Beers Ago
{{Infobox song
| name = Beers Ago
| cover = BeersAgo.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Toby Keith
| album = Clancy's Tavern
| released = {{Start date|2012|03|12}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=28}} (album version)
{{Duration|m=3|s=23}} (radio edit)
| label = Show Dog-Universal Music
| writer = Toby Keith
Bobby Pinson
| producer = Toby Keith
| prev_title = Red Solo Cup
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = I Like Girls That Drink Beer
| next_year = 2012
}}
"Beers Ago" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in March 2012 as the third and final single from his 2011 album Clancy's Tavern. Keith co-wrote the song with Bobby Pinson. A remixed version by DJ Jason Nevins also appears on the deluxe edition of Keith's sixteenth studio album Hope on the Rocks, released the following year. It is Keith's final Top 10 hit before his death in 2024.
Content
The song is a reminiscence about the narrator's teenage years, saying that they still seem like yesterday "[e]ven though / That was fourteen hundred and fifty-two beers ago".{{cite news|last=Conaway|first=Alanna|title=Toby Keith, 'Beers Ago' – Lyrics Uncovered|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/toby-keith-beers-ago-lyrics/|accessdate=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=March 18, 2012}}
Critical reception
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that "his rapid-fire lyrics fit like pieces to a puzzle, with smart rhymes and imaginative references that captivate."{{cite news|last=Dukes|first=Billy|title=Toby Keith, 'Beers Ago' – Song Review|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/toby-keith-beers-ago/|accessdate=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Taste of Country|date=March 12, 2012}} Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, saying that "there's a vibrancy to it because of Keith's skill as a vocalist."{{cite news|last=Coyne|first=Kevin John|title=Single Review: Toby Keith, "Beers Ago"|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/03/21/single-review-toby-keith-beers-ago/|accessdate=April 18, 2012|newspaper=Country Universe|date=March 21, 2012}}
Chart performance
"Beers Ago" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 24, 2012.{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Edward|title=Charts: Dierks Bentley's "Home," Lady A's Own the Night Own the Heights|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1681242/charts-dierks-bentleys-home-lady-as-own-the-night-own-the-heights.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320040444/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1681242/charts-dierks-bentleys-home-lady-as-own-the-night-own-the-heights.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2012|accessdate=April 18, 2012|publisher=Country Music Television|date=March 17, 2012}}
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!align="left"|Chart (2012) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|5|artist=Toby Keith|artistid=32325}} |
| {{singlechart|Canada|54|artist=Toby Keith|artistid=32325}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|52|artist=Toby Keith|artistid=32325}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=Toby Keith|artistid=32325}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"|Chart (2012)
!scope="col"|Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2012: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard |year=2012 | accessdate=December 14, 2012}}
| align="center" | 47 |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Toby Keith|title=Beers Ago|award=Gold|certyear=2013|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|access-date=May 9, 2013}}
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References
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{{Toby Keith 2010s singles}}
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Category:Show Dog-Universal Music singles
Category:Songs written by Toby Keith