Not trying to be a dick here but that's partly true and the whole album was recorded (including this song) but his then recorded company only liked a couple of the tracks from it which did not include this one. He then recorded a few more songs but they were still not happy, so he asked to have his contract cancelled and be released and bought the rights to the album to take with him to a new record company.
Last I checked "revenge" songs required someone being done wrong first? She didn't cheat on him she just didn't wanna date him, SOMETHING SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO. He asked her out, she said no, and his response to "get her attention" was to write her number on the 50yrd line saying Call for a Good Time? If anyone deserves revenge it's her.
I would love to see you react to "I wanna talk about me!" BTW: A little trivia: "How Do You Like Me Now" has a double meaning. It was the first song off an album with a new label where he had had more control. Record execa told him he'd never last doing this kind of music because he'd turn off female listeners and guys follow ladies to concerts. They were wrong! Women love Toby's music because a lot of it is what WE think giys think! So "How Do You Like Me Now" was also a question to fans on the new sound...different from "Blue Moon" and "Shoulda Been A Cowboy".
@@XanderHarris1023 I think they meant he had progressed too far in his style to fit into their country music label. Edit: Or maybe even into country music. Country music didn't used to sound like this.
4:50 "I wish that I had this in me." Exactly. This song represents what 99.99% of us don't or don't bother to do. What I like best is that he does it with a smile.
Has anyone else ever noticed the guitar notes sound like they're saying "nanny nanny boo boo" towards the end of the song? You can hear it clearly around 6:35 in this video.
Yup, I so wanted him to notice it but he was talking over it, not his fault, but it’s great!! How many times would we love to do that to someone in our lives?!?
This song is one of a handful that got me into country music 21 years ago. It IS the ultimate flex song. Whether you ever pull that move on anyone or not, most of us have someone or someone's we'd love to flex on and that makes this song incredibly relatable. Also the music is just awesome. Loved this reaction Billy and i'm happy you're living your dream man.
This song can apply to many different people from your past, not just someone who rejected you romantically. You have to admit, it’s a great vindication song/video. 🤣. RIP Toby💖 You were the best!!!
I love this song! It’s like saying no matter if you’re a boy or girl, if you reject the one who professes their love for you, don’t be surprised if they get famous and rub that right in your face!!! LOL
I remember when Toby was on a talk show and a fan asked him to play this song for a girl who snubbed him before he scored the winning point in the big game and then tried coming onto him lol
This is my favorite song of his. I love how the music at the end is taunting, like "nanny nanny boo boo". Another song in a similar vein that you might like is "You Broke Up with Me," by Walker Hayes. Even though the lyrics are addressed to a woman who broke up with him and wants to get back together, he said he actually wrote it in response to the people who abandoned him while he was starting out but then tried to come back into his life after his career started taking off.
React to more Sara Evans!! She has so many good songs. -Suds in the bucket -Marquee sign -Backseat of a greyhound bus -Put my heart down -A little bit stronger -Pray for you
This is the song that made me fall in love with country music 😍 When I was little we recorded this on VHS from CMT and I burned that tape OUT!!!! First song I ever sang that wasn't Disney 😂 Love Toby Keith!!!
Hilarious he's doing good now just looking at him like what the hell😅😆🤣😁💛🧡👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤟 every time I see it I just like this video more more thank you for sharing
My Toby Keith story. I was a casino dealer and he was having a show where I worked. After the show, he comes into higher limits room and sat at my table. I was like that table(not mine) is reserved for you and he said "Well I got good feeling about you, I'll play here if you don't mind" When I tell you we had a ball on my game that night, it's an understatement! He really didn't believe I was a fan and asked to sing my favorite song of his. Of course I started singing this and he along with the others with him sang with me!! He was a great guy and we talked and joke like old friends. As he was leaving, he left a nice tip and sang little less talk! He made my night! To think, I wasn't even gonna go to work that night!!
