tonight '' `` I Wanna Talk About Me '' `` My List '' `` Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue ( The Angry American ) '' `` Who 's Your Daddy ? '' `` Rock You Baby '' `` Beer for My Horses '' `` I Love This Bar '' `` American Soldier '' `` Whiskey Girl '' `` Stays in Mexico '' `` Mockingbird '' `` Honkytonk U '' `` As Good as I Once Was '' `` Big Blue Note '' `` Get Drunk and Be Somebody '' `` A Little Too Late '' `` Crash Here Tonight '' `` High Maintenance Woman '' `` Love Me If You Can '' `` Get My Drink On '' `` She 's a Hottie '' `` She Never Cried in Front of Me '' `` God Love Her '' `` Lost You Anyway '' `` American Ride '' `` Cryin ' for Me ( Wayman 's Song ) '' `` Every Dog Has Its Day '' `` Trailerhood '' `` Bullets in the Gun '' `` Somewhere Else '' `` Made in America '' `` Red Solo Cup '' `` Beers Ago '' `` I Like Girls That Drink Beer '' `` Hope on the Rocks '' `` Drinks After Work '' `` Drunk Americans '' `` 35 MPH Town '' Related articles Discography Show Dog - Universal Music Krystal Keith Scotty Emerick Toby Keith 's I Love This Bar & Grill Broken Bridges ( soundtrack ) `` Slave to the Habit '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=As_Good_as_I_Once_Was&oldid=795179868 '' Categories : 2005 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles 2005 songs Toby Keith songs Songs about old age Songs written by Scotty Emerick Songs written by Toby Keith Song recordings produced by James Stroud DreamWorks Records singles Music videos directed by Michael Salomon Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 12 August 2017, at 15 : 18. 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Question: who wrote as good as i once was
Answer: Toby Keith