Beer for My Horses

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"Beer for My Horses"
Beer for my horses single cover.png
Single by Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
from the album Unleashed
B-side "Rock You Baby"
ReleasedApril 7, 2003
Recorded2002
Genre Country
Length3:24(album version)
3:31 ( 35 Biggest Hits version)
Label DreamWorks Records 450785
Songwriter(s) Scotty Emerick
Toby Keith
Producer(s) James Stroud
Toby Keith
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Rock You Baby"
(2003)
"Beer for My Horses"
(2003)
"I Love This Bar"
(2003)
Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 22

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] 2× Platinum2,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other

A film adaptation of the song entered production in mid-2008, [14] and was released on August 8, 2008. [15]

The song is available as downloadable content for the game Rock Band.

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