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Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" Has Fans Partying Along

Posted by Melanie Agee on 10/20/2011
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 Toby Keith’s latest album, Clancy’s Tavern, will be released on Oct. 24. He has hit another No. 1 single with “Made In America,” but lately, Keith’s fans seem to be focusing on his new song, “Red Solo Cup.”

 
The song is on his unreleased album, yet the video has become one of the hottest hits on the web. This party-cam hilarity video has scored more than 600,000 views in just a few days, with the counter climbing by 100,000 daily. Media outlets are also buzzing about this song and video with blog posts coming from New York Magazine, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Houston Press, Slate, AOL and many more.
 
The song was dubbed by Beverage Underground blog as “the new party anthem.” The video and song celebrates the classic party beverage receptacle and features the song’s writers Brett and Jim Beavers with Brad and Brett Warren, along with a host of celebrities: Craig Ferguson; sports icons Roger Clemens and Larry Bird; fishing guru Jimmy Houston; entertainers Jeff Dunham (with Bubba J), Carrot Top and Lance Burton; and fellow recording artists Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Eric Church, Joe Nichols, JT Hodges, Carter's Chord, Rose Falcon and Trailer Choir's Butter.
 
The song has prompted fans to wave the party staples in the crowd at stops on Keith’s Locked & Loaded Tour. Eric Chruch, who has been on the road with Keith this summer, and his band and crew even popped up onstage in “Red Solo Cup” costumes.