I carry this in a heavy heart, his passing, he will be missed. I respected his music and his messages, I do love his work, and he will be missed. Toby Keith will be missed he is one of the greatest and he is even in the hall of fame. So, I raise my glass to you in heaven Toby.
I'm a HUGE Toby Keith fan! My husband even took me to Moore, Oklahoma to see the town where he's ACTUALLY from!! I LOVE TOBY KEITH!! I've seen him in concert more time than I've seen my family who lives eight hours away!! My husband doesn't mind either! He gets blessed trust me ❤😂
He's from my hometown. Moore oklahoma. He went to moore highschool and they renamed the street infront of the school "Toby Keith ave" also one of our water towers says "home of Toby keith" lol we are proud of him.
We have to remind the newer generations how we used to wake up to a radio alarm. That was huge from 70's for 30+ years until smartphones gradually eased that out. But, his line is so clever: "The alarm clock starts ringing, who could that be singing? It's me, Baby, with your wake-up call."
I have watched a lot of your videos and now I'm subscribing just for you saying how people thought your channel wouldn't work. I'm helping you to say it worked.
I do not think "flexing" is petty when the person who dissed you in the first place did it so hard and hurtful that they had the flex coming to them. I am the oldest of five kids who grew up dirt poor in the south, and we were told regularly that we would grow up to be nothing but the dirt under our feet by the people around us. We all finished school, and we are all doing well. My youngest brother had a "how do you like me now" moment when he saw an old school mate in Las Vegas. My brother owns a very successful business with customers who are CEO's, celebrities, and sheiks and other royalty from around the world. He said it was a satisfying moment and he didn't have to denigrate the guy at all, the success he achieved was enough to tell him to STFU! In real life that moment is much better! I love the video, and thanks for doing it! 😃❤️
had something similar happen last year. one of the people who bullied me in school applied for a job where I worked and my boss had me do the second interview. He didn't recognize me at first but after I started asking questions he figured out who I was, the look on his face was priceless. what's even funnier is that he asked if I would put in a good word with my boss for him. Dude didn't get the job, but not because of the history between us but because he straight up lied about his criminal history on the application( we do a background check on everyone).
Let me tell you a little story about a small-town boy in the southern states. Everyone said that he would never leave the state, get married, or have anything. He is now in New Jersey, married to a beautiful woman, and living very comfortably. All without sacrificing who he is. I am here today telling you no matter your background, color of skin, education or anything else the only thing that will hold you back is yourself.
He’s not being a “Petty Betty” IMO. Keith discussed the inspiration for the song on his website in 2000. "Initially, I said, 'Here's my title: "You Never Loved Me Before, So How Do You Like Me Now?” It's one of my catch-phrases. A lot of people become successful after they've been told they won't ever be, so people can relate to this. It can be about an old flame or a boss or a teacher -whatever it means to each individual. It was a fun song to write.”
This is the ultimate burn! I like this song because this happens to so many teenagers. When you go back to your reunion, things are really different. I am thinking this is something he or one of his friends went through & he sang it in a song. The offenders know who he is singing about!
I understand completely billy what you are saying. I have told people I am going to accomplish what I want to do. I was told I was not good enough, I was to lazy, I didn't have wht it took to accomplish my dreams. I have kicked a few people in the teeth because of accomplishing those dreams. I still have a few more and working on those goals.
Hey Billy This is the ultimate FLEX song and Much appreciation for your reaction here …..this is one TH-cam channel that is a lift in my days and nights .
This is another zinger song like Avril Lavigne's "Skater Boy". It makes you wonder, if their saying you can't do it is the catalyst for their success. My brother did that to me. I didn't get to go to a university, but I did go to a business college. My brother told me in front of my mother, "you will never finish school". Every time I was tired, frustrated or just not getting it, that conversation played in my head and it would keep me going. I did graduate. Earned an AA degree in accounting. Not glamorous but I did graduate!!! 🎓🏫
Toby got released from his label and wrote this song as his FU for not believing in him
Not trying to be a dick here but that's partly true and the whole album was recorded (including this song) but his then recorded company only liked a couple of the tracks from it which did not include this one. He then recorded a few more songs but they were still not happy, so he asked to have his contract cancelled and be released and bought the rights to the album to take with him to a new record company.
