Ticks ( song ) - Wikipedia Ticks ( song ) `` Ticks '' Single by Brad Paisley from the album 5th Gear Released March 12, 2007 Format CD single, music download Genre Country Length 4 : 33 ( Album Version ) 3 : 58 ( Single Version ) Label Arista Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Brad Paisley Kelley Lovelace Tim Owens Producer ( s ) Frank Rogers Brad Paisley singles chronology `` She 's Everything '' ( 2006 ) `` Ticks '' ( 2007 ) `` Online '' ( 2007 ) `` She 's Everything '' ( 2006 ) `` Ticks '' ( 2007 ) `` Online '' ( 2007 ) `` Ticks '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2007 as the first single from the album 5th Gear. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and was featured as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero : World Tour. Paisley wrote this song with Kelley Lovelace and Tim Owens. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Personnel 5 Chart performance 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Certifications 7 References 8 External links Content The song 's main character is at a bar, attempting to pick up a date. In doing so, he uses several humorous pickup lines, such as `` I 'd like to check you for ticks. '' Paisley stated that the song is not about blood - sucking insects but in fact a guy flirting with a gal. Paisley was inspired to write the song from experience working on a farm, `` Working out here on the farm, I literally have to check for ticks every time I come in from the woods or the fields, '' he notes. `` Now, if a young guy who lives in the country were to take a girl into the woods for any reason, it would totally cross his mind that she 's going to have to check for ticks when they come back out. So it seems that an enterprising guy would at least consider that he could offer to check for her. '' Critical reception Kevin John Coyne, who was reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave the song a C - rating. While he says that the production is good, `` this may be the very first mainstream country single to completely skeeze me out. '' Music video This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( June 2009 ) A music video was released to promote the single. It shows Brad and his band live in concert singing the song. Personnel Ron Block - banjo Randle Currie - steel guitar Eric Darken - percussion Kevin `` Swine '' Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass Wes Hightower - background vocals Gary Hokker - baritone guitar, 12 string guitar Gordon Mote - clavinet Brad Paisley - lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Tic tac bass Ben Sesar - drums Justin Williamson - mandolin Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 2007 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 33 US Billboard Hot 100 40 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2007 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 20 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ Brad Paisley biography at Arista Nashville website. Retrieved 30 Aug 2009 Jump up ^ Coyne, Kevin John ( 2007 - 03 - 09 ). `` Brad Paisley - `` Ticks '' ``. Country Universe. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Brad Paisley Chart History ( Canadian Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Brad Paisley Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Brad Paisley Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2007 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2007. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Brad Paisley -- Ticks ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics hide Brad Paisley singles Who Needs Pictures `` Who Needs Pictures '' `` He Did n't Have to Be '' `` Me Neither '' `` We Danced '' Part II `` Two People Fell in Love '' `` Wrapped Around '' `` I 'm Gonna Miss Her ( The Fishin ' Song ) '' `` I Wish You 'd Stay '' Mud on the Tires `` Celebrity '' `` Little Moments '' `` Whiskey Lullaby '' ( with Alison Krauss ) `` Mud on the Tires '' Time Well Wasted `` Alcohol '' `` When I Get Where I 'm Going '' ( with Dolly Parton ) `` The World '' `` She 's Everything '' 5th Gear `` Ticks '' `` Online '' `` Letter to Me '' `` I 'm Still a Guy '' `` Waitin ' on a Woman '' Play `` Start a Band '' ( with Keith Urban ) American Saturday Night `` Then '' `` Welcome to the Future '' `` American Saturday Night '' `` Water '' Hits Alive `` Anything Like Me '' This Is Country Music `` This Is Country Music '' `` Old Alabama '' ( with Alabama ) `` Remind Me '' ( with Carrie Underwood ) `` Camouflage '' Wheelhouse `` Southern Comfort Zone '' `` Beat This Summer '' `` I Ca n't Change the World '' `` The Mona Lisa '' Moonshine in the Trunk `` River Bank '' `` Perfect Storm '' `` Crushin ' It '' `` Country Nation '' Love and War `` Today '' `` Last Time for Everything '' `` Heaven South '' Other songs `` Is It Raining at Your House '' `` Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy '' `` Everything and All '' ( with Randy Travis ) `` Accidental Racist '' ( with LL Cool J ) `` Without a Fight '' ( with Demi Lovato ) This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who sings i want to check you for ticks
Answer: Brad Paisley