Cover art for Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith

Red Solo Cup

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Red Solo Cup Lyrics

[Intro]
One, two, a one, two, three

[Verse 1]
Now, red Solo cup is the best receptacle
For barbecues, tailgates, fairs, and festivals

And you, sir, do not have a pair of testicles
If you prefer drinking from glass
Hey, red Solo cup is cheap and disposable
In 14 years, they are decomposable

And unlike my home, they are not foreclosable
Freddy Mac can kiss my ass
Whoo!

[Chorus]
Red Solo cup
I fill you up
Let's have a party
Let's have a party

I love you, red Solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party

[Verse 2]
Now, I really love how you're easy to stack
But I really hate how you're easy to crack
'Cause when beer runs down the front of my back
Well, that, my friends, is quite yucky

But I have to admit that the ladies get smitten
Admiring at how sharply my first name is written
On you with a Sharpie when I get to hittin'
On them to help me get lucky
[Chorus]
Red Solo cup
I fill you up
Let's have a party
Let's have a party
I love you, red Solo cup (What?)
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party (Proceed to party)

[Verse 3]
Now, I've seen you in blue and I've seen you in yellow
But only you, red, will do for this fellow

'Cause you are the Abbott to my Costello
And you are the Fruit to my Loom (Here we go now)

Red Solo cup, you're more than just plastic
You're more than amazing, you're more than fantastic

And believe me that I'm not the least bit sarcastic
When I look at you and say

[Bridge]
Red Solo cup, you're not just a cup
(No! No! No! God, no! )
You're my-you're my (Friend?) friend
(Friend, friend, friend, life-long)
Thank you for being my friend
[Chorus]
Red Solo cup
(That's what I am talking about)
I fill you up
Let's have a party
(Let's have a party)
Let's have a party
(Let's have a party)
I love you, red Solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party
Red Solo cup
Red Solo
(I fill you up, let's have a party)
Let's have a party
(Let's have a party)
Let's have a party
(Red Solo cup)
Oh red Solo cup
(I lift you up)
Let's have a party
Proceed to party, yeah, yeah

[Outro]
(Solo cup, solo cup, solo cup)
(Solo cup, solo cup, solo cup)
(Solo cup, solo cup)

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“Red Solo Cup” is a song written by Brett Warren, Brad Warren, Brett Beavers, and Jim Beavers and recorded by American country music singer Toby Keith. It was released on October 10, 2011 as the second single from Keith’s 2011 album Clancy’s Tavern. This is the only song on the album that Keith did not write or co-write. The song was featured in the Glee episode “Hold On to Sixteen”. Insider ranked it as the second worst song of the 2010s decade and Toby Keith himself called it “the stupidest song I ever heard in my life.” All this aside, “Red Solo Cup” is a feel good country song about partying and drinking beer out of the “best receptacle.”

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What did Toby Keith say about "Red Solo Cup"?
Genius Answer

It’s the only song I didn’t write on the album. It is so stupid that it’s good. We could play it in here, then play five other songs, give it an hour, walk out and you’d hear the receptionist going (singing), “Red solo cup!” It’s like a nursery rhyme. When I went to record this time, I didn’t have a bus song like ‘Weed With Willie’ or ‘Get Out of Your Clothes or Get Out of My Car.’ So I cut it, and it’s getting so much attention. Now here’s the problem: I’m afraid since it says ‘testicles,’ radio won’t play it, but the video is all over the internet [and] has a bunch of celebrities in it. But radio wouldn’t play ‘Weed With Willie’ and this is even more extreme. I had some radio guys tell me they’d play it, but I don’t know.

–via TheBoot (2011)

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