He had to buy the rights to his own songs
Amen to that!
@@dole8001 most musicians don't own their own song rights. That's why certain songs end up on crappy comercials
Are we going to ignore the fact that at 4:29 he drank from a RED SOLO CUP. Toby Keith fans will get this
The younger version is played by his son. I think a lot of us would love to thumb our noses at those who said we'd never accomplish anything.
Rip Toby. You are loved and cared about and you will be missed.
I am watching this after Toby passed away he was such a a pioneer and if you love country music and your country you was a fan of his
Him calling her there to flex is why it's a beautiful song
Female singers have been making "revenge" songs for as long as I can remember. Equality is a double-edged sword lol
Taylor Swift comes to mind first.
Great point
@@larrydlam Revenge songs were around long before her lol.
Last I checked "revenge" songs required someone being done wrong first? She didn't cheat on him she just didn't wanna date him, SOMETHING SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO. He asked her out, she said no, and his response to "get her attention" was to write her number on the 50yrd line saying Call for a Good Time? If anyone deserves revenge it's her.
@@lilykep Yes! When does a valedictorian cheerleader have time to have too many boyfriends to mention?
I would love to see you react to "I wanna talk about me!"
BTW: A little trivia: "How Do You Like Me Now" has a double meaning. It was the first song off an album with a new label where he had had more control. Record execa told him he'd never last doing this kind of music because he'd turn off female listeners and guys follow ladies to concerts. They were wrong! Women love Toby's music because a lot of it is what WE think giys think! So "How Do You Like Me Now" was also a question to fans on the new sound...different from "Blue Moon" and "Shoulda Been A Cowboy".
Should’ve Been a Cowboy still his best song to this day.
@@thegreenranger4703 Agreed! I like most of his early stuff better.
came here to say this too. It was a big F you to the execs that denied him his art.
@@thegreenranger4703 i still prefer My List over Should've been a Cowboy.
similar to Taylor Swift's "Mean".
Toby Keith never fails to entertain me. Good choice.
TOBY KEITH IS A LEGEND thats why he got the country music icon award 2 days ago and battling stomach cancer hes a badass🎉
This song was written to trash his original label that released him because his music was..."to progressive ". How Do you like me now!!!
Jacob Cordes Toby Keith being a progressive is a joke. I guess that depends on how you define progressive.
Jacob Cordes what does progressive mean
@@XanderHarris1023 I think they meant he had progressed too far in his style to fit into their country music label. Edit: Or maybe even into country music. Country music didn't used to sound like this.
Jacob Cordes exactly
@@XanderHarris1023 watch "I should have been a cowboy" ..and compare it to the rest of his music...you'll see what he's referring to
4:50 "I wish that I had this in me." Exactly. This song represents what 99.99% of us don't or don't bother to do. What I like best is that he does it with a smile.
Has anyone else ever noticed the guitar notes sound like they're saying "nanny nanny boo boo" towards the end of the song? You can hear it clearly around 6:35 in this video.
Vales55 I will never unhear that now 😂😂
Yup, I so wanted him to notice it but he was talking over it, not his fault, but it’s great!! How many times would we love to do that to someone in our lives?!?
huh. learn something new every time I hear this song
YASSS
Yeah....the first time the song came out lol. It was intentional
I been WAITING to see you watch this. Toby Keith is that DUDE!
This song is one of a handful that got me into country music 21 years ago. It IS the ultimate flex song. Whether you ever pull that move on anyone or not, most of us have someone or someone's we'd love to flex on and that makes this song incredibly relatable. Also the music is just awesome. Loved this reaction Billy and i'm happy you're living your dream man.
