How Do You Like Me Now ? ! ( Song ) - wikipedia How Do You Like Me Now ? ! ( Song ) Not to be confused with How You Like Me Now ? ( The Heavy song ). `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' Single by Toby Keith from the album How Do You Like Me Now ? ! B - side `` When Love Fades '' Released November 22, 1999 Format CD single, 7 '' Genre Country Length 3 : 29 Label DreamWorks Nashville 459051 Songwriter ( s ) Toby Keith Chuck Cannon Producer ( s ) James Stroud Toby Keith Toby Keith singles chronology `` When Love Fades '' ( 1999 ) `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' ( 1999 ) `` Country Comes to Town '' ( 2000 ) `` When Love Fades '' ( 1999 ) `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' ( 1999 ) `` Country Comes to Town '' ( 2000 ) `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It released in November 1999 as the second single and title track from his album of the same name. Keith wrote it with Chuck Cannon. The song spent five weeks at Number One on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs chart beginning in March 2000. It was his first major crossover hit peaking at number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was also the first number - one single for the now defunct DreamWorks Nashville label. The song also became the fourth number one hit of his career and his first since `` Me Too '' 1997. At the 2001 Academy of Country Music awards, the song was nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year. Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Content 3 Music video 4 Critical reception 5 Track listings 6 Chart positions 6.1 Peak positions 6.2 Year - end charts 7 Certifications 8 Parodies 9 References Background and writing Keith discussed the inspiration for the song on his website in 2000. `` Initially, I said, ' Here 's my title : `` You Never Loved Me Before, So How Do You Like Me Now ? ' '' It 's one of my catch - phrases. A lot of people become successful after they 've been told they wo n't ever be, so people can relate to this. It can be about an old flame or a boss or a teacher - whatever it means to each individual. It was a fun song to write. '' Keith had originally recorded the song near the end of his contract with Mercury Records Nashville in the late 1990s. According to a 2005 interview with Billboard, Keith had the album How Do You Like Me Now ? ! completed, but label executives rejected the entire album except for two songs : `` Getcha Some '' and `` If a Man Answers '', both of which were put on his 1998 Greatest Hits album. After he recorded two more songs which were also rejected, he asked to terminate his contract with Mercury, and purchased the rights to the rest of the album. Upon the album 's release in late 1999, both the album and its lead single, `` When Love Fades '', were performing poorly on the charts ; as a result, Keith asked that `` When Love Fades '' be withdrawn as a single in favor of `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' Keith stated that DreamWorks executives were `` scared to put it out '', but within five days of Keith 's request, `` When Love Fades '' was withdrawn and `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' was released. Content The song discusses Keith 's attraction to the female valedictorian of his high school -- a beautiful woman who ignored him at the time. Keith wonders if the woman remembers him now that he is famous. Music video The song 's music video debuted on the television network CMT on November 22, 1999, and was directed by Michael Salomon. It features Toby Keith singing the song at a hometown football game in the middle of the night. Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a `` great little tune about the underdog fulfilling his dreams, and the story is wrapped in a melody that demands attention. '' She goes on to call Keith 's performance `` feisty '' and say that the production `` just percolates. '' Jessica Andrews references both Keith and the song in her 2002 single `` There 's More to Me Than You ''. Track listings CD single `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' ( Rock Version ) -- 3 : 30 `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' ( Live Version ) -- 3 : 42 `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' ( Club Version ) -- 4 : 13 Chart positions `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 20, 1999. Peak