I Love This Bar - wikipedia I Love This Bar This article is about the song. For the restaurant chain, see Toby Keith 's I Love This Bar & Grill. `` I Love This Bar '' Single by Toby Keith from the album Shock'n Y'all B - side `` I Love This Bar '' ( album version ) Released August 18, 2003 Format CD Single Recorded 2003 Genre Country Length 5 : 35 ( album version ) 3 : 52 ( single version ) Label DreamWorks Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Toby Keith Scotty Emerick Producer ( s ) Toby Keith James Stroud Toby Keith singles chronology `` Beer for My Horses '' ( 2003 ) `` I Love This Bar '' ( 2003 ) `` American Soldier '' ( 2003 ) `` Beer for My Horses '' ( 2003 ) `` I Love This Bar '' ( 2003 ) `` American Soldier '' ( 2003 ) `` I Love This Bar '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from his album Shock'n Y'all. It became a Number One hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, keeping the top spot for five weeks. Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick. The song 's title inspired a chain of restaurants owned by Keith named Toby Keith 's I Love This Bar & Grill. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Chart performance 4.1 Year - end charts 5 Covers 6 `` I Love NASCAR '' 7 References 8 External links Content The narrator describes his favorite bar and the people who frequent it. Critical reception Ray Waddell, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a `` beer - joint staple for years to come. '' '' Music video The video for this song takes place at a bar in Chatsworth, California called The Cowboy Palace Saloon. It was directed by Michael Salomon. Chart performance `` I Love This Bar '' debuted at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 30, 2003. The song has sold 1,033,000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2014. Chart ( 2003 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 26 Year - end charts Chart ( 2003 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 44 Chart ( 2004 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 52 Preceded by `` Who Would n't Wanna Be Me '' by Keith Urban Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single November 15 - December 13, 2003 Succeeded by `` There Goes My Life '' by Kenny Chesney Covers In 2006, this song was covered by Sammy Hagar for his album Livin ' It Up !. `` I Love NASCAR '' On his 2004 album Bipolar and Proud, country music parodist Cledus T. Judd recorded a parody titled `` I Love NASCAR ''. This parody peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Although the song featured a guest vocal from Keith, he did not receive chart credit for it. Chart ( 2004 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 48 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 219 -- 220. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Billboard, November 15, 2003 Jump up ^ Grein, Paul ( April 16, 2014 ). `` Chart Watch : `` Happy '' tops 4M ``. Yahoo ! Music. Yahoo !. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Toby Keith Chart History ( Hot 100 ) '' Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2003 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2004 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2004. Retrieved July 11, 2012. Jump up ^ Whitburn, p. 217 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics `` Toby Keith - I Love This Bar '' on YouTube 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=I_Love_This_Bar&oldid=808881981 '' Categories : 2003 singles Toby Keith songs Songs about alcohol Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Scotty Emerick Music videos directed by Michael Salomon Songs written by Toby Keith Song recordings produced by James Stroud DreamWorks Records singles 2003 songs 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 5 November 2017, at 20 : 08. 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Question: what bar is the song i love this bar about
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