She basically wouldn't give him the time of day and thought she was too good for him. He's basically saying, "look at me know".
What's funny is that "Skater Boy" is like the answer to this 🤣
Close! Toby wrote this after his record label released him and brushed him off soo he was literally like "How do you like me now?"
He wrote her number for the entire school to see and said to call it for a good time as if she was a prostitute so yeah, she was pissed at him
I saw him in concert in 2001. It was right before he got really big on the charts. This dude puts on an amazing concert.
So did I! St Louis, got the Getcha Some Tshirt!
loooove that song. TALKS DIRECTLY TO ME.......MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD!!
Yes! Exactly! He wrote this song about the record company who dropped him. Then he went on to be a superstar. Then started his own record company.
This song can apply to many different people from your past, not just someone who rejected you romantically. You have to admit, it’s a great vindication song/video. 🤣. RIP Toby💖 You were the best!!!
“Should’ve been a cowboy” “who’s that man” “ wish I didn’t know now”
Love love love "Should have been a cowboy"
Thank you for the music and all the good times Toby Kieth. RIP
I love this song! It’s like saying no matter if you’re a boy or girl, if you reject the one who professes their love for you, don’t be surprised if they get famous and rub that right in your face!!! LOL
"I wanna talk about me" is one of the most fun song ever
I remember when Toby was on a talk show and a fan asked him to play this song for a girl who snubbed him before he scored the winning point in the big game and then tried coming onto him lol
"Petty Betty has entered the chat" for real lol he is the pettiest dude ever XD
Your smile is absolutely beautiful n brings me joy friend.
I love 💕 Toby Keith and this song was so fitting , you know how many people would love to do this 😂 I would.
He said "Your clock radio goes off, You hear ME sanging."
I really love your reaction videos. Your reactions put a smile on my face. 😊
His videos are fun. Check out Toby Keith's I wanna talk about me
More by toby Keith
Who's your daddy
Weed with willie
Beer for my horses
He ain't worth missing
Victoria Wooster he did who’s your daddy
Folton Calhoun but he missed the ending
The guitars at the end, playing "nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!" :D :D :DI love this song!
This is my favorite song of his. I love how the music at the end is taunting, like "nanny nanny boo boo". Another song in a similar vein that you might like is "You Broke Up with Me," by Walker Hayes. Even though the lyrics are addressed to a woman who broke up with him and wants to get back together, he said he actually wrote it in response to the people who abandoned him while he was starting out but then tried to come back into his life after his career started taking off.
React to more Sara Evans!! She has so many good songs.
-Suds in the bucket
-Marquee sign
-Backseat of a greyhound bus
-Put my heart down
-A little bit stronger
-Pray for you
Nicole Mary omg yes and she is gorgeous! Would love to see his heart eyes over her like he does with Shania and Carrie!
What about Born to Fly? 😊
Janea Marie She is stunning!! Everyone in country music ages so well, I’m jealous 😂
Trey Warren Yes! That’s definitely another staple!
Suds in The bucket
Another great "good old boy" song by him is "you ain't much fun since I quit drinking"
Thumbs up before I saw the video!!! Love Toby Keith!!!
2:40 "He did not just go there." I love your expression here. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣
This is the song that made me fall in love with country music 😍 When I was little we recorded this on VHS from CMT and I burned that tape OUT!!!! First song I ever sang that wasn't Disney 😂 Love Toby Keith!!!
Hilarious he's doing good now just looking at him like what the hell😅😆🤣😁💛🧡👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤟 every time I see it I just like this video more more thank you for sharing
My Toby Keith story.
I was a casino dealer and he was having a show where I worked. After the show, he comes into higher limits room and sat at my table. I was like that table(not mine) is reserved for you and he said "Well I got good feeling about you, I'll play here if you don't mind"
When I tell you we had a ball on my game that night, it's an understatement! He really didn't believe I was a fan and asked to sing my favorite song of his. Of course I started singing this and he along with the others with him sang with me!! He was a great guy and we talked and joke like old friends. As he was leaving, he left a nice tip and sang little less talk!