positions Chart ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Billboard Hot 100 31 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2000 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Hot 100 ( Billboard ) 82 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Parodies On his 2000 album Just Another Day in Parodies, country music parodist Cledus T. Judd recorded a parody entitled `` How Do You Milk a Cow. '' This version peaked at number 67 on Hot Country Songs. References Jump up ^ Toby Keith Bio - How Do You Like Me Now ? ! Jump up ^ BMI.com Toby Keith Leads ACM Nominations With Six Jump up ^ Toby Keith Bio - TobyKeith.com at The Internet Archive. Retrieved September 19, 2009 Jump up ^ Waddell, Ray ( June 18, 2005 ). `` Toby Keith : Superstar graduates from ' Honkytonk University ' ''. Billboard. 117 ( 25 ) : 45, 46, 48, 50. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Jump up ^ Billboard, November 20, 1999 Jump up ^ Lanert, John ( 26 July 2003 ). `` Headline : MUSiC ''. Louisville Courier - Journal. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Jump up ^ `` How Do You Like Me Now ( single ) : Toby Keith : Music ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 8301. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 13, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2000 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 2000 ''. Archived from the original on 2009 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 31. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Toby Keith -- How Do You Like Me Now ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 12, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Preceded by `` Smile '' by Lonestar Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single March 18 - April 15, 2000 Succeeded by `` The Best Day '' by George Strait Preceded by `` Back at One '' by Mark Wills RPM Country Tracks number - one single March 13 - March 20, 2000 Succeeded by `` Been There '' by Clint Black with Steve Wariner Preceded by `` Amazed '' by Lonestar Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single of the year 2000 Succeeded by `` Ai n't Nothing ' bout You '' by Brooks & Dunn 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 '' Billboard Year - End Hot Country Songs number one single of the year 1980 -- 1989 1980 : `` My Heart '' -- Ronnie Milsap 1981 : `` Fire and Smoke '' -- Earl Thomas Conley 1982 : `` Always on My Mind '' -- Willie Nelson 1983 : `` José Cuervo '' -- Shelly West 1984 : `` To All the Girls I 've Loved Before '' -- Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 1985 : `` Lost in the Fifties Tonight ( In the Still of the Night ) '' -- Ronnie Milsap 1986 : `` Never Be You '' -- Rosanne Cash 1987 : `` Give Me Wings '' -- Michael Johnson 1988 : `` Do n't Close Your Eyes '' -- Keith Whitley 1989 : `` A Better Man '' -- Clint Black 1990 -- 1999 1990 : `` Nobody 's Home '' -- Clint Black 1991 : `` Do n't Rock the Jukebox '' -- Alan Jackson 1992 : `` I Saw the Light '' -- Wynonna Judd 1993 : `` Chattahoochee '' -- Alan Jackson 1994 : `` I Swear '' -- John Michael Montgomery 1995 : `` Sold ( The Grundy County Auction Incident ) '' -- John Michael Montgomery 1996 : `` My Maria '' -- Brooks & Dunn 1997 : `` It 's Your Love '' -- Tim McGraw and Faith Hill 1998 : `` Just to See You Smile '' -- Tim McGraw 1999 : `` Amazed '' -- Lonestar 2000 -- 2009 2000 : `` How Do You Like Me Now ? ! '' -- Toby Keith 2001 : `` Ai n't Nothing ' bout You '' -- Brooks & Dunn 2002 : `` The Good Stuff '' -- Kenny Chesney 2003 : `` My Front Porch Looking In '' -- Lonestar 2004 : `` Live Like You Were Dying '' -- Tim McGraw 2005 : `` That 's What I Love About Sunday '' -- Craig Morgan 2006 : `` If You 're Going Through Hell ( Before The Devil Even Knows ) '' -- Rodney Atkins 2007 : `` Watching You '' -- Rodney Atkins 2008 : `` Just Got Started Lovin ' You '' -- James Otto 2009 : `` I Run to You '' -- Lady Antebellum 2010 -- 2019 2010 : `` Love Like Crazy '' -- Lee Brice 2011 : `` Crazy Girl '' -- Eli Young Band 2012 : `` Time Is Love '' -- Josh Turner 2013 : `` Cruise '' -- Florida Georgia Line 2014 : `` This Is How We Roll '' -- Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan 2015 : `` Take Your Time '' -- Sam Hunt 2016 : `` H.O.L.Y. 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Question: who wrote the song how do you like me now
Answer: Toby Keith