Blake Shelton Recalls How A Song He Rejected Turned Into A No. 1 Hit For Toby Keith

Blake Shelton Recalls How A Song He Rejected Turned Into A No. 1 Hit For Toby Keith

During an interview with Katie Neal, Blake Shelton revealed how a song he originally discarded eventually became Toby Keith's No. 1 hit, "I Wanna Talk About Me." Shelton said he would go in the studio singing “really terrible, inappropriate, stupid rap songs” just to shock his producer, Bobby Braddock. “I did it so much that…

During an interview with Katie Neal, Blake Shelton revealed how a song he originally discarded eventually became Toby Keith’s No. 1 hit, “I Wanna Talk About Me.” Shelton said he would go in the studio singing “really terrible, inappropriate, stupid rap songs” just to shock his producer, Bobby Braddock. “I did it so much that he decided he wanted to write me a rap song, and so he went and wrote, ‘I Wanna Talk About Me,’” Shelton recalls. “I actually cut the song. I said I wanted to put it on my album, so we went in and recorded it.” The track didn’t resonate with Shelton’s focus groups, leading it to be passed to Keith, who turned it into a chart-topping success. “I like to think it was meant for Toby,” Shelton admits, while revealing that Keith teased him about the song. “He always used to give me crap about it. He’d say like, ‘Man, your version must have really sucked,’” Shelton recalled with a laugh. (Audacy

Blogs

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

Morgan Wallen’s new album “I’m the Problem” isn’t due out until May 16th, but it’s already upsetting Swifties everywhere. First, he named his album a popular lyric from Taylor Swift’s song “Anti-Hero” . . . and now he’s taking records away from her, too. Morgan’s new song “Just in Case” came in at #4 on…

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025

Luke Combs – one of the biggest names in all of country music.  He regularly sells out huge stadiums . . . he owns 30% of all diamond certified country songs . . . and out of the 18 singles he’s released in his career so far, 16 have made it to #1. So, he…