Ticks (song)
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This song was featured as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour.
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 arachnids but rather about 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.”[1]
Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a C− grade. While saying that the production was good, he went on to say "[the song] may be the very first mainstream country single to completely skeeze [him] out."[2]
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
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References
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- ↑ Brad Paisley biography at Arista Nashville website. Retrieved 30 Aug 2009
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- 2007 singles
- 2007 songs
- Brad Paisley songs
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- Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)
- Arista Nashville singles
- Songs written by Kelley Lovelace
- Songs written by Tim Owens