Pull My Chain

{{Infobox album

| name = Pull My Chain

| type = studio

| artist = Toby Keith

| cover = TobyKeithPullMyChain.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 28, 2001

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 43:43

| label = DreamWorks Records

| producer = James Stroud
Toby Keith

| prev_title = How Do You Like Me Now?!

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Unleashed

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Pull My Chain

| type = studio

| single1 = I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight

| single1date = May 31, 2001

| single2 = I Wanna Talk About Me

| single2date = August 20, 2001

| single3 = My List

| single3date = January 1, 2002

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r547021}}

| rev2 = CMT.com

| rev2Score = Favorable{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113130453/http://www.cmt.com/art/search/art.albs.jhtml?a_id=297081|archivedate=November 13, 2002|title=Toby Keith: Pull My Chain [ECD]|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=February 2, 2019|url=http://www.cmt.com/art/search/art.albs.jhtml?a_id=297081}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B [https://web.archive.org/web/20090421150440/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,255026,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]

}}

Pull My Chain is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on August 28, 2001 by DreamWorks Records. The album has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum in the U.S. for sales of two million copies. All three of this album's singles — "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight", "I Wanna Talk About Me", and "My List" — were Number One hits on the Hot Country Songs charts between 2001 and 2002. Also included here is the track "I Can't Take You Anywhere", which was released by its co-writer, Scotty Emerick, as a single in 2003. The album was dedicated to his father Hubert Keith (H.K.) Covel, who died in March 2001.

Track listing

{{Tracklist|

| title1 = I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight

| writer1 = {{hlist|Toby Keith|Scotty Emerick}}

| length1 = 2:45

| title2 = I Wanna Talk About Me

| writer2 = Bobby Braddock

| length2 = 3:04

| title3 = I Can't Take You Anywhere

| writer3 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}

| length3 = 3:33

| title4 = You Leave Me Weak

| writer4 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Tryin' to Matter

| writer5 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Pull My Chain

| writer6 = {{hlist|Keith|Chuck Cannon}}

| length6 = 3:57

| title7 = The Sha La La Song

| writer7 = {{hlist|Keith|Cannon}}

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = Pick 'Em Up and Lay 'Em Down

| writer8 = Dave Loggins

| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = Forever Hasn't Got Here Yet

| writer9 = {{hlist|Keith|Jim Femino}}

| length9 = 2:56

| title10 = Yesterday's Rain

| writer10 = {{hlist|Keith|Emerick}}

| length10 = 3:07

| title11 = My List

| writer11 = {{hlist|Tim James|Rand Bishop}}

| length11 = 3:21

| title12 = You Didn't Have as Much to Lose

| writer12 = {{hlist|Keith|Cannon}}

| length12 = 3:00

| title13 = Gimme 8 Seconds

| writer13 = {{hlist|Keith|Bernie Taupin}}

| length13 = 2:51

}}

Personnel

Eddie Bayers – drums ("Gimme 8 Seconds")
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Scotty Emerick – background vocals ("I Can't Take You Anywhere"), acoustic guitar ("Tryin' to Matter")
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Clayton Ivey – piano
Toby Keith – lead vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Steve Nathan – keyboards
John Robinson – drums (all tracks except "Gimme 8 Seconds")
Brent Rowan – electric guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Curtis Wright – background vocals
Curtis Young – background vocals

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|9\|artist=Toby Keith\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|1\|artist=Toby Keith\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

{{album chart|BillboardCountry|1|artist=Toby Keith|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+Year-end chart performance for Pull My Chain !Chart (2001) !Position
scope="row"\| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html\|archivedate= November 6, 2003\|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html\|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)\|website=Jam!\|accessdate=March 26, 2022}} \| 168
scope="row"\| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html\|archivedate=July 1, 2002\|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html\|title= Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada\|website=Jam!\|accessdate= March 28, 2022}} \| 12
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}} \| 138
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}} \| 15

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+Year-end chart performance for Pull My Chain

!Chart (2001)

!Position

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106085719/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|archivedate= November 6, 2003|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2001.html|title=Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}

| 168

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|archivedate=July 1, 2002|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html|title=

Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate= March 28, 2022}}

| 12

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

| 138

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

| 15

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html\|archivedate=December 4, 2003\|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html\|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada\|website=Jam!\|accessdate=March 28, 2022}} \| 18
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}} \| 45
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}} \| 8

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"|Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204032208/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|archivedate=December 4, 2003|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_country.html|title=Top 100 country albums of 2002 in Canada|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 28, 2022}}

| 18

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

| 45

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

| 8

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2003) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003\|work=Billboard\|accessdate=October 25, 2020}} \| 45

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}

| 45

References

Category:2001 albums

Category:Toby Keith albums

Category:DreamWorks Records albums

Category:Albums produced by James Stroud

Category:Albums produced by Toby Keith