I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight

"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" is a song co-written and performed by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in May 2001 as 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 on September 15, 2001. Keith wrote the song with Scotty Emerick.

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 Billboard magazine in his review of the album, called the song "a new honky-tonk standard."^[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon 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. Pro Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw makes a cameo.

Chart performance

"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" debuted at number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 26, 2001.

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	27

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	13

Preceded by "Austin" by Blake Shelton	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single September 15, 2001	Succeeded by "What I Really Meant to Say" by Cyndi Thomson

References

↑ Billboard, September 1, 2001
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Toby Keith.
↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Toby Keith.
↑ "Best of 2001: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

Toby Keith 2000s singles

How Do You Like Me Now?!	"Country Comes to Town" "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"

Pull My Chain	"I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight" "I Wanna Talk About Me" "My List"

Unleashed	"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" "Who's Your Daddy?" "Rock You Baby" "Beer for My Horses" (with Willie Nelson)

Shock'n Y'all	"I Love This Bar" "American Soldier" "Whiskey Girl"

Greatest Hits 2	"Stays in Mexico" "Mockingbird" (with Krystal Keith)

Honkytonk University	"Honkytonk U" "As Good as I Once Was" "Big Blue Note"

White Trash with Money	"Get Drunk and Be Somebody" "A Little Too Late" "Crash Here Tonight"

Big Dog Daddy	"High Maintenance Woman" "Love Me If You Can" "Get My Drink On"

35 Biggest Hits	"She's a Hottie"

That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy	"She Never Cried in Front of Me" "God Love Her" "Lost You Anyway"

American Ride	"American Ride" "Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)"

Guest singles	"I Can't Take You Anywhere" (with Scotty Emerick) "Midnight Rider" (with Willie Nelson) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson and George Strait) "Piece of Work" (with Jimmy Buffett) "Things a Mama Don't Know" (with Mica Roberts)

See also	Discography

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