Don't Let the Old Man In

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"Don't Let the Old Man In"
Show Dog-Universal Music
Songwriter(s)Toby Keith
Producer(s)
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Wacky Tobaccy"
(2017) 		"Don't Let the Old Man In"
(2018) 		"That's Country Bro"
(2019)

"Don't Let the Old Man In" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It appears on his 2019 compilation album Greatest Hits: The Show Dog Years, and is also featured in the 2018 film The Mule.

History

Keith met actor-director

drug courier.[2] Soon after writing, Keith recorded a demo which he submitted to Eastwood. Keith was sick the day he recorded the demo, creating a "raspy, sleepy, tired, sick vocal". Eastwood liked the recording and decided to put it in The Mule, feeling that the raspy delivery fit the mood of the song and the movie.[2]

Keith also produced a music video for the song, directed by Michael Salomon.[3]

On September 28, 2023, five years after the song's original release, Keith performed the song at the 2023 People's Choice Country Awards after being awarded the Country Icon award. The performance was one of his first following his diagnosis with stomach cancer the previous year.[4] Following the performance, the song was reissued as a single to country radio with an impact date of October 30, 2023.[5]

Chart performance

"Don't Let the Old Man in" debuted and spent one week at number 45 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of December 22, 2018. After Keith's death on February 5, 2024, the song would re-enter the Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a new peak at number 22 for the week of February 17, 2024. It was one of five Toby Keith songs to re-enter the chart that week.

2018–2019 weekly chart performance for "Don't Let the Old Man In"
Chart (2018–2019) Peak
position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[6] 41
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 45
2023–2024 weekly chart performance for "Don't Let the Old Man In"
Chart (2023–2024) Peak
position
US
Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[8]
 3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9]
[10] 		22

References

  1. ^ "Toby Keith, 'Don't Let the Old Man In'". Play MPE. December 7, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Cathy Applefield Olson (December 15, 2018). "Toby Keith Explains How Clint Eastwood Inspired 'Don't Let the Old Man In' for The Mule". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Toby Keith Debuts "Don't Let the Old Man In" Video June 18". Toby Keith. June 18, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Alyssa Morin (September 28, 2023). "Toby Keith's Tear-Jerking Speech Ain't Worth Missing at the 2023 People's Choice Country Awards". E! Online. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  5. ^ "Country Aircheck: October 16, 2023 Issue 880" (PDF). Country Aircheck. October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Toby Keith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  10. ^ "Country Songs chart for February 17, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
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