He made my night! To think, I wasn't even gonna go to work that night!!
always believe on yourself and not what others think about you, you decide your future and you should prove just how worthy you are.
classic Toby Keith! What a pleasure it was to meet him back in the day... ;P
I love it what go's around comes around
Billy - I am laughing my ass off at your reaction - best laugh in a long time!!! RESPECT!
You will love Toby Keith! His video/song Beer For My Horses is too good. And "I Wanna Talk About Me" and "As Good As I Once Was"
Billy you so crazy I love how do you like me now. It's hilarious. Who hasn't been there?
I carry this in a heavy heart, his passing, he will be missed. I respected his music and his messages, I do love his work, and he will be missed. Toby Keith will be missed he is one of the greatest and he is even in the hall of fame. So, I raise my glass to you in heaven Toby.
I'm a HUGE Toby Keith fan!
My husband even took me to Moore, Oklahoma to see the town where he's ACTUALLY from!!
I LOVE TOBY KEITH!! I've seen him in concert more time than I've seen my family who lives eight hours away!!
My husband doesn't mind either! He gets blessed trust me ❤😂
When u stopped the vid and said did he just call her to the field to flex I spit my drink out! 😂😂😂😂
My fav Toby Keith song! It always makes me smile!!
He's from my hometown. Moore oklahoma. He went to moore highschool and they renamed the street infront of the school "Toby Keith ave" also one of our water towers says "home of Toby keith" lol we are proud of him.
He sings one called Red Solo Cup that you have to watch. 😂
Your cup made me think of it.
Hahaha I forgot how much I love this video. Thanks for your reaction
Now you gotta a sub! I've been watching your videos all morning and this one got me. You have the best reactions!
It is a way of saying
Do not discount someone, just because they have a dream that you think won't happen.
We have to remind the newer generations how we used to wake up to a radio alarm. That was huge from 70's for 30+ years until smartphones gradually eased that out. But, his line is so clever: "The alarm clock starts ringing, who could that be singing? It's me, Baby, with your wake-up call."
Yeap Flex on her!! Petty Betty!! Billy you so funny!!! You are Blessed !!
It's an awesome song( revenge on success goes both ways)..toby is my boy
Lol, the “when I took off to Tennessee, I heard that you made fun of me.” Makes me think she had it coming.
I have watched a lot of your videos and now I'm subscribing just for you saying how people thought your channel wouldn't work.
I'm helping you to say it worked.
This is one of my FAVORITE!! songs!!
I died when he ironically drank out of a red solo cup
I do not think "flexing" is petty when the person who dissed you in the first place did it so hard and hurtful that they had the flex coming to them. I am the oldest of five kids who grew up dirt poor in the south, and we were told regularly that we would grow up to be nothing but the dirt under our feet by the people around us. We all finished school, and we are all doing well. My youngest brother had a "how do you like me now" moment when he saw an old school mate in Las Vegas. My brother owns a very successful business with customers who are CEO's, celebrities, and sheiks and other royalty from around the world. He said it was a satisfying moment and he didn't have to denigrate the guy at all, the success he achieved was enough to tell him to STFU! In real life that moment is much better! I love the video, and thanks for doing it! 😃❤️
had something similar happen last year. one of the people who bullied me in school applied for a job where I worked and my boss had me do the second interview. He didn't recognize me at first but after I started asking questions he figured out who I was, the look on his face was priceless. what's even funnier is that he asked if I would put in a good word with my boss for him. Dude didn't get the job, but not because of the history between us but because he straight up lied about his criminal history on the application( we do a background check on everyone).
Yep Billy you CAN say how do you like me now?
