Zac Brown Band – Toes

“Toes” – Single by Zac Brown Band from the album The Foundation. Released on July 6, 2009. Songwriters: Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, Shawn Mullins.

The song was inspired by co-writer Wyatt Durrette’s 30th birthday vacation in Key West, Florida. He explained to The Boot: “I went to the Keys with four of my friends for four days. On the morning of the third day, I turned to my friends and said, ‘I’ve got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today, life is good today.’ I said that whole line. So I called Zac to tell him that we needed to start working on this song

The music video, directed by Darren Doane, introduces a character called “Flody Boatwood,” whom Brown describes as a lovable, dirty Georgia kind of guy. In the video, he gets a winning scratch-off ticket and dreams of his tropical getaway. When he breaks out of his reverie, he decides to just buy beer and ice with his winnings, which are just $50.

The was released July 7, 2009. Portions of the music video were shot at Daniel’s Grocery off of Pilgrim Mill Road in Forsyth County, Georgia, and on Lake Lanier.

Toes became the band’s third (consecutive) single to reach the Top 5 on U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and their second to reach number one. The song also became the band’s third consecutive single to peak in the Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on February 22, 2010, and by May 2015, sales had reached over 3 million copies in the United States.

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