How Do You Like Me Now?!

How Do You Like Me Now?!
Studio album by Toby Keith
Released	November 2, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	40:59
Label	DreamWorks
Producer	James Stroud Toby Keith
Toby Keith chronology
Greatest Hits Volume One (1998) How Do You Like Me Now?! (1999) Pull My Chain (2001)
Singles from How Do You Like Me Now
"When Love Fades" Released: 1999 "How Do You Like Me Now?!" Released: November 22, 1999 "Country Comes to Town" Released: May 15, 2000 "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This" Released: October 16, 2000

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How Do You Like Me Now?! is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released on November 2, 1999, by DreamWorks Records and was his first album with the label after Keith departed from Mercury Records in 1998. ^[2] The album produced four singles, "When Love Fades", the title track, "Country Comes to Town", and "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This."

The album was produced by James Stroud, who was the head of DreamWorks Records. ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Do You Like Me Now?!"	Toby Keith Chuck Cannon	3:27
2.	"When Love Fades"	Keith Cannon	3:04
3.	"Blue Bedroom"	Keith Cannon	3:28
4.	"New Orleans"	Mark D. Sanders Bob DiPiero Steve Seskin	4:11
5.	"Country Comes to Town"	Keith	3:38
6.	"Heart to Heart (Stelen's Song)"	Keith	3:33
7.	"She Only Gets That Way with Me"	Keith Scotty Emerick	2:29
8.	"Die with Your Boots On"	Keith Jim Femino	3:05
9.	"You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"	Keith	3:43
10.	"Hold You, Kiss You, Love You"	Byron Hill Jack Jones Frank Mickey Jones Jr.	3:13
11.	"Do I Know You (Bottom of My Heart)"	Keith	3:35
12.	"I Know a Wall When I See One"	J. B. Rudd Jerry Salley	3:13

Personnel

• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
• Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
• Owen Hale - drums
• Aubrey Haynie - mandolin
• Clayton Ivey - piano, keyboards, organ
• Toby Keith - lead vocals
• Paul Leim - drum programming on "New Orleans"
• B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Steve Nathan - keyboards, organ
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
• Gary Smith - piano, keyboards, organ
• Glenn Worf - bass guitar
• Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1999–2001) Peak position Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 8 US Billboard 200 [4] 56 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 9

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard 200 [6] 170 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 18 Chart (2001) Position Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [8] 27 US Billboard 200 [9] 131 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 12

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [11]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. How Do You Like Me Now?! at AllMusic
2. https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Keith+never+mince+words/5596280/story.html ^{[ dead link ]}
3. Price, Deborah Evans (October 9, 1999). "Toby Keith lands At DreamWorks" (PDF). Billboard. p. 57.
4. "Toby Keith Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
5. "Toby Keith Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
6. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
8. "Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam! . Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
9. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
11. "American album certifications – Toby Keith – How Do You Like Me Now?!". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 30, 2025.