It’s the ultimate middle finger. Beautiful. 😂 Throughout the whole song he has this awesome s***eating grin. 🤣
I grew up with a man who is now in the army and his wife was one of the cheerleaders in this video before they met.
tonya oakman Uniforms look very similar to what ours did. Let me guess they were “TIGERS”.
Now I feel really old.
My main encouragement to get through Army basic training was the amount of people back home who told me I wouldn't make it.
Spite is a great motivator
Let me tell you a little story about a small-town boy in the southern states. Everyone said that he would never leave the state, get married, or have anything. He is now in New Jersey, married to a beautiful woman, and living very comfortably. All without sacrificing who he is. I am here today telling you no matter your background, color of skin, education or anything else the only thing that will hold you back is yourself.
Toby's from my hometown of Moore, OK. In OKC, he has a I Love This Bar( from another song of his ) and grill.
Great reaction, Billy
Im from the town in footloose and 15 miles from the tigerking😂 oklahoma has many many talented ppl (not joe)lol
This is by far my favorite reaction of yours , I can’t stop watching it !
This is true. I knew of Toby at Moore High School in Oklahoma, He wasn’t the coolest kid but he was popular enough or weird enough to be known.
Word, Billy! "Made all those things work!!!" Love it!!!
LOL the moment you realized he was flexing was priceless.
He’s not being a “Petty Betty” IMO. Keith discussed the inspiration for the song on his website in 2000. "Initially, I said, 'Here's my title: "You Never Loved Me Before, So How Do You Like Me Now?” It's one of my catch-phrases. A lot of people become successful after they've been told they won't ever be, so people can relate to this. It can be about an old flame or a boss or a teacher -whatever it means to each individual. It was a fun song to write.”
Everyone laugh at once... Bill and his Red Solo cup... So funny
Love you toby I got myself a dip in listening to you
This is the ultimate burn! I like this song because this happens to so many teenagers. When you go back to your reunion, things are really different. I am thinking this is something he or one of his friends went through & he sang it in a song. The offenders know who he is singing about!
I'm always a country fan and Toby Keith is one of my favorites please react to more of his songs
Billy, you are awesome!!! I love watching your channel!!
Billy you so smooth with the dance moves has entered the chat
I understand completely billy what you are saying. I have told people I am going to accomplish what I want to do. I was told I was not good enough, I was to lazy, I didn't have wht it took to accomplish my dreams. I have kicked a few people in the teeth because of accomplishing those dreams. I still have a few more and working on those goals.
Hey Billy This is the ultimate FLEX song and Much appreciation for your reaction here …..this is one TH-cam channel that is a lift in my days and nights .
I LOVE this song.
Now you should do Cledus T. Judd's parody of this called "How do you milk a cow?". Cledus is like the Weird Al of country music.
Do everyone of his songs.
This is another zinger song like Avril Lavigne's "Skater Boy". It makes you wonder, if their saying you can't do it is the catalyst for their success. My brother did that to me. I didn't get to go to a university, but I did go to a business college. My brother told me in front of my mother, "you will never finish school". Every time I was tired, frustrated or just not getting it, that conversation played in my head and it would keep me going. I did graduate. Earned an AA degree in accounting. Not glamorous but I did graduate!!! 🎓🏫
Dude ...we've been hip to this guy for 20 years
He just says what we all want to say and sometimes don't
Funny as can be!!❤ He got his revenge!!❤😂.😂😂.😂
It did so good Cledus T Judd parodied it called, "How Do You Milk a Cow"
If I remember correctly Toby was in the video for that song
I literally only watch your react videos because I can see the enjoyment you take with them.
That's awesome that means you're blessed thank you Jesus
Love it! You go Toby!!
Toby is awesome
Another good one by Toby is Its a little to late....love it...the video is funny
I'll save it for you Billy. How do you like me now!
Not kidnapped, just mooned in the most creative way possible.
Your reaction made me love this video so much more! Hahah
How to know the video will be hilarious? Two words; TOBY KEITH 🎶
I love this song so much