Ticks (song)

{{Infobox song | name = Ticks | cover = Ticks.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Brad Paisley | album = 5th Gear | released = March 12, 2007 | recorded = 2007 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 4:33 (Album Version) 3:58 (Single Version) | label = Arista Nashville | writer = Brad Paisley Kelley Lovelace Tim Owens | producer = Frank Rogers | prev_title = She's Everything | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Online | next_year = 2007 }} "'''Ticks'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2007 as the first single from his 2007 album ''5th Gear''. The song reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. Paisley wrote this song with Kelley Lovelace and Tim Owens.

This song was featured as a downloadable track for the video game ''Guitar Hero: World Tour''.

==Content== The song's main character is at a bar, attempting to pick up a date. In doing so, he uses several humorous pickup lines, such as "I'd like to check you for ticks."

Paisley stated that the song is not about blood-sucking arachnids but rather about a guy flirting with a gal. Paisley was inspired to write the song from experience working on a farm. “Working out here on the farm, I literally have to check for ticks every time I come in from the woods or the fields,” he notes. “Now, if a young guy who lives in the country were to take a girl into the woods for any reason, it would totally cross his mind that she’s going to have to check for ticks when they come back out. So it seems that an enterprising guy would at least consider that he could offer to check for her.”<ref>[http://www.aristanashville.com/artists/biography.cfm?artistid=1000009 Brad Paisley biography] at Arista Nashville website. Retrieved 30 Aug 2009</ref>

==Critical reception== Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a C− grade. While saying that the production was good, he went on to say "[the song] may be the very first mainstream country single to completely skeeze [him] out."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/03/09/review-brad-paisley-ticks/ |title=Brad Paisley - "Ticks" |last=Coyne |first=Kevin John |date=2007-03-09 |work=Country Universe |accessdate=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412221733/http://www.countryuniverse.net/2007/03/09/review-brad-paisley-ticks/ |archivedate=April 12, 2009 }}</ref>

==Personnel== *Ron Block - banjo *Randle Currie - steel guitar *Eric Darken - percussion *Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass *Wes Hightower - background vocals *Gary Hokker - baritone guitar, 12 string guitar *Gordon Mote - clavinet *Brad Paisley - lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Tic tac bass *Ben Sesar - drums *Justin Williamson - mandolin

==Chart performance== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2007) !align="center"|Peak position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|1|artist=Brad Paisley|}} |- | {{single chart|Canada|33|artist=Brad Paisley||accessdate=February 6, 2011}} |- | {{single chart|Billboardhot100|40|artist=Brad Paisley||accessdate=February 6, 2011}} |- | {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Brad Paisley||accessdate=February 6, 2011}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2007) !scope="col"|Position |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2007: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | year=2007| accessdate=December 13, 2007}}</ref> | align="center" | 20 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Brad Paisley|title=Ticks|award=Gold|certyear=2019|relyear=2007|access-date=November 29, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Brad Paisley|title=Ticks|award=Platinum|certyear=2015|certmonth=7|relyear=2007|access-date=March 31, 2016}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true | nosales=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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