Red Solo Cup

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This article is about the song. For the cup, see Solo Cup Company.
"Red Solo Cup"
File:Toby Keith Red Solo Cup.jpg
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Clancy's Tavern
Released October 2011
Format Music download
Recorded June 2011
Genre Country, comedy
Length 3:46
Label Show Dog-Universal
Writer(s) Brett Beavers
Jim Beavers
Brad Warren
Brett Warren
Producer(s) Toby Keith
Certification 2× Platinum (RIAA)
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Made in America"
(2011)		 "Red Solo Cup"
(2011)		 "Beers Ago"
(2012)

"Red Solo Cup" is a song written by Brett Warren, Brad Warren, Brett Beavers and Jim Beavers, and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It was released in October 2011 as the second single from his album Clancy's Tavern.[1][2] It is the only song on the album he did not write or co-write. The song was featured in the Glee episode "Hold On to Sixteen".

Content

"Red Solo Cup" is about the Solo Cup Company's red style of plastic cups, and their common usage at parties, among other occasions.[3] It is in the key of A major, with a primary chord pattern of A-Bm7-E-A on the verses, which are spoken-word. The final chorus modulates a whole-step upward to B major.[4]

History

Singer-songwriter duo The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett Warren) co-wrote "Red Solo Cup" with Brett Beavers and his brother, Jim Beavers. The four of them decided to write something that would "make us all laugh and smile." According to Brett Warren, Jim did the majority of the writing.[5] Keith told CMT that it was "the stupidest song that I have ever heard in my life" but also "freakin' awesome."[1]

All four writers sing backing vocals on the song. The Warren Brothers also perform acoustic guitar on it, while Jim plays bass guitar and Brett plays six-string banjo.[6]

Music video

The music video includes cameos from Jeff Dunham (and his character Bubba J), Carrot Top, Ted Nugent, Sammy Hagar, Craig Ferguson, Geoff Peterson, Roger Clemens, Eric Church, Joe Nichols, Lance Burton and Larry Bird among others.[7]

It had acquired more than 600,000 views on YouTube before the album's release.[8] The video surpassed 21 million views in September 2013.[9]

Chart performance

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[10] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 27

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13] 89
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 82
US Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 53

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[16] 2× Platinum 2,413,000[17]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Other Versions and Parodies

  • German singer and entertainer Stefan Raab made up his own version of the song and changed the location of the song and its lyrics to a pub in Cologne. The whole song is sung in the typical dialect of Cologne.[18]
  • American parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of "Red Solo Cup" titled "Double D Cups" on his 2012 album "Parodyziac!!".

References

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  10. ↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Toby Keith.
  11. ↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Toby Keith.
  12. ↑ "Toby Keith – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Toby Keith.
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External links

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