The Truth About Men (song)
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| "The Truth About Men" | ||||
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| Single by Tracy Byrd featuring Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, & Andy Griggs | ||||
| from the album The Truth About Men | ||||
| Released | March 3, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Songwriters | Rory Feek Tim Johnson Paul Overstreet | |||
| Producer | Billy Joe Walker Jr. Tracy Byrd | |||
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| Blake Shelton singles chronology | ||||
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| Andy Griggs singles chronology | ||||
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"The Truth About Men" is a song written by Paul Overstreet, Rory Feek and Tim Johnson, and recorded by American country music singer Tracy Byrd, featuring Montgomery Gentry, Blake Shelton, and Andy Griggs. It was released in March 2003 as the first single and title track from his album The Truth About Men. The song peaked at number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
The song is a salute to men in various situations, such as not going out shopping, sitting with a bag full of chips watching football on TV, coming over at halftime, and looking at him in the eye with a big fat lie. In the song's second verse, Byrd mentions about movies such as "Steel Magnolias", the "Rambo" franchise, and "Die Hard 4". Montgomery Gentry explains about the new tools that jump up and down like fools at The Home Depot, Andy Griggs explains about how men should not take out to dinner at the restaurant, and Blake Shelton explains that the reason we do 'cause we know it leads to the one thing that we all want.[1]
Critical reception
Ray Waddell of Billboard magazine described the song as "hilarious" in his review of the album.[2] Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the song "a little too silly" and said that "some of the jibes don't quite work".[3]